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Governing Agrobiodiversity
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 134.95Plant genetic diversity is crucial to the breeding of food crops and is therefore a central precondition for food security. This important book contributes to our understanding of how international regimes affect the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in developing countries. more...
Exploring Agrodiversity
Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 49.99Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward conserving resources, especially soil. They have shown... more...
En equipo con el Sr. Supercoyote (Teaming with Mr. Cool!)
Shell Education 2007; US$ 6.99In this script, Mr. Cool Coyote is a sneaky character. He continually steals sweet little animals from Farmer Joe and Farmer Jack. On their own, the farmers efforts to catch Mr. Cool are unsuccessful, but when they work together, the coyotes antics are put to an end! The language arts connection is writing narratives. 24pp. more...
Career Opportunities in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 59.40Career Opportunities in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources describes more than 80 jobs in agriculture and agricultural-related fields, including farming, aquaculture and commercial fishing, forest production and management, agriscience, agricultural services, food and beverage, pet and animal services, veterinary medicine, and education and communications.... more...
Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems
Columbia University Press 2007; US$ 35.99Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems takes a look at how farmers manage, maintain, and benefit from biodiversity in agricultural production systems. The volume includes the most recent research and developments in the maintenance of local diversity at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. Chapters cover the assessment and farmer... more...
Toward Agroforestry Design
Springer 2007; US$ 199.99Jose and Gordon??'s Toward Agroforestry Design is an important reference for anyone interested in exploring or managing the physiological and ecological processes which underlie resource allocation and plant growth in agroforestry systems. Drawing together a wide range of examples from around the world, the book highlights how recent developments... more...
Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security
CABI 2011; US$ 145.00Agrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based management of agrobiodiversity. This book presents key concepts of agrobiodiversity management, critically reviewing important current and emerging issues including agricultural development,... more...
Agriculture, Biodiversity and Markets
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 51.95Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that farmers use to manage agrobiodiversity and other livelihood... more...
Agrobiodiversity Conservation
CABI 2011; US$ 180.00Based on the 2010 conference 'Towards the establishment of genetic reserves for crop wild relatives and landraces in Europe', this book is the cutting-edge discussion of agrobiodiversity conservation. By considering the benefits of understanding and preserving crop wild relatives and landraces, it encompasses issues as wide-ranging and topical... more...
Agroforestry for Natural Resource Management
CSIRO Publishing 2009; US$ 79.95Illustrates the principles underlying the integration of trees into landscapes for environmental and productive purposes. more...









