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Reconnecting Marketsby Estelle Biénabe; Julio Berdegué; Lucian Peppelenbos
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95Reconnecting Markets is the second volume of case examples from the Regoverning Markets Project, (2005-2007). It focuses on the keys to inclusion of small scale farmers and rural SMEs into dynamic national and regional markets. The cases document specific arrangements that appear to have played a positive role in supporting greater inclusion, such as public policies and business initiatives, collective action by farmers and support from development agencies. more...
Bananaby Dan Koeppel
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 13.99In the vein of the bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world?s most popular fruit In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana?s history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought. Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world. We begin in the Garden of Eden?examining scholars? belief that Eve?s ?apple? was actually a banana? and travel to early-twentieth-century Central America, where aptly named ?banana republics? rose and fell over the crop, while the companies now known as Chiquita and... more...
Tree Faller's Manualby ForestWorks
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 24.95Covers risk assessment, theory and techniques for manual tree-felling. more...
Agro-Technologyby R. Paul Thompson
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 23.00A thorough analysis of agro-biotechnology for students including objections, purported benefits and harms, legal/ethical concerns and organic agriculture. more...
Farming Meat Goatsby Barbara Vincent
CSIRO Publishing 2005; US$ 54.95A comprehensive producer's guide to the breeding, husbandry and marketing of goats for meat. more...
Forest Trees of Australiaby DJ Boland; MIH Brooker; GM Chippendale; N Hall; BPM Hyland; RD Johnston; DA Kleinig; MW McDonald; JD Turner
CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 125.00The classic Australian guide ? now fully revised and updated with nearly 300 of Australia?s most important native trees. more...
Environmental Impacts of Sugar Productionby O. Cheesman
CAB International 2004; US$ 100.00Pressure from conservationists and increasing regulation, means that environmental considerations are increasingly important for the sugar industry. This book examines the environmental impacts of the sugar industry in relation to the cultivation of sugar crops (cane and beet) and the processing of the raw materials that they yield. more...
Interpreting Soil Test Resultsby Pam Hazelton; Brian Murphy
CSIRO Publishing 2007; US$ 54.95A handy, practical reference for anyone needing fast access to guidelines for interpreting soil test results. more...
Grassfiresby Phil Cheney; Andrew Sullivan
CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 35.95The latest information from CSIRO on the behaviour and spread of fires in grasslands. more...
The Machine in the Gardenby Leo Marx
Oxford University Press, USA 2000; US$ 11.00For over four decades, Leo Marx's work has focused on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. His research helped to define--and continues to give depth to--the area of American studies concerned with the links between scientific and technological advances, and the way society and culture both determine these links. The Machine in the Garden fully examines the difference between the "pastoral" and "progressive" ideals which characterized early 19th-century American culture, and which ultimately evolved into the basis for much of the environmental and nuclear debates of contemporary society. This new edition is appearing in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Marx's classic... more...