Agriculture & farming
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Agriculture & farming
Privatization of Agriculture in New Market Economies
. Ed(S): Schmitz, Andrew; Moulton, Kirby; Buc...
Hardback. Covers economic transformation in agriculture and the adjustments needed in public and private strategies to facilitate it. This book uses theory from the social and physical sciences and practical experience gained throughout the world to recommend strategies that are generally applicable to new market economies in transition. Editor(s): Schmitz, Andrew; Moulton, Kirby; Buckwell, Allan (University of London); Davidova, Sofia (Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria). Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 455 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; KC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792394983
- ISBN
- 9780792394983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.33
€ 258.33
Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives (Cabi)
. Ed(S): Schmitz, A.; Etc.; Spreen, T.; Messi...
hardcover. World sweetener markets are reviewed in this book, with particular chapters devoted to the US, the EU, Australia, Brazil, Cuba and India. Topics such as international trade liberalization, US policy reform and regional integration are also addressed. Editor(s): Schmitz, A.; etc.; Spreen, T.; Messina, W.; Moss, C. (all of Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, USA). Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCLT; KNAC; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996448
- ISBN
- 9780851996448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.94
€ 288.94
Compares and contrasts alternative housing with conventional and traditional systems for commercial poultry (laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and gamebirds) with regards to welfare, disease, health, nutrition, sustainability and genotype-environment interaction. This book is suitable for researchers and students in poultry science. Editor(s): Sandilands, Victoria; Hocking, Paul M. Series: Poultry Science Symposium Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 89 illustrations. BIC Classification: MZ; TVHP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845938246
- ISBN
- 9781845938246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.14
€ 134.14
Modelling is a useful tool for decision making in complex agro-industrial scenarios. Containing a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium of Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production 2013, this book reviews basic modelling concepts, descriptions and applications of production models and new methods and approaches in modelling. Editor(s): Sakomura, Nilva K.; Gous, Rob; Kyriazakis, Ilias. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TVHP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780644110
- ISBN
- 9781780644110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.77
€ 70.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Ruf, Francois; Schroth, Gotz. Num Pages: 349 pages, 92 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCT; RNCB; RNU; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401772938
- ISBN
- 9789401772938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.53
€ 207.53
Intellectual Property Rights in Animal Breeding and Genetics
. Ed(S): Rothschild, Max F.; Newman, S.
hardcover. The purpose of this book is to review the role that intellectual property plays in the development of modern animal breeding and genetics. Editor(s): Rothschild, Max F.; Newman, S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LNR; TCBG; TVHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851996417
- ISBN
- 9780851996417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.83
€ 151.83
Hardback. Contains papers and posters presented at the 18th Eucarpia Fodder Crops Section Meeting held at Loen, Nordfjord, Norway in August 1993. The book demonstrates the diversity both in crops and environmental stresses that confront the forage breeders. It presents both general and specific aspects of adaptation to marginal growing conditions. Editor(s): Rognli, O.A.; Solberg, Eric; Schjelderup, I. (Holt Research Station). Series: Developments in Plant Breeding. Num Pages: 330 pages, 81 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSTL; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Partly reprinted from EUPHYTICA, 77:3, 1994
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329480
- ISBN
- 9780792329480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.36
€ 258.36
Hardback. Proceedings of the 11th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology (IAP), held at Shrewsbury, UK, 15-23 August 1998 Editor(s): Reynolds, Colin S.; Dokulil, M.; Padisak, J. Series: Developments in Hydrobiology. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSTV; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363859
- ISBN
- 9780792363859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.03
€ 199.03
hardcover. Shows the ideas in animal biotechnology that are relevant to everyday experience. This book contains works in this field and can also be used as a text for advanced undergraduate courses in animal science and biotechnology. Editor(s): Renaville, Robert; Burny, A. Series: Focus on Biotechnology. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TCB; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368519
- ISBN
- 9780792368519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.08
€ 203.08
hardcover. Written by international experts, this book is a comprehensive examination of the potential effects climate change, particularly greenhouses gases, will have on agrosystems. It also reviews the effects such systems have on climate change itself. Editor(s): Reddy, K. R.; Hodges, H.F. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNPG; TQ; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1.
