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Tropical Pasture Utilisation
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 41.00This book is a culmination of much of his research and will be invaluable to all disciplines with an interest in tropical and subtropical agricultural practices. more...
Dairy Ingredients for Food Processing
Wiley 2010; US$ 255.00The objective of this book is to provide a single reference source for those working with dairy-based ingredients, offering a comprehensive and practical account of the various dairy ingredients commonly used in food processing operations. The Editors have assembled a team of 25 authors from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United... 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...
Methodologies and Results in Grapevine Research
Springer 2010; US$ 149.99Grapevine is a crop of major economical interest, and wine represents a multicultural heritage which has been growing since several milleniums. Yet, modern viticulture must face several challenges. Global climate has increased berry sugar content (and alcohol in the wine) whereas phenolic and aromatic ripeness are not always achieved. Water supply... more...
Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China
Springer 2010; US$ 149.99This book reviews the extent of resource debasement in China's pastoral zones and offers solutions for their sustainable use. The 5-parts deal with rangelands and the people who manage them, and assess the prospects for rehabilitation. Topics include Livestock husbandry development and agro-pastoral integration in NW China; Ecological restoration... more...
Seed Conditioning, Volume 2
CRC Press 2010; US$ 179.95Seed conditioning is a vital part of the technology needed to move higher-yielding, cost-effective improved genetic materials from the plant breeder to the farmers who must produce food for the rapidly expanding world population. This book is a follow-on, major update to bring together, in a logical sequence, present knowledge - both old and new -... more...
England's Rural Realms
I.B.Tauris 2007; US$ 94.00The English countryside in the nineteenth century experienced the shifting power struggle from the great landed estates towards democratisation. Challenging received scholarship that the landed estates declined in power and patronage Bujak places the Victorian globalisation of trade alongside the democratisation of the English countryside. By doing... more...
Technology of Bottled Water
Wiley 2011; US$ 219.95The fully revised third edition of this unique and comprehensive overview of the science and technology of the bottled waters industry contains brand new chapters which address these new developments. As well as an updated introductory chapter reviewing the market, the degree to which the global legislative and regulatory picture has changed is examined,... more...
Disaggregated Impacts of CAP Reforms
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 112.00The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is an important policy for the European Union and accounts for about 40% of the EU budget. Ever since its inception in 1958, the CAP has been regularly reviewed and adjusted to improve its performance and adapt to changing circumstances. At a time when the post-2013 future of the CAP is being discussed and major... more...
Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the United States
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 78.00The United States is one of the most important agricultural producers in the world. It has a very large domestic market and is the worlds largest exporter of agricultural products. Indeed, the share of US agricultural production exported is more than double that of any other US industry and the trade surplus in agricultural products acts as an... more...









