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Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers ...

Climate Smart Agriculture

"The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and ...

Climate Variability, Predictability and Climate Risks

This book provides an integrated assessment of issues related to climate variability and change, predictability and risks. ...

Climate-Smart Food

This book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where ...

Computer And Computing Technologies In Agriculture, Volume I : First IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture (CCTA 2007), Wuyishan, China, August 18-20, 2007

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The ...

Computer And Computing Technologies In Agriculture, Volume II : First IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture (CCTA 2007), Wuyishan, China, August 18-20, 2007

The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The ...

Crisis Management in the Food and Drinks Industry: A Practical Approach

This practical and greatly expanded edition by media and public relations veteran Colin Doeg focuses on the communications ...

Designing Urban Food Policies : Concepts and Approaches

This book is for scientists and experts who work on urban food policies. It provides a conceptual framework for understanding ...

Development Policies and Policy Processes in Africa

The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection ...

Disturbed soil properties and geotechnical design

Describes the developments leading to the Original Cam Clay model, focusing on fundamentals of the shearing of soil. The ...

Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region A Decade of Experience from SERVIR

This book is a consolidation of lessons learnt and experiences gathered from our efforts to utilise Earth observation (EO) ...

Eating, Drinking: Surviving : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The ...

Economic Loss Caused by Genetically Modified Organisms : Liability and Redress for the Adventitious Presence of GMOs in Non-GM Crops

The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the EU may lead to cases, in which traditional agricultural products ...

Encyclopedia of Soil Science

The Encyclopedia of Soil Science provides a comprehensive, alphabetical treatment of basic soil science in a single volume. ...

Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms Learning from the TLIII project Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

This book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume ...

Ester Boserup’s Legacy on Sustainability : Orientations for Contemporary Research

The contents are organized in three sections reflecting important focal points of Boserup’s own work: Long-Term Socio-Ecological ...

Ethics in Agriculture - An African Perspective

The role of biotechnology in African agriculture has become a contentious issue. The ethical issues in agriculture in Africa ...

Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest ...

Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development

The following sections focus on evaluation of climate change projects and policies as they link to development, from the ...

Farming for Health

Farming for Health describes the utilization of agricultural farms, farm animals, plants and landscapes as a base for promoting ...

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