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Sustainable Agricultural Systems
by Clive A Edwards  Publisher Comments A unique look at how the adoption of sustainable farming methods is being pursued throughout the world. This comprehensive book provides clear insight into research and education needs and the many points of view that come to bear on the issue of...
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Agriculture and Phosphorus Management
by Andrew N. Sharpley Publisher Comments Using the Chesapeake Bay as a case study, Agriculture and Phosphorus Management discusses the impact and management of phosphorus in watersheds. Although urban and other sources contribute phosphorus to the Bay, the papers presented focus on how its role...
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Knowledge Transfer in Cattle Husbandry
by Abele Kuipers Book News Annotation This work addresses principles of knowledge transfer and the applications of new management practices in cattle husbandry, focusing on the organizational and personal dimensions of animal production. Theoretical chapters are followed by practical...
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An Ecological History of Agriculture, 10,000 BC-ad 10,000
by Daniel E. Vasey Publisher Comments An Ecological History of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 10,000 opens with the first known agriculture and ends in a future in which we might have to use fewer resources to feed more people. The book describes past and present agriculture and looks at...
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History of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
by R B Sayce Book News Annotation A typical college history. This particular college was distinguished by its pioneering introduction of scientific practices to farming. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Working Animals in Agriculture and Transport; a Collection of Some Current Research and Development Observations.
by R.a. Pearson Et Al Book News Annotation The Horse Commission at the European Association for Animal Production has mainly been concerned with sports horses since the dramatic reduction in draught animals after World War II, but recognizing the continued importance of animals as a source of...
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Fundamentals of Aquacultural Engineering
by Thomas B. Lawson Publisher Comments This essential volume offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive information on aquaculture engineering available, compiling basic engineering information for aquaculture facilities in a single resource. It will enable the reader to design and operate...
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Arator
by John Taylor Publisher Comments This discussion of the social order of an agricultural republic is Taylor's most popular and influential work. It includes materials on the relation of agriculture to the American economy, on agriculture and politics, and on the enemies of the agrarian...
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Maximizing Crop Yields (Metal Ions in Biological Systems)
by N. K. Fageria Publisher Comments Details the physiological, agronomical, and environmental factors needed to maintain or increase the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems. Addressed to scientists in the agriculture industry, and graduate and advanced undergraduate...
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The Agrochemical and Pesticides Safety Handbook Vention with ISO 14000 with CDROM
by Michael F. Waxman Synopsis Worldwide, there are a vast array of agricultural pesticides and chemicals used to eliminate pests and to protect health, food, and fiber. The safe handling, usage, and disposal of these chemicals and pesticides is of vital importance. The Agrochemical...
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Advanced Engineered Pesticides
by Chong Ed. Kim Publisher Comments Emphasizing the need for more integrated pest management programmes, this work presents the development and state-of-the-art technology of genetically-engineered microbes, viruses, bacterial toxins and plants. Throughout, both environmental and...
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Beyond Farmer First
by John Thompson Publisher Comments The purpose of this book is to reveal how agricultural research and extension, far from being discrete, rational acts, are in fact part of a process of coming to terms with conflicting interests and viewpoints, a process in which choices are made...
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Epigenetics in Biology and Medicine
by Esteller Esteller Publisher Comments Anomalous epigenetic patterns touch many areas of study including biomedical, scientific, and industrial. With perspectives from international experts, this resource offers an all-inclusive overview of epigenetics, which bridge DNA information and...
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Nitrogen management in irrigated agriculture
by Roy Rauschkolb Publisher Comments Nitrogen constitutes about 79 percent of the earth's atmosphere, yet, in an agricultural plant production system, it is still common for soils to be deficient in the nitrogen needed for maximum plant growth. Nitrogen fertilizers, however, despite being...
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Farm :a year in the life of an American farmer
by Richard Rhodes Book News Annotation This book has no scholarly paraphernalia at all--a departure for the author of the meticulously researched, Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Making of the atomic bomb. The narrative is based on detailed notes Rhodes kept in 42 special notebooks...
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Gilbert Onderdonk: The Nurseryman of Mission Valley, Pioneer Horticulturist
by Evelyn Oppenheimer Book News Annotation From Onderdonk's (1829-1920) letters and travelogues, Oppenheimer has constructed a biography of the pioneer botanist and horticulturist who began and developed production of fruit in Texas and contributed to the later work of Luther Burbank in...
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Pasture Landscape and Nature Conservation
by B. Redecker Synopsis One of the main problems and aims of nature conservation in Europe is to protect semi-open landscapes. The development during the past decades is characterized by an ongoing intensivation of land use on the one hand, and an increasing number of former...
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Book of Abstracts.
by Ynze Van Der Honing Book News Annotation This volume contains abstracts of the 710 the scientific presentations from the 57th annual meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, held in September 2006 and dedicated to the main theme of "sustaining production systems to improve...
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Challenge of Smallholding
by Sedly Sweeny Publisher Comments Metaphysician, painter, radical pamphleteer, critic, and essayist, William Hazlitt was both a brilliant polemicist and a persuasive expositor of ideas. This acclaimed study--a 1984 nominee for the National Book Critics Award in criticism--fairly presents...
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Grow the Best Strawberries
by Louise Riotte Publisher Comments Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable...
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