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Sugar beet, alongside sugar cane, is the main source of sugar across the world. Grown widely in Europe, North and South America, Asia and parts of North Africa, the crop is at the core of a multi-billion dollar global industry. A. Philip Draycott has gathered 32...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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World Agriculture Series
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World-wide losses of crops, post-harvest, through microbial action, pests, diseases and other types of spoilage amount to millions of tons every year. This essential handbook is the first in a three-volume series which covers all factors affecting post-harvest quality...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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The future of the world's forests is at the forefront of environmental debate. Rising concerns over the effects of deforestation and climate change are highlighting the need both to conserve and manage existing forests and woodland through sustainable forestry...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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The future of the world's forests is at the forefront of environmental debate. Rising concerns over the effects of deforestation and climate change are highlighting the need both to conserve and manage existing forests and woodland through sustainable forestry...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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From enhancing the flavour of food to providing a substrate for fermentation, sugar is renowned worldwide for its importance as a commodity. For many centuries sugarcane has been cultivated and developed, and we now have a huge range of crop varieties. Based on...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
World Agriculture Series
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The magnitude of the food-waste disposal problem cannot be understated. Utilisation of food waste is of concern to the food processing industry, consumers, environmentalists, and regulators of handling and disposal systems. Food waste is not consistent in quality, is...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Written by a team of international researchers, scientists, and academics, Perspectives of World Food and Agriculture 2004 comprises the latest, most up-to-date information in global agricultural. With a list of international contributors that reads like a "Who’s Who?"...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Exotic pests and diseases have long been an important concern in agriculture. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent and complex because agricultural trade has been liberalized worldwide, and as a consequence, the probability of spreading a disease or a pest...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Aimed at social scientists, this book discusses family policy in general and the New Federalism in particular, and experimental implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWOA) in the United States. Here, emphasis in family...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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With the continuous changes of farming methods and policies, it is crucial that agricultural education evolves with them, pushing towards innovations rather than accepting conventions. This book is a call to arms for educators to prepare for the 21st Century and an...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Science for Agriculture was the first thorough quantitative and analytical treatment of the history of the U.S. agricultural research system and as such has served as the foundation for research over the 10 years since its publication. The benefits from public and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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The second volume in a series designed to keep agricultural leaders abreast of the most up-to-date information concerning global agriculture, Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture, Volume 2 brings together cutting-edge agricultural research and the latest views on...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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A sociological study of changing farming methods, Conservation Tillage and Cropping Innovation investigates those techniques that have gradually continued to replace the plow culture. With thorough documentation of the conservation tillage and cropping revolution, this...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Genetically engineered plant products line the shelves of our grocery stores but we don't know which ones they are because no label identifies them. Should we be concerned? Biotech companies claim that engineered corn and canola are safe, but are they telling the truth?...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2007-10-15
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Global change, land use policies and EU enlargement affect the driving forces for landscape functioning, land use management and rural development. New demands on landscapes and natural resources call for multifunctional approaches to land development. Tools are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-05-11
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‘Homegardens’ are integrated tree – crop – animal production systems, often in small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. These agroforestry systems, developed and nurtured by farmers through generations of innovation and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-04-21
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Forest road operations include all the activities to plan, design, construct, and maintain the infrastructure needed to move forest products from the ro- side to the mill or port destination. Poor road management can jeopardize the economics of the forestry enterprise...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-01-19
Collection :
Tropical Forestry
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This book looks at coffee growing from two viewpoints: that of the human societies that practise it and the landscapes it shapes, using a geographical and socioeconomic approach; and that of the plant itself, its cultivation and its processing, using an agronomic and...
Editeur :
QUAE
Parution :
2007-01-02
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During the latter part of 2004, Helen Buitenkamp of Springer Publishing emailed me that the first edition of Handbook of Urban and Community Forestry in the Northeast is the best volume in its field and inquired whether we’d be interested in compiling a second edition;...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2006-11-14
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A presentation of the most fundamental features of the biology of the mammary gland, a unique model of an organ capable of an abundant synthesis of proteins: endocrinology of lactation, role of prolactin, genetics and protein synthesis, immunology and the mammary gland,...
Editeur :
Inra
Parution :
2006-05-31
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