Catálogo de libros: Agricultura sostenible

199 Catálogo de libros: Agricultura sostenible

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  • Intellectual, Scientific, and Educational Influences on Sustainability Research
    Over the last few decades, the new discipline of sustainability science (SS) has evolved with a phenomenal rise in knowledge production, research, and publications, as well as the development of new academic programs and creation of centers and scientific communities, networks, and organizations. With pressing global environmental issues in the 21st century, SS has become an in...
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    256,04 €

  • Advances in breeding techniques for cereal crops
    This collection reviews key advances in cereals breeding. It looks at advances in exploiting genetic diversity, the use of doubled haploids and hybrid breeding. The books also reviews developments in phenotyping, the use of genetic markers and techniques such as genomic selection. ...
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    339,65 €

  • Agroforestry for sustainable agriculture
    This volume reviews the latest research on the role and implementation of main types of agroforestry, the ecosystem services that agroforestry can deliver and techniques for optimising agroforestry practice. ...
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    325,59 €

  • Mountain Crossroads
    Charles Drucker
    During the early 1970s, when the photographs of agricultural activities in this book were taken, the people of the Cordillera mountains of Northern Luzon had arrived at a crossroads in their history.  In this remote and rugged region of agricultural villages, the traditional way of life and the path to modernity were converging.  The road forward was uncertain.  The photographs...
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    39,76 €

  • The Allotment Book - How to Make the Most of Your Land
    Walter Brett
    An allotment garden, usually simply referred to as an allotment, is a small piece of land typically used for the non-commercial growing of food plants. First published in 1917, 'The Allotment Book' contains simple instructions and step-by-step directions for planning, setting up, and maintaining a successful allotment, with chapters on preparation, tools and equipment, the best...
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    22,44 €

  • Advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues
    Sustainability issues have gained more importance in contemporary globalization, pushing decision makers to find a systematic mathematical approach to conduct analyses of this real-world problem. The growing complexity in modern social-economics or engineering environments or systems has forced researchers to solve complicated problems by using multi-criteria decision-making (M...
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    269,62 €

  • Novel Technologies and Systems for Food Preservation
    The increasing demand for food as well as changes in consumption habits have led to the greater availability and variety of food with a longer shelf life. However, these items, when not properly preserved, can lead to severe food-borne illnesses that can be fatal. Thus, countless studies are now geared towards the processing, distributing, and safe storage of foods. Novel Techn...
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    452,19 €

  • Amelioration Technology for Soil Sustainability
    Soil erosion is a complex process that depends on soil properties, ground slope, vegetation, and rainfall amount and intensity. Erosion can be significantly reduced through sustainable agricultural practices and sustainable nutrient management techniques that allow farmers to maintain healthy, productive soil for crops without degrading the environment. There is an urgent need ...
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    242,72 €

  • Winter Egg Production - In Garden and Holding - Housing Improvements, Feeding, Routine & General Care - The Smallholder Pocket Guides - No. 3
    Home Farm Books
    Originally part of 'The Smallholder’s Pocket Guides' series, this volume contains a simple guide to producing eggs from hens during the Winter months in a garden or on a smallholding. 'Winter Egg Production' contains simple, clear instructions and useful photographs intended to inform the reader about the simplest and most effective methods of raising hens, with a particular fo...
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    14,56 €

  • Grass - Its Growth, Use and Feeding
    Anon.
    Growing grass depends on a number of things, including soil type, fertility, level of manuring, grass species present, weather, and much more. This vintage book contains a detailed guide to growing grass, covering all these subjects and more in an easy-to-follow manner for gardeners new and old. Contents include: 'Leys of Permanent Grass', 'A Permanent Pasture has Certain Advan...
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    22,56 €

  • Food from My Yard
    Speedy Publishing Books
    One of the best gardening gifts for beginners, who love to grow their own food. This is a perfect starter for vegetable gardening, an introduction to begin an organic garden right in your back yard. Follow the training in this book to create your very own high yield vegetable garden that’s sustainable. Chapters include topics on soil care, planting techniques, how to grow herbs...
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    17,41 €

  • Advanced Agro-Engineering Technologies for Rural Business Development
    Developing countries need access to the technological advancements of the modern world in order to apply these advancements to their small-scale operations. Applying newly discovered information concerning efficient energy to remote corners of the world will ensure small-scale businesses can conduct successful production and sale of agricultural products. Advanced Agro-Engineer...
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    256,50 €

  • The Seven-Year Fix
    Jan Moxley
    During the last ten years Jan Moxley developed this seven-year plan to enable the world to curb global warming and coexist with rapid climate change. This comprehensive plan's sustainable development goal increases global distribution of food, water, electricity, and healthcare services to eliminate famine, poverty, and human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases. This initi...
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    22,74 €

  • Improving organic animal farming
    This collection addresses recent research on challenges facing organic animal farming such as more targeted breeding, improved grazing and feed rations, better methods of health and disease management as well as ways of enhancing animal welfare. ...
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    283,64 €

