Автор: Ronald Pamela C., Adamchak Raoul W. Название: Tomorrow`s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food ISBN: 0199342083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199342082 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2612.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tomorrow's Table argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers actually do. Readers see the problems that farmers face, trying to provide larger yields without resorting to expensive or environmentally hazardous chemicals--a problem that will loom larger and larger as the century progresses--and they learn how organic farmers and geneticists address these problems. The book is for consumers, farmers, and policy decision makers who want to make food choices and policy that will support ecologically responsible farming practices, and for anyone who wants accurate information about organic farming, genetic engineering, and their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The first edition was published in hardcover in 2008 and in paperback in 2009. This second edition reflects the many and varied changes the fields of farming and genetic engineering have seen since 2009. It includes a new preface and three new chapters-one on politics and food-related protests such as the Marin county anti-vaccine movement and the subsequent outbreak of whooping cough, one on farming and food security, and one containing various recipes. Existing chapters on the tools of genetic engineering, organic vs. conventional foods, the tools of organic agriculture, and food labeling and legislature have all been updated.
Автор: Narayan Prasad Khanal; Keshav Lall Maharjan Название: Community Seed Production Sustainability in Rice-Wheat Farming ISBN: 4431554734 ISBN-13(EAN): 9784431554738 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyzes the sustainability of community seed production under a rice-wheat farming system from microeconomic perspectives, considering how seed producers benefit from community seed production and how those benefits continue into the future.
Автор: Jean-Michel Sourisseau Название: Family Farming and the Worlds to Come ISBN: 9402403809 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789402403800 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18284.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development? Not only is family farming the predominant form of agriculture around the world, especially so in developing countries, it is also the agriculture of the future. By declaring 2014 the "International Year of Family Farming," the United Nations has placed this form of production at the center of debates on agricultural development. These debates are often reduced to two opposing positions. The first advocates the development of industrial or company agriculture, supposedly efficient because it follows industrial processes for market-oriented mass production. The second promotes the preservation of family farming with its close links between family and farm. The authors of this book wish to enrich the debates by helping overcome stereotypes - which often manifest through the use of terms such as "small-scale farming, subsistence farming, peasant, etc." Research work has emphatically demonstrated the great adaptability of family farming systems and their ability to meet the major challenges of tomorrow but it has also not overlooked their limitations. The authors explore the choices facing society and possible development trajectories at national and international levels, and the contribution that agriculture will have to make. They call for a recommitment of public policies in favor of family farming in developing countries and stress the importance of planning actions targeted at and tailored to the family character of agricultural models. But, above all, they highlight the need to overcome strictly sectoral rationales, by placing family farming at the core of a broader economic and social project. This book is the result of a collaborative effort led by CIRAD and encapsulates three decades of research on family farming. It will interest researchers, teachers and students, and all those involved in national and international efforts for the development of countries in the South.
Автор: Eric Justes Название: Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming ISBN: 9402409858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789402409857 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study, based on a literature review and simulations, shows the efficiency of cover crops at catching nitrate in most agriculture situations.
Автор: James Название: Farming on the Fringe ISBN: 3319322338 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319322339 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19591.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney’s sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city and local employment, these culturally and linguistically diverse farmers contribute not only to Sydney’s globalizing demographic and cultural fabric, but also play a critical role in the city’s environmental sustainability. In the battle for urban space housing development threatens to turn these farmlands into sprawling suburbia. In thinking from and with the urban ‘fringe’, this book moves beyond the housing versus farming debate to present a vision for urban growth that is dynamic and alive to the needs of the 21st century city. In a unique bringing together of the twin forces shaping contemporary urbanism - environmental change and global population flows - the voices from the fringe demand to be heard in the debate on future urban food sustainability.
