This book presents topical research in the study of the characteristics, processes and management of soil fertility in agriculture. Topics discusse...

Phenolic compounds are known to be released into the soil by root exudates and litter inputs thus alterations in foliar and root chemistry have imp...

The need for more food to sustain the growing human population has led to the conversion of forests to croplands. Excessive input of chemical ferti...

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 is the fifth most important grain crop after wheat, rice, maize and barley. It is cultivated for food and beverages for humans, and for fee...

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

The soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia. It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component...

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 beet pulp is the residue of sugar beet tissue after the extraction of sugar in the technology of sugar processing. Sugar beet pulp can be use...

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...

This book presents topical research in the study of the production, cultivation and uses of sugarcane. Topics discussed in this compilation include...

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...

Surveillance is the close observation of a person or a group of people. Governments and organizations surveil people. Surveillance may help find an...

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 1990s were a hurricane of change for American farming, and the Beginning Farmer Center (BFC) was caught in the storm. Today's successful farmer...

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 Dark Web is a part of the internet that is hidden and hard to access. It allows users to remain anonymous. Some people use the Dark Web because...

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...

Add some visual zing to your new beekeeping hobby with the very first graphic guide! These fully illustrated pages, perfect for visual learners, of...

"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....

New Zealand depends on what our farmers, foresters and horticulturalists grow. When agriculture catches a cold, the entire economy sneezes. Right n...

The world needs nutrition-driven agriculture that operates within planetary boundaries. But a recent OECD report on New Zealand’s environmental per...

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...

"Someday" Big Fred Hewett used to say in his Humboldt Saloon in Aberdeen, Washington, "these pictures will show how the boys used to do it." He kne...

The reissue of the classic history about the sawmill industry in the Pacific Northwest is rich in memories. Here is the vital and true story of the...

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...

Has anyone today any conception of the grandeur, the extent, the million board feet a day production...the entire meaning of the forests of the Pac...

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...