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Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic
Springer 2012; US$ 189.99Science Agriculture and Research
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95Research is never free of pressures and constraints and to understand its results properly these have to be assessed and analyzed. In agriculture, research into biotechnology and GMOs, as well as pesticides and herbicides, is big business - agribusiness. This book looks at the crucial roles of funding and the political context on the research agenda... more...
Contested Agronomy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 35.95The dramatic increases in food prices experienced over the last four years, and their effects of hunger and food insecurity, as well as human-induced climate change and its implications for agriculture, food production and food security, are key topics within the field of agronomy and agricultural research. Contested Agronomy addresses these issues... more...
Challenges for Agricultural Research
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 123.00As the world has changed during the past 50 years, so has agriculture. And so has agricultural research, which continues to confront new challenges, from food security to ecological concerns to land use issues. Indeed, as Guy Paillotin, the former president of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) has noted, agricultural research... more...
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 61.00Compiles the issues involved in successful ecosystem-based fisheries management to foster its implementation and further scientific research into the area. more...
Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development
CABI 2009; US$ 150.00Priority assessment for commodity improvement programmes has received methodological attention. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods. more...
Development and Uses of Biofortified Agricultural Products
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 135.95Presents fresh strategies and techniques for the production of bioforitfied agricultural products from different soils. This work explores the effects of both environmental and biological factors on the accumulation and speciation of nutritionally important trace elements in agricultural products. more...
Adaptation and Fitness in Animal Populations
Springer 2008; US$ 149.99Fitness and adaptation are fundamental characteristics of plant and animal species, enabling them to survive in their environment and to adapt to the inevitable changes in this environment. This book brings together a sample of the world's leading scientists in animal breeding and evolutionary genetics to exchange knowledge. more...
Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systems
Springer 2008; US$ 129.00Presents a review of advances in the mathematical modeling of agricultural systems. This book covers a broad spectrum of problems and applications based on internet and communications technology, as well as methodological approaches based on the integration of different simulation and data management tools. more...
Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research
Wiley 2008; US$ 99.95Historically the United States has looked to the publicly funded agricultural research institutions at the Department of Agriculture and land-grant universities as the primary sources of new agricultural science and technology. However, during the past se more...









