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

Global food security remains at ever greater risk. This is true despite greater concerns and robust actions by world political leaders such as the ...

Chapter 1 looks at the planting techniques of barley noting that the bidirectional planting technique had a significant effect on growth and yield ...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the types, nutritional composition and health benefits of legumes. Topics discus...

In the last ten years the ready meals market has had considerable growth with an average of 4.0% in value and 3.0% in volume per year. Several fact...

Sales of locally produced foods comprise a small but growing part of U.S. agricultural sales. Estimates vary, but they indicate that local food sal...

In 2003, EPA introduced revised Clean Water Act regulations to better protect surface waters from nutrients from concentrated animal feeding operat...

Beef markets in the United States are undergoing rapid change as alternative production systems and technologies evolve in response to consumer dem...

In this series of deft and beautifully written essays, conservationist Stephen Spear and journalist Janice Riley chronicle a year of cultivating bl...

The pepper fruit is commonly consumed as fresh fruit. In addition, the fruit is used in food industry and in manufacture processing, either ferment...

The pomegranate is a beloved plant and fruit that has been used in ancient times. The raw fruit, juice, peels and flowers were used as medicines. T...

This book presents an overview of the cultivation of the potato, pointing out some aspects in relation to its production, consumption and importanc...

This book, written by Charles Herman Senn (1864-1934) and originally published in 1915, brings the old recipes and techniques of cooking from durin...

The first chapter of this book focuses on an alternative gluten-free flour enriched with a natural low-calorie sweetener. The main objective was to...

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

In 2008, a small-scale flour miller from British Columbia's Sunshine Coast created a hand-made bike mill to attract a dedicated farmers' market fol...

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....

According to USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS), the national net farm income, a key indicator of U.S. farm well-being, is forecast at a record...

Most U.S. households have consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living -- they are food secure. But a minority of Americ...

For almost six decades, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world foo...

Weeds are problematic both in agricultural and non-agricultural areas so that they potentially cause economic losses. Weed interference in crops al...

In the autumn of 2009, a grandmother in the village of Mun, in the Ghund valley of the Tajik Pamir Mountains, approached two young researchers and ...