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Chickens
BowTie Inc. 2011; US$ 14.95Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit has sold over 45,000 copies since it was published in 2005. Its popularity, as well as the popularity of other chicken-keeping books currently in the marketplace, shows that keeping chickens is a hobby that is thriving and growing. In the 2nd Edition of Chickens , Sue Weaver updates... more...
Chick Days
Storey Publishing, LLC 2011; US$ 14.95Chickens are the hottest new backyard ?pet?! It seems that every Tom, Dick, and Susan wants to raise chickens in his or her backyard, whether that yard is one square foot or one hundred. There?s nothing more local than an egg freshly laid right in your own yard. But what should you expect when you?re adopting a couple of day-old chicks? In Chick Days... more...
Keeping Chickens For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 21.99Practical how-to advice for keeping chickens "For me, raising chickens, for eggs and meat, has been one of the most enjoyable aspects of our family farm. I am a great admirer of "chicken whisperer" Pammy Riggs, and with her two co-authors she has produced an admirably thorough guide to enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the pitfalls of... more...
Goat Husbandry
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 21.86This is a book every goat-keeper should have. The latest edition has been extensively revised by Ruth Goodwin, a well-known expert, to reflect the changes in the goat-keeping world since publication of the previous edition. She has incorporated her revisions with great skill without losing the character of what is a classic work. more...
Beekeeping - A Practical Guide
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 11.65A practical book for new beekeepers and those interested in keeping their own bees, explaining everything they need to know to get started. It also covers how to make your garden attractive for bees. Published to coincide with the biggest beginners' day for beekeeping which takes place in February each year. more...
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
Storey Publishing, LLC 2013; US$ 24.95If you want to incubate, hatch, and brood chicks yourself, rather than buying them from a hatchery, this is the guide you need. Poultry authority Gail Damerow explains exactly how to hatch healthy baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets, addressing everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to ensuring... more...
Partnerships for Empowerment
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 48.95Participatory research has emerged as an approach to producing knowledge that is sufficiently grounded in local needs and realities to support community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), and it is often touted as crucial to the sustainable management of forests and other natural resources. This book analyses the current state of the art... more...
OECD Review of Fisheries 2011: Policies and Summary Statistics
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012; US$ 137.00This Review contains a General Survey of Policy Developments based on material submitted by OECD member countries, information gathered on observer and enhanced engagement countries, and an overview of recent activities of the Committee of Fisheries. It also includes a special chapter which is the Chairs' Report from the Round Table on Eco-labelling... more...
Rebuilding Fisheries: The Way Forward
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012; US$ 42.00Many fisheries around the world are characterised by excessive fishing effort, low productivity and inadequate profitability. Considerable benefits can be made from rebuilding such fisheries. This publication analyses the issues and challenges governments face as they develop and implement plans to rebuild fisheries. The focus is... more...
Livestock Diseases: Prevention, Control and Compensation Schemes
OECD Publishing 2012; US$ 84.00This report is an overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases, a potentially catastrophic type of risk that can have strong external effects given its links to the food chain and to human health. Animal disease, primarily in farmed livestock, has long been a policy concern for food safety reasons and the high economic losses it can... more...









