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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...
Natur- und Baumschutz in Deutschland: Rechtliche Entwicklungen und Probleme
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 38.19Hauptbeschreibung In diesem Buch wird der kommunale Natur- und Baumschutz in eindrucksvoller Weise vorgestellt. Rechtliche Entwicklungen werden von der Zeit der Weimarer Verfassung hin zum aktuellen Bundesnaturschutzgesetz abgebildet. Warum gibt es Naturschutz und wer sagt uns, was wir dafür tun müssen? Warum ist gerade der Baum ein so schützenswertes... more...
The Impact of Climate Change and Bioenergy on Nutrition
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Agrobiodiversity 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Agroforestry in Europe
Springer 2008; US$ 189.99While EU Rural Development policy recognises the economic, ecological, and social advantages of agroforestry systems, the implementation of such systems remains poor in most of Europe. This title includes papers that brings together some of the most important research in European agroforestry, and evaluates the scope of agroforestry across the EU. more...
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...









