Catálogo de libros: Agricultura y explotación agropecuaria

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  • Forests and Food
    Bhaskar Vira / Christoph Wildburger / Stephanie Mansourian
    'As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide and malnutrition affects nearly every country on the planet. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies fall ...
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    53,98 €

  • What Works in Conservation
    Lynn V Dicks / Rebecca K Smith / William J Sutherland
    'Is leaving headlands in fields unsprayed beneficial for wildlife? Is paying farmers to cover the costs of bird conservation measures effective? Is using prescribed fire beneficial for young trees in forests? Does translocating frogs benefit wild populations? Is providing artificial roost structures for bats beneficial? What Works in Conservation has been created to provide pra...
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    68,05 €

  • Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Abebe Shimeles / Amadou Boly / Audrey Verdier-Chouchane
    What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper provides valuable insights for improved policy making and defines relevant strategic priorities on Africa’s sustainable transformatio...
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    57,50 €

  • Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation
    Gerard Ralphs / Isabella E Wagner / James Haselip
    This edited volume is concerned with the evolution and achievements of cooperation in research and innovation between Africa and Europe, and points to the need for more diversified funding and finance mechanisms, and for novel models of collaboration to attract new actors and innovative ideas. It reflects on the political, economic, diplomatic and scientific rationale for coope...
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    58,24 €

  • Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Abebe Shimeles / Amadou Boly / Audrey Verdier-Chouchane
    What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper provides valuable insights for improved policy making and defines relevant strategic priorities on Africa’s sustainable transformatio...
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    73,01 €

  • Forests and Food
    Bhaskar Vira / Christoph Wildburger / Stephanie Mansourian
    'As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide and malnutrition affects nearly every country on the planet. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies fall ...
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    68,34 €

  • Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation
    Gerard Ralphs / Isabella E Wagner / James Haselip
    This edited volume is concerned with the evolution and achievements of cooperation in research and innovation between Africa and Europe, and points to the need for more diversified funding and finance mechanisms, and for novel models of collaboration to attract new actors and innovative ideas. It reflects on the political, economic, diplomatic and scientific rationale for coope...
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    43,88 €

  • What Works in Conservation
    Lynn V Dicks / Rebecca K Smith / William J Sutherland
    'Is leaving headlands in fields unsprayed beneficial for wildlife? Is paying farmers to cover the costs of bird conservation measures effective? Is using prescribed fire beneficial for young trees in forests? Does translocating frogs benefit wild populations? Is providing artificial roost structures for bats beneficial? What Works in Conservation has been created to provide pra...
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    83,56 €

  • Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice
    Ashwani Pareek / Brian P Forster / Ivan Ingelbrecht
    This open access book presents simple, robust pre-field screening protocols that allow plant breeders to screen for enhanced tolerance to heat stress in rice. Two critical heat-sensitive stages in the lifecycle of the rice crop are targeted - the seedling and flowering stages - with screening based on simple phenotypic responses. The protocols are based on the use of a hydropon...
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    47,47 €

  • Eating, Drinking
    Farhana Sultana / Peter Jackson / Walter EL Spiess
    This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival. Written by international experts, ea...
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    53,28 €

  • Sago Palm
    Dennis V Johnson / Hiroshi Ehara / Yukio Toyoda
    This book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical characteristics, culture and use to social conditions in the places where it is grown, in order to provide a record of research findings and to benefit society. It discusses various subjects, including the sago palm and related species; differentiation of species o...
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    72,56 €

  • Sago Palm
    Dennis V Johnson / Hiroshi Ehara / Yukio Toyoda
    This book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical characteristics, culture and use to social conditions in the places where it is grown, in order to provide a record of research findings and to benefit society. It discusses various subjects, including the sago palm and related species; differentiation of species o...
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    86,92 €

  • Status and Dynamics of Forests in Germany
    Andreas Bolte / Nicole Wellbrock
    Life sciences; Ecology ; Forestry; Soil science; Soil conservation; Sustainable development; GeobiologyThis work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work’s license are retained by the author or authors. ...
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    77,52 €

  • Status and Dynamics of Forests in Germany
    Andreas Bolte / Nicole Wellbrock
    Life sciences; Ecology ; Forestry; Soil science; Soil conservation; Sustainable development; GeobiologyThis work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work’s license are retained by the author or authors. ...
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    93,04 €

  • The Potato Crop
    Hugo Campos / Oscar Ortiz
    Life sciences; Agriculture; Nutrition ; Plant breeding; Food-Biotechnology; Agricultural economicsThis work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work’s license are retained by the author or authors. ...
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    91,99 €

  • The Potato Crop
    Hugo Campos / Oscar Ortiz
    Life sciences; Agriculture; Nutrition ; Plant breeding; Food-Biotechnology; Agricultural economicsThis work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work’s license are retained by the author or authors. ...
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    106,35 €

