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Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719381
- ISBN
- 9780814719381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845935832
- ISBN
- 9781845935832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.45
€ 153.45
Paperback. Why do Europe, the United States, and some key Asian countries spend a billion dollars a day on various agricultural price supports, when much of this money ends up in the hands of large agribusiness? A Billion Dollars a Day offers a lively, nontechnical, and up-to-date introduction to the world of agricultural subsidies. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405185868
- ISBN
- 9781405185868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.08
€ 97.08
Paperback. In a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, this richly drawn ethnography traces the global commodity chain between U.S. consumer and Maya farmer, examining the connections between desire and material production. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFT; KNAC; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754842
- ISBN
- 9780804754842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Hardcover. As the ecosystem-based trend in fisheries management continues to be implemented worldwide, a thorough background of this new management approach and resulting implementation strategies is needed. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; KNAF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813821542
- ISBN
- 9780813821542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.42
€ 266.42
Paperback. Describes the scientific principles that are the basis of crop production practices. This volume focuses on the leafy salad vegetables of lettuce, endive and chicory. It includes a review of world production data, crop uses, botany, taxonomy and evolution. Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVK; WMPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338. Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture. 224 pages, Illustrations. Describes the scientific principles that are the basis of crop production practices. This volume focuses on the leafy salad vegetables of lettuce, endive and chicory. It includes a review of world production data, crop uses, botany, taxonomy and evolution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVK; WMPF. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight: 346.
- Publisher
- CABI
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851992853
- ISBN
- 9780851992853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, tables. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606922439
- ISBN
- 9781606922439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.53€ 80.49
€ 116.53
€ 80.49
hardcover. Describes the principles and practice of tilapia culture. This book covers various aspects of the subject, from basic biology, environmental requirements, nutrition and reproduction, to culture in intensive and semi-intensive systems. This book is designed for students, researchers and practitioners in aquaculture Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAF; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851990149
- ISBN
- 9780851990149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: KJMV8; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118930755
- ISBN
- 9781118930755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.96
€ 92.96
Paperback. Explores how members of Guanajuato's Santa Fe Cooperative, Mexico's cooperatively owned silver mine, give meaning to their labor in an era of globalization and neoliberalism. This work analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio in their understanding of work, kinship, and morality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBL; KCF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132398
- ISBN
- 9780231132398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.01
€ 43.99
€ 31.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009364
- ISBN
- 9780253009364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Argues that maize biodiversity in central and southern Mexico is threatened as much by rural out-migration as by the flow of genes from genetically modified to local corn varieties. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNAC; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349563
- ISBN
- 9780822349563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
Hardback. Argues that maize biodiversity in central and southern Mexico is threatened as much by rural out-migration as by the flow of genes from genetically modified to local corn varieties. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 photo, 11 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNAC; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349389
- ISBN
- 9780822349389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.69
€ 115.69
Hardback. Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions have been counterproductive or ineffective. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650197
- ISBN
- 9780745650197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.12
€ 60.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Parker, Ellen K. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; KNAF; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634855952
- ISBN
- 9781634855952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.72€ 153.34
€ 205.72
€ 153.34
Paperback. Covering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems, this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture. Editor(s): Wall, Ellen; Smit, Barry; Wandel, Johanna. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 288 pages, approx. 10 b/w photos, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNAC; RBP; RNU; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813945
- ISBN
- 9780774813945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardcover. * Comprehensive coverage of commercially exploited species. * Internationally known and respected contributors. * Multi--contributor approach providing very detailed coverage. * Estuaries are a vitally important ecosystem. . Editor(s): Elliott, M.; Hemingway, Krystal. Num Pages: 656 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAF; PSPM; RGBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632057337
- ISBN
- 9780632057337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 295.47
€ 295.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641362
- ISBN
- 9780691641362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.97€ 85.82
€ 112.97
€ 85.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; KCM; KN; RNPG; RNU; TVF; TVR; WMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603585712
- ISBN
- 9781603585712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35€ 48.72
€ 71.35
€ 48.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694186
- ISBN
- 9781894694186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.78
€ 21.99
€ 15.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845933517
- ISBN
- 9781845933517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Christopher R.; Ellis, Wade P. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619428591
- ISBN
- 9781619428591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.18€ 149.95
€ 221.18
€ 149.95
Hardcover. This book covers theoretical and practical aspects of the use of insect viruses as biological controls. It introduces the reader to the arguments for using such controls versus the usage of traditional chemical pesticides, how to produce such viruses, both in vitro and in vivo, how to design a plant, and safety considerations. Num Pages: 632 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: KNAC; PSVT7; RN; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471968788
- ISBN
- 9780471968788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 451.15
€ 451.15
Hardcover. A review of current ideas on practising sustainable agriculture in temperate zones, with contributions from agricultural, biological, environmental and social scientists. Contributors discuss stewardship, biodiversity and reliance on mixed food systems. Editor(s): Francis, Charles A.; Flora, Cornelia Butler; King, Larry D. Num Pages: 512 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471622277
- ISBN
- 9780471622277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 328.38
€ 328.38