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...