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Improving Dairy Herd Health
Increasing concern about over-reliance on antibiotics (resulting in antimicrobial resistance), as well as broader concerns about animal welfare, have put greater emphasis on …
Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Sorghum Volume 2
Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst …
Understanding and Fostering Soil Carbon Sequestration
Soils are known to be an enormous reservoir of carbon and represent an important and dynamic part of the global carbon cycle. However, this reservoir is under constant threat due …
Reconciling Agricultural Production with Biodiversity Conservation
"This book provides an excellent synthesis of conservation practices...The book has insightfully blended constructive concepts supported by well-recognised models and case studies …
Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Tomatoes
"Authors have made remarkable efforts to balance background with basic-applied research findings enhancing the understanding of the various issues and techniques involved in tomato …
Integrated Disease Management of Wheat and Barley
Diseases remain a serious problem in wheat and barley cultivation. It has been estimated that around 20% of global crop production is lost to diseases. Leading fungal diseases …
Advances in Crop Modelling for a Sustainable Agriculture
This collection summarises key advances in crop modelling, with a focus on developing the next generation of crop and whole-farm models to improve decision making and support for …
Achieving Sustainable Greenhouse Cultivation
This collection provides a comprehensive review of key advances in greenhouse and other forms of protected and controlled environment cultivation.Chapters discuss developments in …
Achieving Sustainable Production of Poultry Meat Volume 3
To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output already achieved has been as a …