AgriScience in Our Lives
Author : Alfred H. Krebs
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Alfred H. Krebs
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Laurie E. Drinkwater
Publisher : Department of Agriculture
Page : pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9781888626162
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 2010-07-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309148960
In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the same time the agricultural sector worldwide faces numerous daunting challenges. Not only is the agricultural sector expected to produce adequate food, fiber, and feed, and contribute to biofuels to meet the needs of a rising global population, it is expected to do so under increasingly scarce natural resources and climate change. Growing awareness of the unintended impacts associated with some agricultural production practices has led to heightened societal expectations for improved environmental, community, labor, and animal welfare standards in agriculture. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century assesses the scientific evidence for the strengths and weaknesses of different production, marketing, and policy approaches for improving and reducing the costs and unintended consequences of agricultural production. It discusses the principles underlying farming systems and practices that could improve the sustainability. It also explores how those lessons learned could be applied to agriculture in different regional and international settings, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. By focusing on a systems approach to improving the sustainability of U.S. agriculture, this book can have a profound impact on the development and implementation of sustainable farming systems. Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century serves as a valuable resource for policy makers, farmers, experts in food production and agribusiness, and federal regulatory agencies.
Author : Todd LeVasseur
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 2016-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 081316799X
Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions -- from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. What we eat, how we eat, and whom we eat with can express our core values and religious devotion more clearly than verbal piety. In this wide-ranging collection, eminent scholars, theologians, activists, and lay farmers illuminate how religious beliefs influence and are influenced by the values and practices of sustainable agriculture. Together, they analyze a multitude of agricultural practices for their contributions to healthy, ethical living and environmental justice. Throughout, the contributors address current critical issues, including global trade agreements, indigenous rights to land and seed, and the effects of postcolonialism on farming and industry. Covering indigenous, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish perspectives, this groundbreaking volume makes a significant contribution to the study of ethics and agriculture.
Author : Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821371282
The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Lisl H. Detlefsen
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781948898003
A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.
Author : Tom Darbyshire
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Farmers
ISBN : 9781412745444
Go on a magical adventure with young Phin Quinn to find out who grew his soup. BB with dust jacket, 32 pages. Illustrated by renowned American illustrator C.F Payne.
Author : Alfred H. Krebs
Publisher :
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
The industry of agriculture; Rural life in the United States; Youth and rural living; Agriucltural occupations; Landscaping the home grounds; Growing food for the family; Conservation - the wise use of natural resources; The mechanization of farming; Characteristics of farm animals; Improving herds and flocks; Feeding livestock; Caring for livestock and their products; Keeping animals healthy; Characteristics of farm crops; Improving farm crops; Providing fertile soils; Planting and cultivating farm crops; Weeds as plant enemy number one; Insects - friends or foes?; Diseases of farm crops; Marketing farm products; Managing the farm business; Cooperatives in agriculture; Keeping our environmental clean; Starting a small-scale agricultural business; Frontiers of agriculture.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2003-02-21
Category :
ISBN : 9264099506
This publication brings together the recent work of the OECD on water management issues. It identifies the main policy challenges addressed by that work for sustainable water management.