For over 55 years, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food sec...

An understanding of food demand and food trends across countries and the ability to predict potential shifts in demand for different food products ...

This book examines projections of two key determinants of food security: food production and import capacity of the countries. Domestic food produc...

Evidence suggests that efforts to eradicate the Asian long-horned beetle appear likely to succeed, while the emerald ash borer and P. ramorum are l...

The food and drinks sectors occupy the first place in Greek manufacturing industry. The share of food and drinks in total manufacturing industry va...

Italy's peculiar cultural variability is the result of population movements and invasions from the Mediterranean Sea, which took place in both hist...

Land use is one of the most important aspects of the study of natural resources management and environmental change. Today, recognizing these chang...

Combining personal experience with concrete fact, A K Hellum's "Listening to Trees" tells the story of a man's lifelong journey to salvage today's ...

The United States is the world's leading import market for live animals. From 2005 through 2008 over 1 billion live animals were legally imported i...

This book presents current research in the study of livestock, with a particular focus on livestock rearing, farming practices and associated disea...

Farmers and ranchers have had to adjust to significant changes in the structure and business methods of the livestock and meat sectors in recent de...

This comprehensive book is an indispensable guide to the management of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, deer, goats, pigs, poultry, horses and wor...

Across America old barns of all kinds are being imaginatively converted into new spaces in which to live and work. They offer luxuries otherwise sc...

Based on a true story, Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper is the tale of a Queensland battler as told through his grandson's eyes. In a one man show Tim Sti...

Local and regional food systems generally refer to agricultural production and marketing that occurs within a certain geographic proximity (between...

This book is a comprehensive overview of local food systems and explores the definitions of local food; estimates market size and reach; describes ...

Follow the history of logging as it unfolds across the United States, from the virgin forests of the east, to the towering redwoods of the West Coa...

Maize (Zea mays L.) commonly called corn, field corn, or Indian corn belongs to the Poaceae (Gramineae) family. It grows almost anywhere, although ...

Originally from Southeast Asia, the mango tree (Mangifera indica L.) was disseminated in a variety of areas worldwide, especially in tropical count...

Manure is organic matter used as organic fertiliser in agriculture. Manure contributes to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nu...

Animal manure can be used as a fertiliser, and it can improve soil quality. Manure can also be used as a feedstock for energy production. The Food,...

Biogas recovery systems collect methane from manure and burn it to generate electricity or heat. Burning methane reduces its global warming potenti...

The major aim of "microbes in sustainable agriculture" is to provide unique collection of data and a holistic view of the subject while presenting ...

This book opens with an investigation on the effects of natural fermentation and drying methods on physicochemical properties of proso millet flour...

By 2006, million dollar farms, accounting for 2 percent of all U.S. farms, dominated U.S. production of high-value crops, milk, hogs, poultry, and ...

Monoculture farming is nowadays a widespread practice throughout the world. In order to meet the food demand of rapidly increasing populations, the...

The common name mussel is used for members of several families of clams or bivalvia mollusca, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups ...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by specific filamentous fungi that infest agricultural commodities. They are known to contaminant cro...

New Developments in Agricultural Research provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of portable MMSs applied to agricultural and forestry,...

Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at l...

Lifestock refers to any animal breed kept by humans for commercial purposes. This book focuses on the effects of certain types of foods, such as pr...

Agricultural trade and development is a backbone of international trade. It includes agricultural trade patterns, commercial policy, international ...

A fully revised and completely redesigned edition of the first photographic identification guide to New Zealand's unique marine algae, by the count...

Nitrate and nitrite are two ions largely diffused in the environment because they take part in the nitrogen cycle. Moreover, a great part of atmosp...

Nitrogen is an important agricultural input that is critical for crop production. However, the introduction of large amounts of nitrogen into the e...

No-till farming (sometimes called zero tillage) is a way of growing crops from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till in...

Infrastructure, energy or other large-scale public or private projects require acquisition, easement or rental of agriculture, pasture or forest la...

Norwegian spring-spawning herring and Northeast Arctic cod are two of the largest and commercially most important fish stocks in the North Atlantic...

Quality of feed nutrition is influenced not only by the content but also by some other aspects such as, feed presentation, hygiene, anti-nutritiona...

Several epidemiological studies have revealed that people who consume nuts regularly are less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease. Clinica...

Oats are an ancient traditional cereal crop grown in all parts of the world and are consumed as feed and food in developing countries. Recent resea...

U. S. aquaculture -- the raising of fish and shellfish in captivity -- has generally been confined to nearshore coastal waters or in other water bo...

Cultivation of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) has expanded tremendously in recent years such that it has now become a major source of the w...

The predicted depletion of fossil fuels has mobilised society and the scientific community towards the use of alternative and sustainable sources o...

Global demand for and consumption of olive oil has increased significantly since the 1990s. While the United States and other "New World" players, ...

The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is a very important plant in terms of oil-producing crops in the Mediterranean basin. As reported by Zohary and H...

Smallholder farms or smallholdings comprise livestock and livestock, livestock and crops and crops and crops farming systems. It involves nutrition...

Book & CD. Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on ecosystem management and attempts to reduce or eliminate external agricultur...