Sorghum is an important world crop, used for food, fodder, the production of alcoholic beverages, as well as biofuels. This book presents current r...

There is a world-wide trend for the sustainability of cultures and the optimal production of food and a source of renewable energy. The culture of ...

Sorghum abilities, which have significant impacts on human and animal development, have recently increased. This book includes chapters derived fro...

Soybean is one of the major world crops. In 2008, the world consumption of soybean was over 221 million metric tons of which approximately 50% came...

Governments of every sugar-producing nation intervene to protect their domestic industries from fluctuating world market prices. Such intervention ...

Sugar is among the most traded commodities with exports accounting for over one quarter of global production. In this book, the authors discuss the...

Sugarcane is a C4, perennial, sucrose-storing grass belonging to the genus Saccharum (Arceneaux, 1965) that originated in Asia, and it is a cultiva...

Sugarcane is a globally important crop since it provides nearly 80% of the sugar consumed worldwide. The cultivation of sugarcane is one of the mos...

Sustainability is defined as the use of natural resources without risking their exploitation by future generations. Agriculture can only be conside...

Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South offers information on vegetable and vegetable production for the serious grower or hobb...

Rural communities across America are working to strengthen their economies, provide better quality of life to residents, and build on assets such a...

Sustainable Soil Fertility Management mainly focuses on issues related to soil management at the field level, which is a prime concern for crop pro...

This book introduces the potential benefits of sweet potato as a promising food crop for processing into baked foods and snacks, thus reducing prod...

Sweet sorghum is a cereal that belongs to the species Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench. Although the crop is reportedly native to Africa, it is grown wor...

The farm bill is an omnibus, multi-year piece of authorizing legislation that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. Titles in the mos...

This book focuses on those policies contained in the 2014 farm bill that support agriculture-based renewable energy, especially biofuels. The intro...

We were undercapitalized, inexperienced, practiced democratic decision-making and some of us smoked dope occasionally. All elements that would make...

The farm bill is an omnibus, multi-year law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. Although agricultural policies are sometimes c...

In 1895 Scottish entrepreneur, engineer, and outdoor adventurer Henry Ogle Bell-Irving built the Good Hope Cannery in Rivers Inlet, BC. There was a...

"Nifty book on honeybees . . . helpful things you can do!" -- Margaret Atwood (via Twitter) In this updated bestseller (with new science and data r...

This is a remarkable and deeply wise reflection on land, farming, a sense of place, connecting with nature and what it means to live on this earth....

This book is for those who are seriously engaged in the problems of tillage. Mechanical tillage plays a very important role in shaping the harvest ...

Beef cow-calf farms operate in an industry characterised by large numbers of small farms. Many of these farms specialise in beef cattle production,...

The book opens with a biography by Peter's wife, the Reverend Vicky Cullen, offering the reader an insight into Peter's personal life and the influ...

This book discusses the harvesting, prevalence and benefits of tilapia and trout. Chapter One begins with a review of the risks and benefits of til...

The tomato is one of the world's major vegetable crops. Like other important crops, tomatoes also suffer huge crop losses due to many severe diseas...

Natural ecosystems provide the basic conditions without which humanity could not survive. Goods and services provided by ecosystems include, for ex...

The animal sector of agriculture has undergone major changes in the last several decades, a fact that has drawn the attention of policymakers and t...

The purpose of this volume is to explore the involvement of NGOs in the development of a rural region of Cameroon that has attracted a large propor...

Axel Kahn's book, published late in 1996, which provided an overview of the opinions expressed by the Commission of Biomolecular Engineering about ...

In an increasingly interconnected and bioeconomic world, agriculture is one of the vital and extremely complex links; on one hand, it provides food...

Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that t...

With an increasing role of tropical forests supporting a range of ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, water regulation, soil conservatio...

The European Union (EU) is one of the United States' chief agricultural trading partners but also a major competitor in world markets. Both the Uni...

The United States is the undisputed world leader in agricultural production today, but as we look out across the 21st century, agriculture faces a ...

The 2014 Farm Bill makes significant changes to the structure of U.S. dairy support programs, including the elimination of several major price and ...

Most U.S. farms are family operations, and even the largest farms are predominantly family-run. Small farms are less profitable than larger farms, ...

Farm businesses' debt-use decisions can affect their growth and survival, as well as the economic vitality of farm-dependent rural communities. Thu...

Limited-resource and socially disadvantaged farmers make up as much as 40 percent of all U.S. farms. Some federal conservation programs contain pro...