  • Urban Agriculture and Food Systems
    Information Reso Management Association
    In recent years, the global economy has struggled to meet the nutritional needs of a growing populace. In an effort to circumvent a deepening food crisis, it is pertinent to develop new sustainability strategies and practices to provide a stable supply of food resources. Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an authoritative resource on t...
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    387,46 €

  • Critical issues in plant health
    This collection summarises 50 years of research on plant health by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to improve the health of crops in Africa. It will be a standard reference on improving the management of pests and diseases in developing countries. ...
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    283,92 €

  • Optimizing the Use of Farm Waste and Non-Farm Waste to Increase Productivity and Food Security
    Leighton Naraine
    Traditional farming systems have dominated the agricultural sector for the past few centuries. However, the past few years have proven that new, non-traditional farming methods, such as passive and non-passive solar drying, are essential in the wake of diminishing food production globally. Optimizing the Use of Farm Waste and Non-Farm Waste to Increase Productivity and Food Sec...
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    203,29 €

  • Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture
    K L Srivastava / T Goverdhan Reddy / Venku Reddy
    Biotechnology applications in the field of agriculture have high potential to provide large benefits to the farming community, consumers and agribusiness sectors on a sustainable basis. In spite of this potential, the utilization of these technologies in India is quite low. Hence, there is a need for promoting public awareness and education on different aspects of these technol...
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    65,09 €

  • Improving organic crop cultivation
    Organic crop cultivation needs to improve yields if it is to expand its share of agricultural production. This collection reviews ways of addressing this challenge, from developing better varieties to ways of improving crop nutrition and pest control. ...
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    346,42 €

  • AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS TO 2050
    RACHID SERRAJ & PRABHU PINGALI
    This book features a comprehensive foresight assessment, exploring the pressures — threats as well as opportunities — on the global agriculture & food systems between now and 2050. The overarching aim is to help readers understand the context, by analyzing global trends and anticipating change for better planning and constructing pathways from the present to the future by focus...
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    302,21 €

  • Precision agriculture for sustainability
    By using resources more efficiently, precision agriculture can make farming more productive and sustainable. This collection reviews current research on key technologies in precision agriculture and its applications. ...
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    297,82 €

  • Integrated disease management of wheat and barley
    Diseases remain a serious problem in cereal cultivation. The first parts of the book review current research on fungal diseases of cereals and the challenge of fungicide resistance. The book then discusses breeding resistant varieties and methods for integrated disease management of cereals. ...
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    331,92 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1
    Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit and the fourth most important crop in the developing world after rice, wheat and maize. The volume reviews current production around the world and how developments in cultivation practice can be used to improve yields sustainably. ...
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    297,38 €

  • Agricultural Risk Management
    B Gangaiah / J Devi prasad / K Suman Chandra
    “Agriculture is a profession of hope”, someone said. Man has landed on moon and has sent unmanned spacecrafts to Mars and Venus and transforming lives by fascinating technological innovations, yet he cannot shower rains at will, cannot prevent droughts or floods or even predict them with certainty. Risk and uncertainty are considered ubiquitous and varied in agriculture resulti...
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    70,54 €

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 2
    The second of this two-volume collection discusses ways of improving cultivation across the supply chain from seed selection and planting to post-harvest storage. It also reviews research on the better understanding and management of key pests and diseases. ...
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    283,38 €

  • Future Farm Blueprint
    Liz Otto
    Can you clearly describe what you want your farm and business to look like in 20 years’ time? How will you act on this?On the surface, the goal for every farm is for enhanced production and profitability, while caring for the environment, people and livestock. But what does this really mean to you, your team and your business?Future Farm Blueprint will help you cut through the ...
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    16,65 €

  • Technological Innovation for Agricultural Statistics
    Asian Development Bank
    This report showcases the role that technology can play in improving the quality, timeliness, and frequency of agricultural statistics in Asia and the Pacific. It is a special supplement to the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2018.This report summarizes how other innovations, such as drones, computer-assisted personal interviewing, and artificial intelligence hold promi...
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    22,18 €

  • Internet Plus Agriculture
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication reviews the practices and policies of Internet Plus agriculture business models in the People’s Republic of China.This publication reviews the practices and policies of Internet Plus agriculture business models in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It analyzes the agriculture value chain model, rural e-commerce platform, and Internet Plus agriculture service...
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    26,45 €

  • Increasing Production from the Land
    Andrew Coulson / Antony Ellman / Emmanuel Reuben Mbiha
    African agriculture faces major challenges with growing population pressure and the impact of climate change. Until now food production overall has broadly kept pace with demand. To maintain this impressive achievement, production from the land needs to be intensified, soil fertility must be enhanced, forests and water resources must be conserved, and land use practices must be...
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    59,54 €

  • Agrifood Economics and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Society
    Gabriel Popescu
    Food sustainability is essential to the advancement and development of economies and societies worldwide. However, there is an ongoing lack of progress in this field due to the challenge of bridging the gaps between applied science, policy, and society. Agrifood Economics and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Society provides emerging research exploring the theoretical an...
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    256,19 €


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