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Agriculture; Vocational guidance

  • Adaptive Environmental Managementby Catherine Allan; George H. Stankey

    Springer 2009; US$ 79.95

    Conceptually, adaptive management is simply learning from past management actions to improve future planning and management. However, adaptive management has proved difficult to achieve in practice. This book presents lessons learned from case studies, to provide managers with access to relevant information. more...

  • Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systemsby Petraq J. Papajorgji; Panos M. Pardalos

    Springer 2008; US$ 129.00

    Presents 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...

  • African Urban Harvestby Gordon Prain; Diana Lee-Smith; Nancy Karanja

    Springer 2010; US$ 139.00

    Over the past two decades, how has urban agriculture changed in sub-Saharan Africa? Is city farming now better integrated into environmental management and city governance? And, looking ahead, how might urban agriculture address the needs of the low-income households and modernizing cities of Africa? In this book, leading specialists in the fields... more...

  • Agri-Cultureby Jules Pretty

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 37.95

    'Refreshingly fluent narrative, brimming full of stories and metaphors' Tim O'Riordan, University of East Anglia, UK 'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points to the critical need for gaining control over resources' Jacqueline Ashby, CIAT, Colombia 'Full of supporting evidence and clear arguments' Norman Uphoff, Cornell University,... more...

  • Agricultural Biotechnologyby Hemant Rawat

    Oxford Book Co. 2008; US$ 95.00

    This book is the study of techniques, methods and processes that are adopted and applied to plants generally for genetic manipulation for attaining plant varietiecs with advantageous characteristics that have greater utility in industrial agricultural, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other purposes. The present book is (a) unique, concise, up-to-date... more...

  • Agricultural Biotechnologyby G.J. Persley; L. MacIntyre

    CABI 2002; US$ 112.00

    Presents further material generated by the World Bank/ISNAR/Australian government biotechnology study. The volume covers the present status and future prospects for the application of biotechnology to solve agricultural and environmental problems in 12 countries. more...

  • Agricultural Innovation Systemsby The World Bank

    World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 34.99

    Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth,... more...

  • Agricultural Productivity Growth, Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries, 1970-2000by D.S. Prasada Rao; Timothy J. Coelli; Mohammad Alauddin

    ILO Publications 2005; US$ 5.00

    Examines growth in agricultural output and productivity from 1970 to 2000, traces the main sources of this growth and identifies factors influencing productivity. Assesses the significance of agricultural productivity as a determinant of the incidence of poverty in developing countries. Looks at the role of various institutional factors with a view... more...

  • The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th Centuryby Don Paarlberg; Philip Paarlberg

    Wiley 2007; US$ 74.95

    A book for a varied audience: college students of agriculture and sociology; high school students of vocation agriculture; members of the American Agricultural Economics Association; people with a long-standing background in agriculture; and other readers interested in 20th century agriculture. The book reads like a story and is supplemented with... more...

  • Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Developmentby Sieglinde Snapp; Barry Pound

    Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 77.95

    With the inclusion of research theory and examples using the principles of cropping system design, students will gain a unique understanding of the technical, biological, ecological, economic and sociological aspects of farming systems science for rural livelihoods. Editors Snapp and Pound provide a much-needed synthetic overview of the emerging area... more...