Best Agriculture Books
Best Free Agriculture Books of 2024
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Techniques de reboisement Book Reviews
Robert MarillLes différentes techniques de reboisement, les critères pour les choisir, la préparation du site à boiser, les techniques élémentaires, la mise en place des essences choisies, les ...
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Big Data in Bioeconomy Book Reviews
Caj Södergård, Tomas Mildorf, Ephrem Habyarimana, Arne J. Berre, Jose A. Fernandes & Christian Zinke-WehlmannThis edited open access book presents the comprehensive outcome of The European DataBio Project, which examined new datadriven methods to shape a bioeconomy. These methods are used...
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture Book Reviews
Todd S. Rosenstock, Mariana C. Rufino, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Lini Wollenberg & Meryl RichardsThis book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mit...
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The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture Book Reviews
Hugo CamposThis open access book is an important reframing of the role of innovation in agriculture. Dr. Campos and his distinguished coauthors address the need for agriculture to feed a grow...
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Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops Book Reviews
T. Scott Murrell, Robert L. Mikkelsen, Gavin Sulewski, Robert Norton & Michael L. ThompsonThis open access book highlights concepts discussed at two international conferences that brought together worldrenowned scientists to advance the science of potassium (K) recommen...
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The Future of Agriculture Book Reviews
Aidan ConnollyIn a world of contradictions, of abundance and shortages, technological wealth and resource constraints, longer life spans and global threats to our life, the people and businesses...
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Ramiran 98. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management Strategies for Organic Waste in Agriculture Book Reviews
José Martinez & Marie-Noëlle MaudetThis edition is a collection in two volumes of the presentations at the 8th international conference of an FAO network on recycling agricultural, municipal and industrial waste tha...
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Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation Book Reviews
Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, Louise O. Fresco & Mohamed Hag Ali HassanThis Open Access book compiles the findings of the Scientific Group of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 and its research partners. The Scientific Group was an i...
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The Miracle in the Seed Book Reviews
Harun YahyaEveryone knows what seeds look like, and know that all plants germinate from seeds. but few stop to wonder how it is that such a variety of plants, many very different from one ano...
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OPCOM Farm Advanced Hydroponics for STEM Education Book Reviews
Amber BosketAdvanced Hydroponics for STEM Education is an interactive book that teaches advanced hydroponics through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects such as p...
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The Potato Crop Book Reviews
Hugo Campos & Oscar OrtizThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and sciencebased perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse arr...
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Tobacco Book Reviews
Paul CocksonTobacco growers are often faced with unknown plant nutrition disorders during the production season.  This comprehensive guide will aid in rapid identification of nutritio...
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Guide to the Classical Biological Control of Insect Pests in Planted and Natural Forests Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsClassical biological control is a welltried, costeffective approach to the management of invasive forest pests. It involves the importing of “natural enemies” of nonnative pests fr...
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Cloning Agricultural Animals Book Reviews
Cameron FoysterThis is my Biotechnology assignment on Cloning Agricultural animals. It contains the scientific principles behind the cloning process, as well as arguments supporting and disapprov...
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Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia Book Reviews
Melanie Connor, Martin Gummert & Grant Robert SingletonThis open access book contributes not only to the scientific literature on sustainable agricultural development and in particular rice agriculture but also is highly valuable to as...
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Safety and Quality of Water Used with Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsDuring fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) production, water is used for a variety of purposes. Even the water was conventionally treated and disinfected, it may still potentially con...
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Public perception and attitudes of forest owners towards forests in Europe Book Reviews
Daniel TerrassonWithin the framework of the COST working group (E3WG1, 19941998), this document presents 15 research papers on the following topics: the European public challenge concerning forest...
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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development Book Reviews
Franz W. Gatzweiler & Joachim von BraunThe aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional ...
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Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations Book Reviews
Graham Thiele, Michael Friedmann, Hugo Campos, Vivian Polar & Jeffery W. BentleyThis open access book describes recent innovations in food systems based on root, tuber and banana crops in developing countries. These innovations respond to many of the challenge...
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Living territories to transform the world Book Reviews
Patrick Caron, Élodie Valette, Tom Wassenaar, Geo Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge & Vatché PapazianWhat resources underpin the development of a territory? What does territorial management of resources mean? What specific characteristics and opportunities does territorial organiz...
