This book presents an overview of the cultivation of the potato, pointing out some aspects in relation to its production, consumption and importanc...

The heightened commodity price volatility of 2008 and the subsequent acceleration in U.S. food price inflation raised concerns and generated many q...

Organic crop acres in the United States more than doubled between 2002 and 2011 as acreage increased from 1.3 to over 3 million acres. While acreag...

This book focuses on pesticide research. A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the dam...

Public lands constitute an enormous treasure for the American people. They are also constantly the focal point of debates on their exploitation, sa...

This book discusses the development of transgenic pink bollworm for use in eradicating a major pest insect from the Arizona cotton fields. After pi...

Ratoon cropping is growing a fresh crop from the stubbles or suckers of the plant crop without replanting. It is also referred to as stubble croppi...

This book is one man's memorial to the magnificent natural redwood Sequoia trees in California which today number only a fraction of the groves of ...

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of research on agricultural systems that is both broad and selective. The focus is broad, by cov...

Turkish agriculture has been experiencing a period of unique policy experiment over the last couple years. A World Bank-initiated project, called t...

Rice is one of the most important food crops around the world and feeds over half of the global population. Hence, the study of rice productivity i...

The agriculture sector is a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which many scientists agree are contributing to observed climate change. Agri...

Wheat is a key staple food in Afghanistan, accounting for over half of the caloric intake of the population. It is also Afghanistan's major crop, a...

During the past decades, the performance of the agricultural sector in Africa and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been distressing. Ra...

During the past decades, the performance of the agricultural sector in Africa and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been distressing. Ra...

This volume deals with feed evaluation systems, the nutrient requirements of ruminant livestock and the feeding value of a wide range of feedstuffs...

This book includes thoroughly revised and reviewed information with content of the most important diseases throughout the world. It presents up-to-...

Thomas Jefferson once envisioned the United States as a 'nation of yeomen farmers'. Looking around today, however, illustrates that nothing could b...

In the post-World War II era, widespread rural poverty, most notably among farmers, dominated rural policy concerns. The Eisenhower Administration'...

This book looks at the success of the U.S. agricultural industry that agricultural research provides. U.S. consumers have the safest, least expensi...

Semi-arid climate regions receive low annual precipitation and intermediates between the desert climates and humid climates in ecological character...

This book emanated from the research outputs of different authors whose diverse academic traditions and wide geographic spread play a major role in...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the Uni...

In this compilation, the authors present the results of the systematic study of the spatial distribution of trace metals in surface soil over the B...