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This is an open access book.Agriculture, food, and environment are a measure of the availability of food and individuals’ accessibility to it, where accessibility includes affordability. Agriculture, food, and environment are a potential predicament to the world at this...
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Atlantis Press
Parution :
2023-02-10
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This book will address the major subsoil physical and chemical constraints and their implications to crop production; Plant growth is often restricted by adverse physical and chemical properties of subsoils yet these limitations are not revealed by testing surface soils...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-08-03
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Dieses Buch bietet eine vielfältige Anleitung zum intensiveren Erleben und Verstehen des Waldes. In fünf Kapiteln informiert es über unsere heimischen Wälder als erholsame Oasen, erläutert waldökologisch bedeutsame Sachverhalte und geleitet Sie so zu einem erweiterten...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-07-27
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This book is intended to provide an overview for the identification and establishment of biodiversity islands. It presents examples and case studies where the biodiversity islands approach is being used in a variety of locations and contexts worldwide. It will...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-04-22
Collection :
Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation
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This book collates, reviews and synthesizes information on how soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks differ among major terrestrial biomes of the U.S.A. Information on soil inorganic carbon (SIC) stocks for different terrestrial biomes of the U.S.A. will also be presented....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-04-04
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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of agricultural biotechnology, agro-food systems and forestry, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 5th International Conference on Safety, Health and...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-22
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This edited book covers all aspects of wood degradation from its formation and growing in trees to its end usages when it is put into human usage. Wood is an age-old traditional fascinating material with a sensory-rich immersive experience that kindles aesthetics and...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-16
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Agroforestry – the practice of growing trees and crops in interacting combinations – is recognized the world over as an integrated approach to sustainable land-use.Agroforestry systems, being multifunctional, facilitate not only the production of food and wood products...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-01-12
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This book is a state-of-the-art compilation of the latest information on ecosystem services of agroforestry. The last two decades have seen a surge in literature on the ecosystem services of sustainable agriculture practices, including that of agroforestry; however,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-10-22
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This open access book focuses on the practical application of electromagnetic polarimetry principles in Earth remote sensing with an educational purpose. In the last decade, the operations from fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar such as the Japanese...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-03-24
Collection :
Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
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This book reviews the application of nanosensors in food and agriculture. Nanotechnology has the potential to become transformative technology that will impact almost all sectors. Tools like nanosensors, which detect specific molecular interactions, can be used for...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-03-12
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This book surveys state-of-the-art and prospective practices, methods and technologies in agri-food and forestry sectors to document the potential measurable improvements in areas of environmental management, food security, economic growth, social...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-02-23
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Understanding the current state and dynamics of any forest is extremely difficult - if not impossible - without recognizing its history. Bialowieza Primeval Forest (BPF), located on the border between Poland and Belarus, is one of the best preserved European lowland...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-03-30
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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of innovative biosystems engineering for sustainable agriculture, forestry and food production. Focusing on the challenges of implementing sustainability in various contexts in the fields...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-03-19
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This book discusses the impact of climate change on rural forest areas. It analyses data provided by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) to not only demonstrate that climate change has occurred in Portuguese forests, but also to suggest how...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-08
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The studies in this volume provide an ethnography of a plantation frontier in central Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Drawing on the expertise of both natural scientists and social scientists, the key focus is the process of commodification of nature that has turned the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-11-06
Collection :
Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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This book is an open access publication.Forest ecosystems in Central Europe are changing as a result of anthropogenic influences and changing climate conditions. As such, a large-scale monitoring programme was undertaken in order to understand the influence of site...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-09-09
Collection :
Ecological Studies
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This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011.This third volume in the series reports on studies...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-01-30
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This book collects wide-ranging contributions such as case studies, reviews, reports on technological developments, outputs of research/studies, and examples of successful projects, presenting current knowledge and raising awareness to help the agriculture and forestry...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-01-24
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This book covers the sustainable tropical agriculture, sustainable tropical animal production and health, sustainable tropical forestry, socio-economic dimension in tropical agriculture and innovative and emerging food technology and management as chapters in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-12-04
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