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Pages : 1202
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Bibliography of Agriculture
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Pages : 1202
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Bulletin
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Languages : en
Pages : 1274
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Pages : 1274
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Better Crops with Plant Food
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Monthly Checklist of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Land Reform
Author: Russell King
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042972831X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book lays down some general themes and principles in the study of land reform and traces the historical evolution of the concept of land reform. It constitutes a continent-based country-by-country survey of the significant recent reforms in the less developed countries.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042972831X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book lays down some general themes and principles in the study of land reform and traces the historical evolution of the concept of land reform. It constitutes a continent-based country-by-country survey of the significant recent reforms in the less developed countries.
Adoption of Agricultural Development Measures in Chhindwara
Author: Dharam Das Vishwakarma
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111489
Category : Agricultural geography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
It embodies ecological determinants about agricultural relevance, demographic variables relevant to diffusion and adoption of agricultural innovation, land use pattern, determinants of agricultural innovations, status of irrigation-the base of yield raising technology, use of high yielding variety of seeds, adoption of soil fertility measures, financing system, mechanical technology and agricultural productivity and finally the levels of adoption. Analyses the spatio-temporal, inter-societal and intra-societal variation in the adoption of agricultural development measures has been the thrust objective of this book. Salient Features - Analyses the ecological parameters, cultural background and operational infrastructure of the plateau as the major determinants of agricultural land use and adoption of agricultural development measures. - Evaluates the spatial and temporal variation in the use of agricultural development measures. - Establishes relationship between each of personal-social and economic characteristics of adopters and the extent of adoption of each of selected agricultural innovation. - Determines spatial, inter-societal and intra-societal variation in level of adoption in perspectives of above determinants. - Evaluates the impact of the components of innovations on agricultural productivity. Useful for agricultural geographers, rural development planners and executors, irrigation engineers as well as scholars of rural habitat transformation. Also, this is well befitting the syllabi of universities for post-graduate classes and highly responsive to researchers.
Publisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111489
Category : Agricultural geography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
It embodies ecological determinants about agricultural relevance, demographic variables relevant to diffusion and adoption of agricultural innovation, land use pattern, determinants of agricultural innovations, status of irrigation-the base of yield raising technology, use of high yielding variety of seeds, adoption of soil fertility measures, financing system, mechanical technology and agricultural productivity and finally the levels of adoption. Analyses the spatio-temporal, inter-societal and intra-societal variation in the adoption of agricultural development measures has been the thrust objective of this book. Salient Features - Analyses the ecological parameters, cultural background and operational infrastructure of the plateau as the major determinants of agricultural land use and adoption of agricultural development measures. - Evaluates the spatial and temporal variation in the use of agricultural development measures. - Establishes relationship between each of personal-social and economic characteristics of adopters and the extent of adoption of each of selected agricultural innovation. - Determines spatial, inter-societal and intra-societal variation in level of adoption in perspectives of above determinants. - Evaluates the impact of the components of innovations on agricultural productivity. Useful for agricultural geographers, rural development planners and executors, irrigation engineers as well as scholars of rural habitat transformation. Also, this is well befitting the syllabi of universities for post-graduate classes and highly responsive to researchers.
Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops
Author: Victor Sadras
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128191953
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Crop Physiology: Case Histories of Major Crops updates the physiology of broad-acre crops with a focus on the genetic, environmental and management drivers of development, capture and efficiency in the use of radiation, water and nutrients, the formation of yield and aspects of quality. These physiological process are presented in a double context of challenges and solutions. The challenges to increase plant-based food, fodder, fiber and energy against the backdrop of population increase, climate change, dietary choices and declining public funding for research and development in agriculture are unprecedented and urgent. The proximal technological solutions to these challenges are genetic improvement and agronomy. Hence, the premise of the book is that crop physiology is most valuable when it engages meaningfully with breeding and agronomy. With contributions from 92 leading scientists from around the world, each chapter deals with a crop: maize, rice, wheat, barley, sorghum and oat; quinoa; soybean, field pea, chickpea, peanut, common bean, lentil, lupin and faba bean; sunflower and canola; potato, cassava, sugar beet and sugarcane; and cotton. - A crop-based approach to crop physiology in a G x E x M context - Captures the perspectives of global experts on 22 crops
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128191953
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Crop Physiology: Case Histories of Major Crops updates the physiology of broad-acre crops with a focus on the genetic, environmental and management drivers of development, capture and efficiency in the use of radiation, water and nutrients, the formation of yield and aspects of quality. These physiological process are presented in a double context of challenges and solutions. The challenges to increase plant-based food, fodder, fiber and energy against the backdrop of population increase, climate change, dietary choices and declining public funding for research and development in agriculture are unprecedented and urgent. The proximal technological solutions to these challenges are genetic improvement and agronomy. Hence, the premise of the book is that crop physiology is most valuable when it engages meaningfully with breeding and agronomy. With contributions from 92 leading scientists from around the world, each chapter deals with a crop: maize, rice, wheat, barley, sorghum and oat; quinoa; soybean, field pea, chickpea, peanut, common bean, lentil, lupin and faba bean; sunflower and canola; potato, cassava, sugar beet and sugarcane; and cotton. - A crop-based approach to crop physiology in a G x E x M context - Captures the perspectives of global experts on 22 crops
