The genetic engineering of agricultural crops is seen as both promising and controversial, with potentially significant implications for the United...

Genetically engineered (GE) varieties with pest management traits became commercially available for major crops in 1996. Over 15 years later, adopt...

This book provides research from around the globe on Genetically modified plants which is a plant genetically engineered to contain one or more gen...

While the global marketplace is cluttered with books and products about agriculture and related issues of development, very few speak specifically ...

Officials continue to assert that the U.S. food supply, including the portion imported, is among the safest in the world. One challenge has been th...

Growth in the productivity of the global food and agricultural system will be largely determined by today's investments in research and development...

This book provides projections for the agricultural sector through 2020. Projections cover agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggreg...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed include the trade and food security implic...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed include the expansion of modern grocery re...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed include classifying and measuring agricult...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed in this compilation include the policy, te...

Book & CD-ROM. This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed in this compilation inc...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed in this compilation include growth and evo...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed in this compilation include reviews of his...

The combination of food and economic crises has pushed the number of food-insecure or hungry people world-wide to historic levels. Over 1 billion p...

The reissue of this classic history allows us to once again journey into the past and rediscover for the first time the forgotten men and methods o...

Chemical herbicides are widely used in food production throughout the world. At the present time, they represent approximately 40% of chemical prod...

This book presents a modern framework for understanding and improving agrarian sustainability and its governance. It incorporates the interdiscipli...

In this book, the authors gather current research in the study of the cultivation, varieties and nutritional uses of grapes. Topics discussed in th...

In this book, the authors present topical research on the varieties, cultivation and management of grapevines. Some of the topics discussed include...

This book covers the subject of grasslands used for grazing livestock. Grasslands can be split into improved and unimproved pastures (also a sub-se...

Grazing management is one of the most important management activities world-wide, and it has been a traditional sustainable land use in many areas ...

Fresh water is one of the essential natural resources on Earth, and groundwater constitutes 98% of the liquid fresh water on the planet. Yet, throu...

Fresh water is one of the essential natural resources on Earth, and groundwater constitutes 98% of the liquid fresh water on the planet. Yet, throu...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the production, chemistry and sensory properties of cheese. Topics discussed inc...

In today’s artisan, hands-on, and environmentally conscience landscape, there are many reasons to mill your own lumber: a craftsman, artist, or bui...

The discussion of ideas, methods, scientific results, empirical practices and perspectives on the restoration of high diversity tropical and subtro...

This book looks at hired farmworkers who make up a third of the total agricultural labor force and are critical to U.S. agricultural production, pa...

In the last few years, with increasing frequency, modern medicine directs attention to natural products with biological and therapeutic properties ...

In both ancient and modern civilisations, honey represents a natural product of great importance with many functional applications. Honey is used s...

In 2006, commercial migratory beekeepers along the East Coast of the United States began reporting sharp declines in their honey bee colonies. Beca...

Starting in late 2006, commercial migratory bee-keepers along the East Coast of the United States began reporting sharp declines in their honey bee...

Honeybees are a subset of bees in the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial,...

Bees are eusocial insects with highly successful cosmopolitan distribution. Honeybees contribute substantially to the worldwide healthy economy and...

This book explores the technologies of precision agriculture and no-till farming, with a focus on yield monitors, variable crop-rate application, g...

Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation, including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttin...

Many people store and share personal information online. This information is part of a person's identity. Identity thieves can find and steal this ...

This book covers topics related to impacts and challenges in the oil palm production chain (with sustainability in mind) and consists of nine chapt...

Developing countries have nearly two thirds of the world's livestock populations but produce less than a third of the world's meat and a fifth of i...

Wherever flowering plants flourish, pollinating bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and other animals are hard at work, providing vital but often unnot...

India's high agricultural tariffs are a significant impediment to U.S. agricultural exports and certain Indian non-tariff measures (NTMs), includin...

Regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) have taken on greater significance amidst an evolving international trading environment. Member...

Sustainable agricultural development requires innovation. Due to globalisation and liberalisation, amongst other factors, smallholder producers ope...

In this book, the biosorption process used to produce biological components of fertilisers was examined. For this purpose, the waste biomass obtain...

This book describes the results of the research of the project entitled Phosphorus Renewable Raw Materials: A Resource Base for the New Generation ...

Across America, U.S. grain flows from farm to elevator to destinations around the world. The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administratio...

This book focuses on agricultural trade and development which is a backbone of international trade. It includes agricultural trade patterns, commer...

This book present and discusses various topics in the study of international agricultural trade and development. Topics discussed include interacti...