This book details using nanotechnology to propagate ornamental trees and shrubs in Africa by cuttings. It studies plant responses to obtain the best rooting qualities and new seedling growth, ensuring their suitability for commercial marketing.
Nanotechnology is the catalyst transforming how we detect, protect, and sustain our world. This book illuminates cutting-edge research and charts a visionary path for leveraging nanotechnology to address global challenges in the environment, food safety, and agriculture.
Rice is a salt-sensitive, semi-aquatic crop with many adaptations for its environment. How do these adaptations respond to salinity? This book addresses this largely unexplored question, detailing the response of rice to salt stress in its natural habitat.
Restoring agricultural ecosystems through regenerative practices revives soil health and combats climate change. This boosts landscape resilience, supporting abundant food production while safeguarding the environment for future generations.
Small Farmers for Global Food Security
Modern agriculture has damaged ecosystems and diets. A growing movement of small farmers rejects this, re-creating food systems based on moral ecology—a concept that regenerates nature and serves the common good. We argue they could feed the entire world and eradicate hunger.
Soil Erosion and Conservation
Knowledge on soil erosion and conservation is crucial for food security and sustainable land management. This book covers theoretical and practical aspects with a focus on Sri Lanka’s dry zone, presenting new findings for geographers, ecologists, students, and researchers.
Soil Microbiome Dynamics
As agriculture faces challenges from climate change, harnessing the soil microbiome is crucial. This book integrates the latest research with practical applications, providing innovative solutions to enhance productivity, improve soil health, and foster a sustainable future.
As scientists search for alternative dietary proteins, Spirulina is a superior source. This book fills an important research gap, highlighting the nutritional aspects of using Spirulina in poultry diets for students, professors, feed formulators, and farmers.
Sustainable Agronomy
How do we feed a growing world without harming the ecosystem? This book explains sustainable strategies to manage modern agricultural problems, improve soil health, and protect crops with non-chemical approaches. A guide for anyone who cares about our food and our planet.
Explore Jordan’s medicinal and aromatic plants in this valuable reference. Illustrated with full-color photos, it presents up-to-date information on 209 species, covering their taxonomy, medicinal values, healing properties, and uses in folk medicine.
This collection of exquisite coloured photographs illustrates Jordan’s diverse wild medicinal and aromatic plants. It details 279 species, covering their taxonomy, chemical constituents, and uses in folk medicine. A valuable resource for culinary, health, and other purposes.
This book is a collection of exquisite coloured photographs illustrating Jordan’s diverse wild medicinal and aromatic plants. It discusses 281 species from diverse habitats, with information on taxonomy, chemical constituents, healing properties, and uses in folk medicine.
The Future Generation of Smart Agriculture
This timely survey shows how advanced computational methods are reengineering agriculture. Written by top experts, this book covers recent advances in AI-based plant science, precision farming, and disease detection, making it an essential guide to the future of smart farming.
This book dissects the science behind climate change, exploring its causes and far-reaching consequences on our world. It unveils essential adaptation and mitigation strategies, equipping readers with the knowledge to understand and address this pressing global challenge.
The Land Agent in Britain
Historians, practitioners and representatives of land agent bodies are brought together to explore the necessary skills of a land agent. The volume traces the development of such skills as farming and entrepreneurialism to look to the post-Brexit future of estates and agents.
The Nigerian Cocoa Industry and the International Economy in the 1930s
This monograph uses the Nigerian cocoa industry’s encounter with the world economy of the 1930s to knit together a gamut of themes ranging from the social formations of production to the forces of demand and supply, as well as the protest movements against monopoly capitalism.
The Rise of a Global Feed Safety Standard
This book traces the journey of a Dutch initiative that transformed animal feed safety into a global standard. It explores how government, industry, and science rebuilt trust after food crises, shifting from crisis management to a culture of prevention.
Plant-parasitic nematodes cause drastic yield loss globally, and chemical controls are often toxic. This book explains an eco-friendly alternative: using humic acid for nematode control. It details successful research trials on banana and citrus nematodes and future prospects.
Towards Impact and Resilience
This book clarifies the challenges of Agricultural Education and Training (AET) in sub-Saharan Africa, offering practical solutions and innovative models to advance agricultural development and cultivate leaders and change-makers at all levels.
Discover underutilized fruit crops—gems with unique nutritional and medicinal properties. This guide for farmers, students, and scholars explores how these fruits can diversify diets, enhance food security, and support sustainable agriculture, unlocking their full potential.
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