Hakutulokset: agriculture
Etsimme kuitenkin kirjoja hakusanalla agriculture , mikä antoiyhteensä 85 hakutulosta
Plantation Crops, Plunder and Power
Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture – "best" through their agronomic productivity and global commercial …
Principles of Sustainable Aquaculture
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms, principally fish, molluscs, crustaceans and marine algae. It has seen phenomenal worldwide growth in the past fifty years and many …
The Commons, Plant Breeding and Agricultural Research
The joint challenges of population increase, food security and conservation of agrobiodiversity demand a rethink of plant breeding and agricultural research from a different …
Contract Farming and the Development of Smallholder Agricultural Businesses
Contract farming has received renewed attention recently as developing economies try to grapple with how to transform the agricultural sector and its associated value chains. This …
Climate Change and Agricultural Development
Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change (and variability) and food security. Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate …
The Spatial Organisation of Urban Agriculture in the Global South
This book examines the role and position of urban agriculture in the spatial and functional structure of cities in the Global South.In the face of dynamic urbanisation and negative …
Forgotten Agricultural Heritage
Contemporary agriculture is often criticized for its industrial scale, adverse effects on nutrition, rural employment and the environment, and its disconnectedness from nature and …
Redesigning the Global Seed Commons
There is much current controversy over whether the rights to seeds or plant genetic resources should be owned by the private sector or be common property. This book addresses the …
Environmental Justice and Soy Agribusiness
Environmental justice research and activism predominantly focus on openly conflictive situations; claims making is central. However, situations of injustice can still occur even if …
Agricultural Supply Chains and the Challenge of Price Risk
This book discusses the issues of integration within food and fibre supply chains and the challenges in managing price risk. The problems of integration and price risk are …