Автор: Jean-Michel Sourisseau Название: Family Farming and the Worlds to Come ISBN: 9401793573 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401793575 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22203.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Acknowledgements Foreword; Ibrahim Assane Mayaki General introduction; Jean-Michel Sourisseau Part 1 Defining and understanding family farming systems; Coordination: Pierre-Marie Bosc, Laurent Parrot, Christian Corniaux 1. Family farming: at the heart of the history of world agriculture; Bruno Losch 2. Defining, characterizing and measuring family farming models; Pierre-Marie Bosc, Jacques Marzin, Jean-Franзois Bйliиres, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Philippe Bonnal, Bruno Losch, Philippe Pйdelahore, Laurent Parrot 3. Families, work and the farm; Vйronique Ancey, Sandrine Frйguin-Gresh 4. Family farming and other forms of agriculture; Jacques Marzin, Benoоt Daviron, Sylvain Rafflegeau Part 2 Helping to feed the world and territories to live; Coordination: Franзois Affholder, Laurиne Feintrenie, Bruno Losch 5. Contributing to ecological and social systems; Laurиne Feintrenie, Franзois Affholder 6. Contributing to territorial dynamics; Stйphanie Barral, Marc Piraux, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Йlodie Valette 7. Contributing to production and international markets; Sylvain Rafflegeau, Bruno Losch, Benoоt Daviron, Philippe Bastide, Pierre Charmetant, Thierry Lescot, Alexia Prades, Jйrфme Sainte-Beuve 8. Contributing to innovation, policies and local democracy; Pierre-Marie Bosc, Marc Piraux, Michel Dulcire Part 3 Meeting the challenges of the future; Coordination: Philippe Bonnal, Ludovic Temple 9. Challenges of poverty, employment and food security; Philippe Bonnal, Bruno Losch, Jacques Marzin, Laurent Parrot 10. Energy challenges: threats or opportunities?; Marie-Hйlиne Dabat, Denis Gautier, Laurent Gazull, Franзois Pinta 11. Sanitary challenges increasingly relevant on a global scale; Sophie Molia, Pascal Bonnet, Alain Ratnadass 12. Challenges of managing and using natural resources; Daniиle Clavel, Laurиne Feintrenie, Emmanuel Torquebiau, Didier Bazile Part 4 Research and the challenge of family farming; Coordination: Daniиle Clavel, Michel Dulcire, Sophie Molia 13. Co-constructing innovation: action-research in partnership; Йric Vall, Eduardo Chia 14. Innovations in management advice to family farms; Guy Faure, Michel Havard, Aurйlie Toillier, Patrice Djamen Nana, Ismail Moumouni 15. Support for the prevention of sanitary risks; Sophie Molia, Pascal Bonnet, Alain Ratnadass 16. Agricultural biodiversity and rural systems of seed production; Daniиle Clavel, Didier Bazile, Benoоt Bertrand, Olivier Sounigo, Kirsten Vom Brocke, Gilles Trouche 17. Lessons learnt and perspectives for ecological intensification; Franзois Affholder, Laurent Parrot, Patrick Jagoret Conclusion References List of authors
Автор: Ika Darnhofer; David Gibbon; Beno?t Dedieu Название: Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic ISBN: 9401783578 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401783576 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 28732.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offering an overview of 20 years of farming systems research, this book retraces its emergence and development in Europe, summarizes the state of the art, and examines new explorations into farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment.
Автор: Lisa Ringhofer Название: Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon ISBN: 9400790872 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400790872 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18284.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The society-nature interaction of the Tsimane`, an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon, is analyzed and presented as an empirical case study in this review. Socioecological research methods are used to address the challenges and constraints in the field.
Автор: Ana Alexandra Marta-Costa; Emiliana L. D. G. Soare Название: Methods and Procedures for Building Sustainable Farming Systems ISBN: 9400796617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400796614 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book shows how the method of sustainability assessment plays a key role in choosing the best agricultural productive mode, and guides the reader through the process of selection. Includes case studies from Portugal, Canada, Argentina and Lebanon.
Описание: Plants have the potential to provide vast quantities of low-cost medicinal bio-products. Covering the principles of molecular farming, this book summarizes recent advances, elucidates current challenges and suggests useful avenues for future research.
Автор: Hermann J. Heege Название: Precision in Crop Farming ISBN: 9400794452 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400794450 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21661.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: High yields and environmental control in crop farming call for precise adaptations to local growing conditions. Treating large fields in a uniform way by high capacity machinery cannot be regarded as a sustainable method for many situations. Because differences existing within single fields must be considered. The transition from former field work carried out manually or by small implements to present-day high-capacity machinery caused that the farmers lost the immediate and close contact with soils and crops. However, modern sensing and controlling technology can make up for this deficit. High tech methods that include proximal sensing and signals from satellites can provide for controls that allow adjusting farming operations to small fractions of one ha and sometimes even down to some m2, hence in a site-specific mode. This applies to operations for soil cultivation, sowing, fertilizing and plant protection. This book deals with site-specific concepts, applications and results.
Автор: Howard Dick; John Butcher Название: The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming ISBN: 1349228796 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349228799 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 24456.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explains the rise and sudden fall of revenue farming, traces the changing fortunes of the Chinese businessmen who held the major farms, and uses the study of revenue farming to examine the emergence of the modern state in Southeast Asia.
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