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  • Coffee

    by Gavin Fridell ...
    Series series Resources
    In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses. Coffee is one of the most valuable Southern exports, generating billions of dollars in corporate profits each year, even while the majority of the world’s 25 million coffee families live in relative poverty.But who ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

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  • The Australian Beekeeping Manual

    by Robert Owen ...
    The Australian Beekeeping Manual is the most comprehensive reference for both novice and experienced beekeepers in Australia. The accessible yet detailed text, supported by over 350 full-colour photographs and illustrations, covers all the key areas, including the beekeeping equipment needed, how to obtain bees, where to locate them in the garden, and the basics of colony management. There are ... Read more

    $25.91 USD

  • The Wharf at Waterfall Bay

    by Lisa Harper ...
    The inspiring and entertaining story of a determined young woman alone, who overcame the isolation of her family farm to build a flourishing business. When Lisa Harper returned to her family’s farm at the head of remote Mahau Sound, in the Marlborough Sounds, after years overseas working as a scientist, she showed all the pluck and entrepreneurial streak of the earlier generations of women in her ... Read more

    $12.23 USD

  • Agriculture for Beginners

    by Midwest Journal Press, Charles William Burkett, Frank Lincoln Stevens ...
    Series Book 2 - Living With the Land
    Since its first publication "Agriculture for Beginners" has found a welcome in thousands of schools and homes.Naturally many suggestions as to changes, additions, and other improvements have reached its authors.The authors hope and think that the remaking of the book has added to its usefulness and attractiveness.They believe now, as they believed before, that there is no line of separation ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Feedpads for Grazing Dairy Cows

    by John Moran, Scott McDonald ...
    This book is the first detailed and comprehensive guide to the use of feedpads in the dairy industry, from planning and construction to day-to-day management, written especially for farmers. With ongoing droughts and access to water driving up the cost of conserved forages and feeding concentrates, feedpads offer flexible and efficient systems to maximise returns on feeding expensive supplements ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets

    Edited by Naveen Kumar Arora ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Plants form mutualistic association with various microorganisms, particularly in the rhizosphere region. The association benefits both the partners in a number of ways. A single plant can support the growth of diverse microbes and in reciprocation these microbes help the plant in several ways. A great deal of knowledge is now available on the mechanisms of action of plant growth promoting microbes ... Read more

    $128.78 USD

  • Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Societal Influences

    Edited by Silvia López Ortíz, W. Bruce Campbell ...
    Series Book 2 - Issues in Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus
    Agroecology not only encompasses aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values. To provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, connections must be established with many disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, agriculture, economics, ecology, rural development ... Read more

    $169.28 USD

  • Bananas and Plantains

    Edited by S. Gowen ...
    Series series World Crop Series
    In a field of mature bananas, plants can be seen at all stages of vegetative growth and fruit maturity, providing a fascination for anyone who has an interest in growing crops. Banana farmers in the tropics can harvest fruit every day of the year. The absence of seasonality in production is an advantage, in that it provides a continuity of carbohydrate to meet dietary needs as well as a regular ... Read more

    $258.38 USD

  • The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by Govinda R. Timilsina, David Zilberman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970’s, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security. From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by 26% and biodiesel grew by 172%. As biofuel production continues to expand, investments in capacity ... Read more

    $80.18 USD

  • Bio-Economic Models applied to Agricultural Systems

    Edited by Guillermo Flichman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book has the purpose of providing the "state of the arts" concerning bio-economic modelling dealing with agricultural systems. In most cases, the contributions use a methodology combining the use of biophysical and economic models, in all cases, an engineering production function approach is totally or partially applied. This practice is being developed in the last years as a response to ... Read more

    $80.18 USD

  • Chemistry and Hygiene of Food Additives

    by Pasqualina Laganà, Emanuela Avventuroso, Giovanni Romano, Maria Eufemia Gioffré, Paolo Patanè, Salvatore Parisi, Umberto Moscato, Santi Delia ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This brief addresses important aspects of food additives. Through four chapters, the authors describe the chemistry of food additives, the regulatory classification of additives on a large-scale, the risks involved in using chemicals for food preparation – including implications this has on food hygiene, and case-study examples taken from the dairy industry. More specifically, chapter one provides ... Read more

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  • The Economics of American Agriculture

    Evolution and Global Development

    by Steven C. Blank ...
    This book answers the questions: What is happening to American agriculture, and why? Steven C. Blank uses portfolio theory to analyze both macro- and microeconomic data that paints a clear picture of the trends in agriculture, and explains why these trends are consistent with market evolution and global economic development. He clarifies agriculture's specific role in economic development with a ... Read more

    $41.39 USD