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Management of Horticultural Crops
Oxford Book Co. 2010; US$ 95.00The present book elaborates the scientific crop management of horticultural crops starting from selection of soil and activities related to production and handling of fresh produces in the field. It aims to create capacity that would enable quality production, safe handling of produce to process, package and transport to remunerative markets so as... more...
Biopesticides
CABI 2010; US$ 145.00Biological controls that utilize natural predation, parasitism or other natural mechanisms, is an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides. Chemical pesticide methods are becoming less readily available due to increasing resistance problems and the prohibition of some substances. This book addresses the challenges of insufficient... more...
Barley
Wiley 2010; US$ 280.95Barley is one of the world's most important crops with uses ranging from food and feed production, malting and brewing to its use as a model organism in molecular research. The demand and uses of barley continue to grow and there is a need for an up-to-date comprehensive reference that looks at all aspects of the barley crop from taxonomy and morphology... more...
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 50.00This is the seventeenth edition of the Agricultural Outlook and the seventh co-edition prepared jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This report provides world market trends for biofuels, cereals, oilseeds, sugar, meats, dairy products and, for the first time, the fisheries sector over the 2011-20 period.... more...
The Long-Term Fertilization Trials in Halle (Saale), Germany
Springer Fachmedien 2007; US$ 54.99Genetics, Biofuels and Local Farming Systems
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...
Distillers Grains
CRC Press 2011; US$ 149.95In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in grain-based fuel ethanol production in North America and around the world. Whether such production will result in a net energy gain or whether this is sustainable in the long term is under debate, but undoubtedly millions of tons of non-fermented residues are now produced annually for global trade... more...
Wine, Terroir and Climate Change
Wakefield Press 2007; US$ 29.95This book is a scientific analysis of the soil and climatic factors affecting wine grape production, and thus, ultimately, wine itself. It provides a reasoned basis for the term 'terroir', and critically examines the science of climate change and how it could affect viticulture and winemaking. more...
The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals
Storey Publishing, LLC 2011; US$ 24.95Imagine a weekend breakfast featuring eggs, bacon, and honey from your own chickens, pigs, and bees. Or a holiday meal with your own heritage-breed turkey as the main attraction. With The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, even urban and suburban residents can successfully raise chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, rabbits, goats, sheep,... more...
Raising Beef Cattle For Dummies
Wiley 2012; US$ 19.99The tools you need to raise and care for beef cattle Beef cattle farming is a business that continues to grow in the United States and around the world, and it will only grow larger as the demand for beef continues to increase. Raising Beef Cattle For Dummies provides you with an introduction to all aspects of raising beef cattle. Packed with... more...









