Academic Press, 2020. — 209 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-818186-7. This book presents the legacy and heritage of Long-Term Experiments (LTEs) in Agriculture while also addressing the challenges and potential solutions. The book discusses how LTEs form an important asset in understanding agriculture’s significant influence on life on earth. As global governments and development agencies...
Academic Press, 2016. — 178 p. — ISBN: 0128016957, 9780128016954, 9780128018071, 0128018070 The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture: Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains presents insights on Brazilian agriculture and its impressive gains in productivity and international competitiveness, also providing insightful examples for global policymakers. In Brazil,...
ExLi4EvA, 2016. — 138 p. This book provides useful information about Urban Agriculture, which includes the production of crops in small to large lots, vertical production on walls, windows (window farms), rooftops (green roofs), urban gardens, farmer's markets, economic models of urban gardening, peri-urban agricultural systems, and spatial planning and evolution of the land...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 168 p. — ISBN: 0199368430, 9780199368433. The world is more interested in issues surrounding agricultural and food issues than ever before. Are pesticides safe? Should we choose locally grown food? Why do some people embrace new agricultural technologies while others steadfastly defend traditional farming methods? In the debates about organic...
OECD/FAO. — Paris: OECD Publishing, 2017. — 137 p. This work is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD and the Director-General of the FAO. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of OECD member countries, or the governments of the FAO member countries. This document and any map included...
Springer, 2019. — 367 p. — (Design Science and Innovation). — ISBN10: 9811364346, 13 978-9811364341. This book comprises the proceedings of a rural technologies conference organised by the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG), which was conceptualized and initiated by Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India R. Chidambaram in 2003-04. The book highlights...
World Scientific Publishing Company, 2019. — 680 p. — ISBN: 981327834X This book features a comprehensive foresight assessment, exploring the pressures – threats as well as opportunities – on the global agriculture & food systems between now and 2050. The overarching aim is to help readers understand the context, by analyzing global trends and anticipating change for better...
North Atlantic Books, 2016. — 192 p. Debunking the notion that our current food crisis must be addressed through industrial agriculture and genetic modification, author and activist Vandana Shiva argues that those forces are in fact the ones responsible for the hunger problem in the first place. Who Really Feeds the World? is a powerful manifesto calling for agricultural...
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