Catálogo de libros: Agricultura y explotación agropecuaria

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  • Improving poultry meat quality
    Massimiliano Petracci
    This collection summarises recent research on genetic and environmental factors affecting the development of quality traits in poultry meat and their implications for breeding, husbandry and postharvest processing. ...
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    269,83 €

  • Ten Acres Enough
    Edmund Morris
    When author Edmund Morris left the Philadelphia business world in the early 1800s and bought a small farm in the New Jersey countryside, he was so pleased with the results of his venture that he decided to tell others how he accomplished it.His simply written chronicle - one of the most popular books of its time - emphasizes that agricultural success depends not on how much you...
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    8,54 €

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    Alejandro Ramirez / Joaquim Segales / Prof Alejandro Ramirez / Prof Joaquim Segalés / Professor Raymond (Bob) Rowland / Professor Raymond Rowland
    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on viral diseases affecting pigs. ...
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    69,64 €

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    Fernando Teixeira / Gottlieb Basch / Sjoerd W Duiker
    This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on weed management in regenerative agriculture.The first chapter provides an analytical review of the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in Sub-Saharan Africa by smallholder farmers, focusing on the challenges posed by weed management. The chapter assesses chemical and non-chemical weed control methods and their benefit...
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    69,70 €

  • Beekeeping Simplified with the Drayton Hive
    Andrew Bax
    The Drayton Hive is a hybrid of several established hive designs, combining some of their different strengths and avoiding some of the problems inherent in their use. It does not involve heavy lifting or the use of mechanical extractors for honey production; all-round, all-year insulation is built-in, and it requires no extra space for winter storage. In the hive’s development,...
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    21,14 €

  • The Age of the Soybean
    The soybean is far more than just a versatile crop whose derivatives serve the protein needs of a meatless diet. One of the world’s most important commodities, soy represents the embodiment of mechanised industrial agriculture and is one of the main actors behind the socioeconomic, political and ecological transformations of industrial farming in several world regions. Despite ...
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    52,60 €

  • The Farm
    Louis Bromfield
    Rural Midland County Battles Urban IndustrialismThe Farm is an honest book, a deeply felt book and a valuable record for this generation and those which are to come.' -The New York Times Book ReviewWhen industrious pioneer 'the Colonel' MacDougal carved a working farm out of the still-wild landscape of the north-central Ohio frontier in the late 1700s, he sowed the seeds for se...
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    40,22 €

  • Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration
    This collection reviews the wealth of recent research on important aspects of soil carbon sequestration in different environments and soil types and its contribution to ensuring a positive carbon budget at the farm and landscape level. ...
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    306,07 €

  • Optimising pig herd health and production
    This collection summarises the wealth of research on optimising pig health to prevent the occurrence and spread of major diseases known to the pig industry, such as African Swine Fever (ASF) and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). ...
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    270,43 €

  • The Book of Nna Vol. 1
    Tanehesi The Restorer
    Like The Book Of Iya series, which focused on the feminine energies, I start The Book of Nna series by discussing the masculine energies who produced me as well as discuss our experiences under occupation with the goal of achieving the complete restoration of the AfRAKaN existential Identity. This is required if we are to preserve and promote the complete restoration of traditi...
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    19,69 €

  • The Farm
    Louis Bromfield
    Rural Midland County Battles Urban IndustrialismThe Farm is an honest book, a deeply felt book and a valuable record for this generation and those which are to come.' -The New York Times Book ReviewWhen industrious pioneer 'the Colonel' MacDougal carved a working farm out of the still-wild landscape of the north-central Ohio frontier in the late 1700s, he sowed the seeds for se...
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    31,12 €

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    Dr Raveendra R. Kulkarni / Lisa K Williams / Lisa K. Williams / Raveendra R Kulkarni / Tom J Humphrey / Tom J. Humphrey
    This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on managing bacterial diseases of poultry. ...
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    69,65 €

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    Dr Yingying Hong / Glen Almond / Paul Ebner / Prof Glen Almond
    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on alternatives to antibiotics in pig production. ...
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    69,61 €

  • Improving soil health
    William R. Horwath
    This collection summarises current research on the effects of different management strategies on the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils. It assesses the viability of these management strategies, including zero tillage and intercropping, as a means for improving crop yield, ecosystem productivity and soil health in general. ...
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    270,02 €

