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From Dearth to Plenty
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 56.00An absorbing story of scientific discovery and its exploitation in agriculture. more...
Innovation in Agri-Food Clusters
CABI 2012; US$ 125.00Innovation has moved through a range of revolutionary epochs, but there is no clear picture of how, or even if, innovation can be managed. This book explores the models, methods and metrics of innovation analysis in the context of a single centre: the Global Oilseeds Complex centred in Saskatoon, Canada. It is a single, coherent volume that outlines... more...
Sustainable Food
University of New South Wales Press 2013; US$ 35.99In this companion book to the bestselling Sustainable House , the attention is turned to reducing the carbon emissions associated with growing, processing, transporting, selling, and disposing of food. Using the author's personal experiences as its anchor, this handbook contains practical advice on establishing community and backyard vegetable gardens,... more...
Biotechnology in Plant Science
Elsevier Science 1986; US$ 69.50Biotechnology in Plant Science more...
Sustainability in Agriculture
Royal Society of Chemistry 2005; US$ 96.00World trade in agriculture, with its massive subsidies, restrictive barriers, international collaboration and competition, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers worldwide at stake, is an emotive subject that often provokes heated debate. So how can sustainability in agriculture be addressed whilst taking these issues into account? Sustainability... more...
Precision Farming
CRC Press 2013; US$ 99.95Precision farming involves soil fertility and crop growth monitoring, electronic equipment, remote sensing, global information and positioning systems, computer models, decision support systems, variable-rate technology, and accurate recordkeeping. This book on precision techniques provides valuable information on instrumentation and methodology. It... more...
The Industrial Revolution in America
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 185.00The concluding three-volume set in ABC-CLIOÕs landmark Industrial Revolution in America series offers vivid reminders of how this economic renaissance changed virtually every facet of American life.||Communications takes readers from the telegraph to the telephone and beyond, showing how improvements in communication (aided by better transportation)... more...
Agriculture urbaine en Afrique de l'ouest / Urban Agriculture in West Africa
International Development Research Centre 1999; US$ 25.00This book describes the valuable contribution that urban agriculture is making to food security and urban sanitation in the cities of West and Central. It also presents a strategy for launching a multistakeholder network on urban agriculture, and does so with input and support from producers; NGOs; national, regional, and international research institutions;... more...
Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology
Springer 2006; US$ 179.99Presents an economic analysis of agricultural biotechnology regulation. Featuring contributors, most of whom are agricultural economists working either in universities or NGOs, this book addresses issues such as commercial pesticides, the costs of approving new products, benefits, consumer acceptance, regulation and its impacts, and others. more...
Perspectives for Agroecosystem Management
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 89.95Sustainable agriculture is a key concept for scientists, researchers, and agricultural engineers alike. This book focuses on the FAM- project (FAM Munich Research Network on Agroecosystems) of the 1990s as a means to assessing, forecasting, and evaluating changes in the agroecosystems that are necessary for agricultural sustainability. The management... more...









