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Planning Agricultural Research: A Sourcebook
by Govert Gijsbers Et Al  Publisher Comments As funding for agricultural research becomes scarcer, effective planning of programs and resources becomes an even more important issue. In recent years progress has been made in understanding the institutional processes involved in planning as well as...
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Anthropology of Food
by Johan Pottier Publisher Comments In this new book, Pottier provides an incisive account of food production and famine in the world today. Drawing on the work of anthropologists and other sources, he offers a wide-ranging account of the methods used to produce and distribute food in a...
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Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
by Robert L. Paarlberg Publisher Comments Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane tarmac narrows to rutted dirt, and the journey must continue on foot. The farmers...
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Agricultural & Environmental Resear
by Pablo Eyzaguirre Publisher Comments Developing countries are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain research institutions that can support the broad demands of their agricultural and natural resource sectors. In many countries, this is due to a diminutive economy and population...
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Management of Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the Development of More Productive & Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Extended Versions of Papers Presented at the Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixa
by J. K. Ladha Publisher Comments The subsistence agriculture of the pre-chemical era efficiently sustained the nitrogen status of soils by maintaining a balance between N loss and N gain from biological nitrogen fixation (BNF): the microbial conversion of atmospheric N to a form usable...
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Fertilizers & Environment: Proceedings of the International Symposium Held in Salamanca, Spain, 26-29 September 1994
by C. Rodriguez-barrueco Publisher Comments Food production remains the highest agricultural priority, subject to the constraint that it be done in harmony with nature, or at least with minimum environmental pollution. The amount of fertilizer applied can be controlled using modern application...
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Animal Minds : Beyond Cognition To Consciousness ((Rev)01 Edition)
by Donald R. Griffin Publisher Comments In "Animal Minds," Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional...
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Raising Ducks (Storey's Guides to Raising)
by Dave Holderread Publisher Comments These guides give novice and experienced livestock farmers all they need to know to successfully keep and profit from animals. Each book includes information on selection, housing, behavior, space requirements, breeding and birthing techniques, feeding...
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Financial Management in Agriculture (6TH 00 Edition)
by Peter J. Barry Book News Annotation A textbook for undergraduate and beginning graduate students who are assumed to have some acquaintance with microeconomic principles and with statistics. Barry is joined by Paul N. Ellinger, C. B. Baker (all U. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) and John A....
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Imperial Gullies: Soil Erosion and Conservation in Lesotho (Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History)
by Kate B Showers Publisher Comments Once the grain basket for South Africa, much of Lesotho has become a scarred and treeless wasteland. The nation's spectacular gullying has concerned environmentalists and conservationists for more than half a century, In Imperial Gullies: Soil Erosion...
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How to Keep Bees for Profit
by D. Everett Lyon Publisher Comments Covers Physiology, How To Start Beekeeping, Quieting And Handling Bees, Dealing With Swarms, Raising Queens, Producing Comb Honey, Extracted Honey, Location Of The Apiary And Moving Bees, Disease And Natural Enemies, Marketing, Beeswax, Uses And...
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Plant Propagation By Tissue Culture
by Edwin F. (edt) George Publisher Comments Procedures for plant tissue culture have been developing from ca. 1930 onwards and are now essential in many domains of science and teaching. The use of these techniques for plant propagation only began to emerge some 40 years later. The first edition of...
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Digital Zoology Version 2.0 Workbook / With CD-rom ((2ND)03 Edition)
by Jon Houseman Publisher Comments Digital Zoology provides students in whole animal biology courses such as general zoology, invertebrate zoology, and vertebrate zoology with an interactive guide to the specimens and materials that they will be studying in their laboratory and lecture...
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Olive Trees Inside and Out (Getting Into Nature)
by Andrew Hipp Publisher Comments Each of these beautiful books features a series of lavishly illustrated spreads that invite young readers to explore the inner workings of an animal or a plant, while providing an understanding of how they work as well as how they interact with the...
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Understanding Animal Breeding (2ND 00 Edition)
by Richard M. Bourdon Publisher Comments An experienced animal breeder, Rick Bourdon designed this book to be a modern, technologically up-to-date approach to animal breeding. "Understanding Animal Breeding" addresses the abstract concepts of animal breeding, presenting the necessary...
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Introduction To Behavioural Ecology 3RD Edition
by J R Krebs Publisher Comments The third edition of this successful textbook looks again at the influence of natural selection on behavior - an animal's struggle to survive by exploiting resources, avoiding predators, and maximizing reproductive success. In this edition, new examples...
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A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture Since 1929
by Paul K. Conkin Review "This important book explores a recent revolution in American history that substituted technology for people and animals in farming and greatly increased output. Paul Conkin tells this tale in his own way, drawing upon his personal involvement in...
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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (06 Edition)
by Frank Ward Publisher Comments The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to environmental and natural resource issues and to describe economic theories and methods used by experts working in the field. Case Studies Comprehensive treatment of a wide range of environmental and...
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Mathematics and Its Applications #4: Induced Resistance to Disease in Plants
by Raymond Hammerschmidt Publisher Comments Induced or acquired resistance to disease in plants has been known for many years, but the phenomenon was studied in only a few laboratories until about a decade ago. Since then, there has been an increasing interest in induced resistance as a new...
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Kluwer International Series in Engineering & Computer Science #647: Algorithms and Agricultural Systems
by David G. Mayer Publisher Comments Evolutionary Algorithms and Agricultural Systems deals with the practical application of evolutionary algorithms to the study and management of agricultural systems. The rationale of systems research methodology is introduced, and examples listed of real-...
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