  • Climate-smart production of coffee
    Reinhold Muschler
    The coffee sector needs more sustainable methods of cultivation. This volume reviews the range of recent research addressing these challenges, from social and environmental sustainability to integrated management of pests and diseases based on agroecological principles. ...
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    270,05 €

  • Ranching Like a 12-Year-Old
    Tom Krawiec
    Looking to improve your ranch and save time and money? In Ranching Like a 12-Year-Old: Ranching that is Simple, Easy, and Fun, author Tom Krawiec shares his knowledge and experience to help you improve your grass, your herd, and your operations. In this book, you will:• understand the 'sweet spot' and how planning can significantly improve yields• gain knowledge of paddocks and...
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    40,99 €

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    A Psifidi / Dr A. Psifidi / Dr J. Kaufman / Dr Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan / J Kaufman / Marie-Helene Pinard-Van Der Laan
    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on developing immunity in poultry. ...
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    69,67 €

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    C Jamie Newbold / C. Jamie Newbold / Dr Frederique Chaucheyras-Durand / Dr Lysiane Dunière / Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand
    This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on dietary supplements in dairy cattle nutrition. ...
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    69,83 €

  • Optimising poultry flock health
    Sjaak de Wit
    This collection reviews the range of recent research on improving our understanding of the mechanisms of disease transmission and how this understanding can be used to improve poultry flock health. ...
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    269,83 €

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    Dr Markus Müller / Dr Stephanie Mansourian / Prof Reiner Finkeldey
    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on restoring degraded forests. ...
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    69,59 €

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    Alexander C O Evans / Alexander C. O. Evans / Dr Michael Iwersen / Shenming Zeng
    This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on infertility and other reproductive disorders in dairy cattle. ...
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    69,67 €

  • Understanding and optimising the nutraceutical properties of fruit and vegetables
    This collection reviews research on phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables, their health benefits and ways these benefits can be optimised to improve human health. ...
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    270,05 €

  • The State in the Forest
    Giacomo Bonan
    The State in the Forest uses a case study of conflict over use of wood - the principal source of energy and the primary raw materialat the time - to offer an environmental history of the nineteenth century ’great transformation’. The focus is on Cadore, a supposedly peripheral area that was, in fact, at the core of the wood economy. The region comprises several valleys of the E...
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    54,41 €

  • Advances in seed science and technology for more sustainable crop production
    This collection reviews the wealth of recent research on advances in seed science and technology, including key developments in seed phenotyping and seed treatments, and their role in contributing to a more sustainable agriculture. ...
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    248,92 €

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    Dr Jonathan R. Amory / Dr Nick J. Bell / Dr Zoe E. Barker / Jonathan R Amory / Nick J Bell / Zoe E Barker
    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on lameness in dairy cattle. ...
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    69,73 €

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    Bert Devriendt / Emily Porter / Mick Bailey / Prof Bert Devriendt / Prof. Mick Bailey
    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on developing immunity in pigs. ...
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    69,69 €

  • Varroa management
    Kirsty Stainton
    This booklet is the essential user-guide to Varroa treatments. In this guide you will learn:Why Varroa mites are such a serious pest of honey bees.How to spot signs that a honey bee colony is carrying a high mite burden.How to perform regular monitoring for Varroa mites.How to choose the correct treatment for the time of year and colony conditions.The precise methods for applyi...
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    31,29 €

  • Bees Make the Best Pets
    Jack Mingo
    All the Buzz for Beekeeping Beginners'The book oozes with bee facts and trivia….Bees do make good pets and this book is a gentle introduction to the world of backyard bee keeping.' -Patsy Bell Hobson, writer and master gardener emeritus#1 New Release in Entomology and Insects & SpidersWhat happens when a writer sets up a backyard beehive? You get a beekeeping book full of fun a...
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    16,86 €

  • Field Notes on Queen Rearing
    Oliver S Field
    It is now more than thirty years since I turned to bee farming for financial support and not without some difficulty I found it! At that time I bought two hundred hives of bees with very little knowledge on how I was going to manage them. I had met Tony Rowse, through my brother who was friendly with Tony’s son, who referred me in turn to his brother David. He considered that D...
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    14,05 €

  • Advances in plant phenotyping for more sustainable crop production
    Achim Walter
    This collection reviews the wealth of research on advances in phenotyping and the influential role it plays in identifying the relative importance of genetic, environmental and agronomic factors in determining complex plant traits, such as yield and resource-use efficiency. ...
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    269,80 €