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Gardens of Oceania Book Reviews
Annie Walter & Vincent LebotThis lavishly illustrated guide covers the cultivated and wild edible plant species of Vanuatu. Over 200 species grown for their tubers or roots, woody species and creepers that pr...
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Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash Book Reviews
Essegbemon Akpo, Christopher O. Ojiewo, Lucky O. Omoigui, Jean Claude Rubyogo & Rajeev K. VarshneyThis open access book shares impact stories – testimonies from various value chain actors who have been part of the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects, over the past twelve years. The ...
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Her Name was Half Calf Book Reviews
S.A. MolteniHer Name was Half Calf is a nonfiction short story about the life and death of a pet cow.
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Ramiran 98. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management Strategies for Organic Waste in Agriculture Book Reviews
José Martinez & Marie-Noëlle MaudetThis edition is a collection in two volumes of the presentations at the 8th international conference of an FAO network on recycling agricultural, municipal and industrial waste tha...
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Designing Urban Food Policies Book Reviews
Caroline Brand, Nicolas Bricas, Damien Conaré, Benoit Daviron, Julie Debru, Laura Michel & Christophe-Toussaint SoulardThis Open Access book is for scientists and experts who work on urban food policies. It provides a conceptual framework for understanding the urban food system sustainability and h...
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The agroecological transition of agricultural systems in the Global South Book Reviews
François-Xavier Côte, Emmanuelle Poirier-Magona, Sylvain Perret, Philippe Roudier, Bruno Rapidel & Marie-Cécile ThirionFood security, jobs, ecological transition of agricultural production models and consumption patterns... Agroecology could be one of the solutions to meet the future challenges of ...
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Guidebook for Evaluating Fisheries Co-Management Effectiveness Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsThe Guidebook for evaluating fisheries comanagement effectiveness offers a process and method to evaluate the performance of a fisheries comanagement system and its plan in order t...
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Recherche agronomique et politique agricole Book Reviews
Egizio Valceschini, Odile Maeght-Bournay & Pierre CornuFigure fondatrice de la génétique animale en France et père de la loi sur l’élevage de 1966, Jacques Poly signe en 1978 le rapport « Pour une agriculture plus économe et plus auton...
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Sago Palm Book Reviews
Hiroshi Ehara, Yukio Toyoda & Dennis V. JohnsonThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical&...
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Prove di coltivazione del Kenaf nel Comune di Finale Emilia Book Reviews
Istituto Calvi di Finale EmiliaLa coltivazione del Kenaf e utilizzo delle fibre nel settore della  bioedilizia
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Transformations agricoles et agroalimentaires Book Reviews
Gilles Allaire & Benoit DavironÀ l’heure des robots et du numérique, la terre (habitat, agriculture, paysage, planète) et la nourriture (du corps et de l’âme) sont parmi les préoccupations majeures dans les espa...
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A Framework to Assess the Extent and Effectiveness of Community-Based Forestry Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsWellperforming communitybased forestry (CBF) has the potential to rapidly restore forests in ecological terms and scale up sustainable forest management to the national level, whil...
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Pesticides Book Reviews
Aïcha Ronceux, Enrique Barriuso, Edwige Charbonnier, Anne-Sophie Carpentier & Hélène SoubeletLes pesticides font aujourd’hui l’objet d’enjeux environnementaux considérables. Dès 1999, le ministère chargé de l’Écologie a mis en place le programme de recherche « Évaluation e...
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Ecologia del cultivo, manejo y usos del nopal Book Reviews
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la AgriculturaSi la gente quiere sobrevivir en estas duras condiciones, sus cultivos deberán tolerar la sequía, altas temperaturas y suelos pobres. Las cactáceas están siendo de creciente interé...
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Life Cycle Assessment of agri-food systems Book Reviews
Claudine Basset-Mens, Angel Avadí, Cécile Bessou, Ivonne Acosta-Alba, Yannick Biard & Sandra PayenLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the internationally recognized method to assess the environmental impacts of products and services. This operational guide provides best practice rec...
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Beef Basics Book Reviews
Alabama Cooperative Extension SystemBeef Basics is an overview of beef cattle management concepts for new and beginning farmers. It puts the keys to profitable beef production in your pocket. Alabama Extension brings...
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Multivariate Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Genomic Prediction Book Reviews
Osval Antonio Montesinos López, Abelardo Montesinos López & José CrossaThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This open access book brings together the latest genome base prediction models currently being used by statisticians, breeders an...
