Organic farming is a system approach utilizing the natural cycles and biological interactions for crop production and protection. It aims at harmon...

The vine is one of the oldest plants on the planet, whose remotes fossils date back more than 120 million years ago. It has been part of human civi...

"Water hyacinth is an aquatic plant which can live and reproduce floating freely on the surface of fresh waters or can be attached in mud. Plant si...

Different approaches and methodologies have become prominent for evaluating water quality remediation strategies, including Multiple Criteria Decis...

Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food. This book presents current research in the genetics, crop and food produc...

"A visitor from down south stared at my apple tree and said: 'Those don't grow here you know. It's too cold.' If the apricot tree in Highlands knew...

There exists an enormous diversity of in the wild flora and fauna of earth. However, global environmental changes like climate change, deforestatio...

Wildlife tourism is one kind of niche tourism, which mainly attractions are natural resources, especially wild animals. Since the 1980’s, with more...

Farms and ranches operated by women have more than doubled in the last 30 years. Since 1978, the first year the Census of Agriculture collected dat...

A complete guide to sustainable, small-scale forest development for people who own a woodlot of one tree or many. Using recognized forestry princip...

The creation of WTO in 1995 and the globalisation trends of the recent past have impacted the world economies -- particularly those of developing c...

Maize is one of the moist important cereals for humanity. It is grown for grain and forage, which could be used for food, feed and industry process...