  • Bioeconomy
    Iris Lewandowski
    This book defines the new field of 'Bioeconomy' as the sustainable and innovative use of biomass and biological knowledge to provide food, feed, industrial products, bioenergy and ecological services. The chapters highlight the importance of bioeconomy-related concepts in public, scientific, and political discourse. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors outline the d...
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    91,98 €

  • Bioeconomy
    Iris Lewandowski
    This book defines the new field of 'Bioeconomy' as the sustainable and innovative use of biomass and biological knowledge to provide food, feed, industrial products, bioenergy and ecological services. The chapters highlight the importance of bioeconomy-related concepts in public, scientific, and political discourse. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors outline the d...
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    76,46 €

  • Eating, Drinking
    Farhana Sultana / Peter Jackson / Walter EL Spiess
    This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival. Written by international experts, ea...
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    67,64 €

  • Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice
    Ashwani Pareek / Brian P Forster / Ivan Ingelbrecht
    This open access book presents simple, robust pre-field screening protocols that allow plant breeders to screen for enhanced tolerance to heat stress in rice. Two critical heat-sensitive stages in the lifecycle of the rice crop are targeted - the seedling and flowering stages - with screening based on simple phenotypic responses. The protocols are based on the use of a hydropon...
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    62,98 €

  • Husband & Wife Journaling
    Scarlette Heart
    ♥ Surprise Your New Husband or Wife ♥Get Yours Now - She or He is worth it! Surprise them with a beautiful First Thanksgiving Married journal and melt their heart.This cute holiday themed journal is a great gift idea for any newwed.It also makes the perfect Holiday gift.This Thanksgiving inspired journal is very unique and personal so that giving it to your new husband or new w...
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    9,00 €

  • Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Operations Management and Service Evaluation
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    216,44 €

  • Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Operations Management and Service Evaluation
    Optimization and evaluation are essential to the operations of several sectors such as the healthcare sector and the agriculture industry. Improvement of optimizations and evaluation are imperative for industry success and ensures that better services are provided to global consumers across sectors. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Operations Management and Service Evaluation ...
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    282,30 €

  • Cover Cropping in Western Canada
    Kevin R. Elmy / Kevin RElmy
    What is soil health and why is it so important? In short, healthy soil allows farmers to continue to produce our food safely and inexpensively, so it is vitally important to all of us and generations to come. Cover Cropping in Western Canada provides essential information for farmers who want to increase the fertility of their fields for increased production. While cover croppi...
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    51,10 €

  • Cover Cropping in Western Canada
    Kevin R. Elmy / Kevin RElmy
    What is soil health and why is it so important? In short, healthy soil allows farmers to continue to produce our food safely and inexpensively, so it is vitally important to all of us and generations to come. Cover Cropping in Western Canada provides essential information for farmers who want to increase the fertility of their fields for increased production. While cover croppi...
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    62,87 €

  • Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Aquaculture
    Climate change is expected to influence several productive sectors, the most significant of which is agriculture. Agriculture comprises an important sector of the global economy that includes crops, livestock, and seafood. Agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries are closely linked to the climate, with changes in climatic conditions able to drastically affect animal and plant pr...
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    282,08 €

  • Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains
    Part 1 of this collection assesses the causes of postharvest losses. Part 2 reviews advances in storage technologies, including management of insect pests using techniques such as fumigation, controlled atmospheres and biopesticides, as well as control of fungal contamination. ...
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    267,04 €

  • BIOCHAR AS A RENEWABLE-BASED MATERIAL
    JOAN J MANYA & GABRIEL GASCO
    Biochar and its implementation as a renewable-based material is one of the topics on which the research community has focused the greatest energy in the last twenty years. This book provides readers with a scientific and technological overview of biochar, including new technologies for biochar production, new environmental and agronomic applications (e.g. biochar as growing med...
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    107,65 €

  • 'THE NURSERY OF THE BREED' REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN NEW YORK STATE’S MOHAWK VALLEY
    Terrence Grant
    About the Author: Terrence Grant is a graduate of Central Texas Collage and the State University of New York at Brockport. He served six years in the United States Air Force in Washington D.C., eight years as a town and village justice in Caledonia, New York and four years as a town councilman in Leicester, New York. With his wife Mary and daughter Ashley they have owned regist...
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    55,45 €

  • 'THE NURSERY OF THE BREED' REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE
    Terrence Grant
    About the Author: Terrence Grant is a graduate of Central Texas Collage and the State University of New York at Brockport. He served six years in the United States Air Force in Washington D.C., eight years as a town and village justice in Caledonia, New York and four years as a town councilman in Leicester, New York. With his wife Mary and daughter Ashley they have owned regist...
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    74,62 €