Performance Measurement in Farmer-managed Irrigation Systems
Author: Shaul Manor
Publisher: IWMI
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Performance evaluation ; Performance indexes ; Irrigation management ; Case studies ; Water distribution ; Social aspects ; Water users' associations ; Tube wells / Indonesia / Pakistan / Bolivia / Israel / Mexico / Peru / Venezuela / Andean Region / Philippines / Nepal / Sri Lanka / India / Egypt / Portugal / Tanzania / Argentina / China / Bangladesh
Publisher: IWMI
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Performance evaluation ; Performance indexes ; Irrigation management ; Case studies ; Water distribution ; Social aspects ; Water users' associations ; Tube wells / Indonesia / Pakistan / Bolivia / Israel / Mexico / Peru / Venezuela / Andean Region / Philippines / Nepal / Sri Lanka / India / Egypt / Portugal / Tanzania / Argentina / China / Bangladesh
Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture
Author: Todd S. Rosenstock
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319297945
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mitigation based on emission reductions and livelihood trade-offs. Globally, agriculture is directly responsible for about 11% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and induces an additional 17% through land use change, mostly in developing countries. Farms in the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are predominately managed by smallholders, with 80% of land holdings smaller than ten hectares. However, little to no information exists on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potentials in smallholder agriculture. Greenhouse gas measurements in agriculture are expensive, time consuming, and error prone, challenges only exacerbated by the heterogeneity of smallholder systems and landscapes. Concerns over methodological rigor, measurement costs, and the diversity of approaches, coupled with the demand for robust information suggest it is germane for the scientific community to establish standards of measurements for quantifying GHG emissions from smallholder agriculture. Standard guidelines for use by scientists, development organizations will help generate reliable data on emissions baselines and allow rigorous comparisons of mitigation options. The guidelines described in this book, developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and partners, are intended to inform anyone conducting field measurements of agricultural greenhouse gas sources and sinks, especially to develop IPCC Tier 2 emission factors or to compare mitigation options in smallholder systems.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319297945
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mitigation based on emission reductions and livelihood trade-offs. Globally, agriculture is directly responsible for about 11% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and induces an additional 17% through land use change, mostly in developing countries. Farms in the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are predominately managed by smallholders, with 80% of land holdings smaller than ten hectares. However, little to no information exists on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potentials in smallholder agriculture. Greenhouse gas measurements in agriculture are expensive, time consuming, and error prone, challenges only exacerbated by the heterogeneity of smallholder systems and landscapes. Concerns over methodological rigor, measurement costs, and the diversity of approaches, coupled with the demand for robust information suggest it is germane for the scientific community to establish standards of measurements for quantifying GHG emissions from smallholder agriculture. Standard guidelines for use by scientists, development organizations will help generate reliable data on emissions baselines and allow rigorous comparisons of mitigation options. The guidelines described in this book, developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and partners, are intended to inform anyone conducting field measurements of agricultural greenhouse gas sources and sinks, especially to develop IPCC Tier 2 emission factors or to compare mitigation options in smallholder systems.
A Question Of Intent
Author: David Kessler
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 0786731028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Tobacco companies had been protecting their turf for decades. They had congressmen in their pocket. They had corrupt scientists who made excuses about nicotine, cancer and addiction. They had hordes of lawyers to threaten anyone -- inside the industry or out -- who posed a problem. They had a whole lot of money to spend. And they were good at getting people to do what they wanted them to do. After all, they had already convinced millions of Americans to take up an addictive, unhealthy, and potentially deadly habit. David Kessler didn't care about all that. In this book he tells for the first time the thrilling detective story of how the underdog FDA -- while safeguarding the nation's food, drugs, and blood supply -- finally decided to take on one of the world's most powerful opponents, and how it won. Like A Civil Action or And the Band Played On, A Question of Intent weaves together science, law, and fascinating characters to tell an important and often unexpectedly moving story. We follow Kessler's team of investigators as they race to find the clues that will allow the FDA to assert jurisdiction over cigarettes, while the tobacco companies and their lawyers fight back -- hard. Full of insider information and drama, told with wit, and animated by its author's moral passion, A Question of Intent reads like a Grisham thriller, with one exception -- everything in it is true.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 0786731028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Tobacco companies had been protecting their turf for decades. They had congressmen in their pocket. They had corrupt scientists who made excuses about nicotine, cancer and addiction. They had hordes of lawyers to threaten anyone -- inside the industry or out -- who posed a problem. They had a whole lot of money to spend. And they were good at getting people to do what they wanted them to do. After all, they had already convinced millions of Americans to take up an addictive, unhealthy, and potentially deadly habit. David Kessler didn't care about all that. In this book he tells for the first time the thrilling detective story of how the underdog FDA -- while safeguarding the nation's food, drugs, and blood supply -- finally decided to take on one of the world's most powerful opponents, and how it won. Like A Civil Action or And the Band Played On, A Question of Intent weaves together science, law, and fascinating characters to tell an important and often unexpectedly moving story. We follow Kessler's team of investigators as they race to find the clues that will allow the FDA to assert jurisdiction over cigarettes, while the tobacco companies and their lawyers fight back -- hard. Full of insider information and drama, told with wit, and animated by its author's moral passion, A Question of Intent reads like a Grisham thriller, with one exception -- everything in it is true.