Use of modern methods of production is conditioned by the institutional framework of a production sector. If the institutional set up is exploitati...

In spite of a societal focus on cell phones, microchips and other gadgets, it is agriculture which defines a nation. A country may or may not be th...

Agricultural Management for Climate Change includes work from various international institutions that consider agricultural management to address c...

Recent scientific research indicate that nanotechnology has the potential to positively impact the agrifood sector, minimizing adverse problems of ...

This book presents the latest research from around the world in the field of agriculture. Agricultural fungicides, for example, are considered with...

Agriculture, Food and Food Security: Some Global Perspectives is an edited collection of scholarly work. The book looks at agriculture and food in ...

Increasing dependence on foreign sources of crude oil, concerns over global climate change, and the desire to promote domestic rural economies have...

"Biodiversity is at risk everywhere; overexploitation and economic greed threaten its sustainable use by humankind, so putting the basic resources ...

It is known that conventional agriculture with the use of inputs and agrochemicals is not sustainable in time, causing numerous problems such as co...

"Agroecology is an emerging field that has not yet developed an articulated corpus of theoretical and methodological assumptions capable of offerin...

Ecosystems are the basis of life and all human activities. Agroecology as an approach to foster the transition to food systems that conserve resour...

This book is part of an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and comprehensive effort to develop a practical guide to assist under-served and lim...

"Evolution of agroforestry in the last three decades has seen a major shift from emphasis on land productivity at farm level to systems interaction...

Agroforestry is a system of land management that integrates trees and shrub planting with crops of livestock in order to generate economic, environ...

Over the past decade the potential of agroforestry systems to sequester carbon and their role in providing ecosystem services has become the forefr...

"Agroforestry (AF) is an ecofriendly and sustainable modern farming land use practice that maintains or increases total yields by combining food cr...

This book provides an overview of recent efforts to apply agroforestry technologies to landscape restoration in degraded lands located in tropical ...

Agroforestry is a system of land use in which both agriculture and forestry production are intermingled. All over the world, farmers have had a lon...

Agroforestry is increasingly being recognized as a holistic food production system that can have numerous significant environmental, economic, and ...

Today, agroforestry ranks high among the significant land-management initiatives that have undertaken the world over the past few decades. Indeed, ...

Agrometeorology or Agricultural Meteorology involves the integration of climatological and meteorological data and techniques into agricultural pro...

"Early man depended on hunting, fishing and food gathering. Cultivation of crops, notably grains such as wheat, rice, barley and millets, encourage...

Specifically, this book features detailed information about tomato production, water supply and cork production compiled in three different chapter...

The MARCH-INSIDE approach is a computational method that can be used to seek Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSAR) models in genes a...

This is a comprehensive, reliable and informative guide to apples old and new, their care, pest and disease control, propagation and harvesting. To...

Finalist for the 2012 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize New farmers, experienced growers, budding environmentalists, and fans of natural, organic ...

This book explores America's family farms today. Farmers face many challenges like making daily decisions on when to plow, till, plant, fertilise, ...

Amino acid biochemistry in plants has been a major topic research. There are many aspects of amino acid metabolism in plants that has to be underst...

Ammonia emissions from farming are causing environmental problems on local and regional scale in Europe and elsewhere. These emissions also reduce ...

This book deals with the eradication of diseases that pose a risk to the health of animals, wildlife and humans. It includes developing a safe and ...

Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and views articulated in the chapters are those of the individual contributors, and not ...

From the very early days human beings depend on animals and animal products for food and other requirements. In dairy and poultry farms high yieldi...

This book presents topical research in the study of animal feed, including conventional and novel feed research programs; veterinary drug use and e...

This book shows that within the framework of EU, there has always been an ongoing struggle between two powers, food safety through feed hygiene and...

On 5 February 2010, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack announced that the USDA was revising its approach to achieving a national capability for anima...

Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to modify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to...

In 1966, Congress passed the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (P.L. 89-54) to prevent pets from being stolen for sale to research laboratories, and to...

Farmers use antibiotics to treat, prevent, and control animal diseases and increase the productivity of animals and operations. However, there is c...

In Pasteur's day, and for many years after his death, the word "virus" was used to describe any cause of infectious disease. Many bacteriologists s...

This book is the latest compilation of manure research activities beyond the adverse environmental concerns. This book covers issues relevant to ma...

Aquaculture is the art, science and business of cultivating aquatic animals and plants in fresh or marine waters. It is the extension of fishing, r...

An account of aquaculture status and research needs in the Middle East and North Africa is presented here with several renowned aquaculture experts...

This book presents the latest research on aquaculture which is the cultivation of aquatic organisms. Unlike fishing, aquaculture, also known as aqu...

Aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms. Unlike fishing, aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, implies the cultivation of aquatic pop...

Owing to their sensitivity to the changes in the environment amphibians are regarded as bio-indicators of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem. Their ...

"Plants are important source of a variety of products found to be useful in human beings. These are also a major component of forming biodiversity ...

Emerging infectious diseases have affected animal and human health in recent decades, demonstrated by bovine spongiform encephalopathy, variant Cre...

Poultry has a crucial place worldwide as the eggs and chicken meat are important and rich sources of protein, vitamins and minerals. Poultry provid...