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Tools for Prevention - Participatory Monitoring
ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00Consists of three parts including a theoretical framework for participatory monitoring, a kit with eight different tools to be used to collect data as well as annexes with tips on how to run training wokshops and analyse baseline data. more...
Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics
CRC Press 2005; US$ 179.95The most complete, nonpartisan source of information available today on this hot agronomic topic, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between sedimentologists, soil scientists, and agronomists over whether the effects of soil erosion on carbon and atmospheric CO2 is beneficial or destructive. Divided into... more...
Agroforestry Systems and Practices
Oxford Book Co. 2010; US$ 50.00Agroforestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and sustainable land-use systems. In agroforestry systems, trees or shrubs are intentionally used within agricultural... more...
Agroecology and Strategies for Climate Change
Springer 2011; US$ 169.99Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are... more...
Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Societal Influences
Springer 2012; US$ 169.99Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control: A Bioengineering Approach
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 44.95This book is an up-to-date review of research and practice on the use of vegetation for slope stabilization and control of surface erosion caused by water and wind. From a basic understanding of the principles and practices of vegetation growth and establishment, it describes how vegetation can be treated as an engineering material and used to solve... more...
Soil Degradation in the United States: Extent, Severity,
CRC Press 2003; US$ 199.95Soil Degradation in the United States: Extent, Severity, and Trends examines the magnitude and severity of soil degradation by different processes in the U.S., including water erosion, wind erosion, C depletion, soil compaction, salt build-up, and soil contamination. In addition, it addresses policy issues with regard to economic and environmental... more...
Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems
CRC Press 2003; US$ 139.95This book explores alternative ways to study agricultural sustainability, applying complex systems theory to actual cases. This innovative text recognizes the changing dynamics of the multiple processes and cross-relations within an environment, proposing a clearer analysis of agroecosystems than that which can be provided by rigid, reductionist methods.... more...
Organic Agriculture
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 126.00Organic agriculture is expanding in all OECD countries, and is one of the most rapidly developing market segments. It is no longer limited to farmers selling their produce at the farm-gate or through specialised stores, but has extended into the mainstream of the agri-food chain. more...
Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities
CRC Press 2001; US$ 115.95This title shows how human behaviour impacts agroecosystems both positively and negatively, and provides an understanding of alternative ways of working with human communities to increase agroecosystem sustainability. more...