- SKU
- V9780851994390
- ISBN
- 9780851994390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.93
€ 176.93
hardcover. Reviews how vegetation and soils act as naturally occurring buffers which use up the gases responsible for global warming and the greenhouse effect. This book provides information on the importance of these sinks, how they may respond to increased greenhouse gas emissions, how we can protect them and how they can help us mitigate climate change. Editor(s): Reay, Dave; Hewitt, Nick; Smith, K.; Grace, J. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KNAL; RBP; RNPG; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845931896
- ISBN
- 9781845931896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.19
€ 145.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Ray, Subhash C.; Chambers, Robert; Kumbhakar, Subal. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KJMV5; TGP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811034541
- ISBN
- 9789811034541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 415.38
€ 415.38
Hardback. Editor(s): Rao, N. K. Srinivasa; Shivashankara, K. S.; Laxman, R. H. Num Pages: 382 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 41 colour illustrations, 32 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSTD; RN; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132227236
- ISBN
- 9788132227236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.33
€ 209.33
Hardback. A number of major advances in our understanding of how physiological processes, and related behaviour patterns, are controlled and integrated in fish are presented in this book. The contributors are acknowledged experts from Europe and US. Editor(s): Rankin, J. C.; Duggan, R.T.; Pitcher, Tony J. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780709922469
- ISBN
- 9780709922469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.69
€ 257.69
book describes lessons learnt from an innovative scheme in India that improved yields in drylands. It shows how the scheme can be scaled up for other Dryland regions of the world. The scheme uses localised soil nutrient analyses to create an integrated, climate-smart fertilizer and planting plan that maximises yields for farmers. Editor(s): Raju, K. V.; Wani, S.P. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: TVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780648156
- ISBN
- 9781780648156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.21
€ 163.21
Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
. Ed(S): Raison, J.; Brown, A.; Flinn, D.; Fr...
Hardback. There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices. This book reviews thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations. Editor(s): Raison, J.; Brown, A.; Flinn, D.; Franc, A. (ENGREF, France). Series: IUFRO Research S. Num Pages: 427 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNU; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 427
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851993928
- ISBN
- 9780851993928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.05
€ 181.05
hardcover. The Alliums are some of the most ancient cultivated crops and include onions, garlic, leeks and other related plants. This book provides a review of Allium science for postgraduates and researchers, paying particular attention to topics that have shown major advances during the 1990s. Editor(s): Rabinowitch, H.D.; Currah, Lesley. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: TVK; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851995106
- ISBN
- 9780851995106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 373.60
€ 373.60
Food legumes are important constituents of the human diet and animal feed where they are crucial to a balanced diet, supplying high quality proteins. This title covers the history, origin and evolution, botany, breeding objectives and procedures, nutritional improvement, industrial uses and post-harvest technology of these crops. Editor(s): Pratrap, A.; Kumar, J. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; PST; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1242. 432 pages, 26 illustrations. Editor(s): Pratrap, A.; Kumar, J. Food legumes are important constituents of the human diet and animal feed where they are crucial to a balanced diet, supplying high quality proteins. This title covers the history, origin and evolution, botany, breeding objectives and procedures, nutritional improvement, industrial uses and post-harvest technology of these crops. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PSAK; PST; TVK. Dimension: 177 x 253 x 31. Weight: 1242.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845937669
- ISBN
- 9781845937669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.39
€ 177.39
Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Rice Production
. Ed(S): Podder, Azit Kumar; Hove, Charles Va...
Hardback. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biological Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Rice, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 28-December 2, 1994 Editor(s): Podder, Azit Kumar; Hove, Charles van; Begum, Z.N. Tahmida; Heulin, Thierry; Hartmann, Anton. Series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSG; PST; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341970
- ISBN
- 9780792341970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.93
€ 200.93
Paperback. With a poor track record and consequent downturn fisheries management is a candidate for reinvention. Many leaders in this area are of the view that no fishery has ever been properly understood or managed. This study seeks to put the flux of ideas in perspective, to make fisheries management work. Editor(s): Pitcher, Tony J.; Hart, Paul; Pauly, D. Series: Fish & Fisheries Series. Num Pages: 461 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 651.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357773
- ISBN
- 9780792357773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 258.15
€ 258.15