Agricultural science books

The UN Millennium Development Goals' intent to halve hunger by 2015 will not be realized. This title presents an...  Read More >>

In an age of accelerated global soil degradation, creative approaches to protecting soil are warranted. This book...  Read More >>

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Changing Climate and Resource Use Efficiency in Plants reviews the efficiencies for resource use by crop plants...  Read More >>

Herbicides constitute about 60% of the total pesticides consumed globally. In India, the use of herbicides started...  Read More >>

Increase in global population, drastic changes in the environment, soil degradation and decrease in quality and...  Read More >>

In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in...  Read More >>

This book examines the economic gains and social costs of agrarian transformation in India. Lucid and topical, it...  Read More >>

This book describes specific, well-know controversies in the genetic modification debate and connects them to deeper...  Read More >>

This book describes how the genome sequence contributes to our understanding of allopolyploidisation and the genome...  Read More >>

This volume in the series deals with the major Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) of South America, providing...  Read More >>

Rice is a unique and highly significant crop, thought to help feed nearly half the planet on a daily basis. An understanding...  Read More >>

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This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow...  Read More >>

This book represents the work of experts and leaders who have taught, researched, and expanded Chinese agroecology...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World presents a comprehensive overview of the sources,...  Read More >>

The Welfare of Cattle offers an accurate, detailed account of the ethical and welfare concerns related to the human...  Read More >>

This unique volume focuses on Egypt’s conventional water resources and the main water consumer: Egypt’s agriculture....  Read More >>

This book focuses on biodiversity’s crucial role in food systems, health and well-being and fate of the natural...  Read More >>

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This unique volume presents up-to-date information and the latest research findings on unconventional water resources...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This book uniquely presents accurate and up-to-date information related to crops in small and fragmented agricultural...  Read More >>

For people of all political backgrounds and opinions, this inside look at the controversy surrounding genetically-modified...  Read More >>

In this book, for the first time, all of the State's grasses have been carefully drawn, including more than 450...  Read More >>