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Production de plants forestiers Book Reviews
Christine Argillier, Gérard Falconnet & Jean GruezLes plants et le reboisement en région méditerranéenne, la graine, le plant forestier, le substrat de culture, le conteneur, la culture des plants, le conditionnement du plant, la ...
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The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin Book Reviews
Antonella VastolaThis book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies. The experiences made by ...
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Une histoire des plantes coloniales Book Reviews
Serge Volper & Gérard MatheronCafé de la Côte d'Ivoire, cacao du Cameroun, huile d'arachide du Sénégal, vanille de Madagascar , aujourd'hui nous relions aisément à un pays d'Afrique ces prod...
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Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions Book Reviews
Roberto Tognetti, Melanie Smith & Pietro PanzacchiThis open access book offers a crosssectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climatesmart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensi...
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Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change Book Reviews
Lauri Hetemäki, Jyrki Kangas & Heli PeltolaThis edited open access volume explores the role of forest bioeconomy  in addressing climate change. The authors put a particular focus on planetary boundaries and how the...
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Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking Book Reviews
Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Serena Caucci & Kai SchwärzelOrganic waste composting is another excellent example to demonstrate the power and the benefits of nexus thinking. Even though organic waste composting itself is not a new topic, t...
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The Beekeeping Bible Book Reviews
Warren I. DanielsMaster the Secrets of Beekeeping: Journey from Hive Foundations to Honey Harvesting and Beyond Written with both the novice and the seasoned beekeeper in mind, this enlightening gu...
Best Paid Agriculture Books of 2024
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Techniques de reboisement Book Reviews
Robert MarillLes différentes techniques de reboisement, les critères pour les choisir, la préparation du site à boiser, les techniques élémentaires, la mise en place des essences choisies, les ...
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Big Data in Bioeconomy Book Reviews
Caj Södergård, Tomas Mildorf, Ephrem Habyarimana, Arne J. Berre, Jose A. Fernandes & Christian Zinke-WehlmannThis edited open access book presents the comprehensive outcome of The European DataBio Project, which examined new datadriven methods to shape a bioeconomy. These methods are used...
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture Book Reviews
Todd S. Rosenstock, Mariana C. Rufino, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Lini Wollenberg & Meryl RichardsThis book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mit...
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The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture Book Reviews
Hugo CamposThis open access book is an important reframing of the role of innovation in agriculture. Dr. Campos and his distinguished coauthors address the need for agriculture to feed a grow...
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Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops Book Reviews
T. Scott Murrell, Robert L. Mikkelsen, Gavin Sulewski, Robert Norton & Michael L. ThompsonThis open access book highlights concepts discussed at two international conferences that brought together worldrenowned scientists to advance the science of potassium (K) recommen...
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The Future of Agriculture Book Reviews
Aidan ConnollyIn a world of contradictions, of abundance and shortages, technological wealth and resource constraints, longer life spans and global threats to our life, the people and businesses...
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Ramiran 98. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management Strategies for Organic Waste in Agriculture Book Reviews
José Martinez & Marie-Noëlle MaudetThis edition is a collection in two volumes of the presentations at the 8th international conference of an FAO network on recycling agricultural, municipal and industrial waste tha...
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Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation Book Reviews
Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, Louise O. Fresco & Mohamed Hag Ali HassanThis Open Access book compiles the findings of the Scientific Group of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 and its research partners. The Scientific Group was an i...
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The Miracle in the Seed Book Reviews
Harun YahyaEveryone knows what seeds look like, and know that all plants germinate from seeds. but few stop to wonder how it is that such a variety of plants, many very different from one ano...
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OPCOM Farm Advanced Hydroponics for STEM Education Book Reviews
Amber BosketAdvanced Hydroponics for STEM Education is an interactive book that teaches advanced hydroponics through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects such as p...
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The Potato Crop Book Reviews
Hugo Campos & Oscar OrtizThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and sciencebased perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse arr...
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Tobacco Book Reviews
Paul CocksonTobacco growers are often faced with unknown plant nutrition disorders during the production season.  This comprehensive guide will aid in rapid identification of nutritio...
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Guide to the Classical Biological Control of Insect Pests in Planted and Natural Forests Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsClassical biological control is a welltried, costeffective approach to the management of invasive forest pests. It involves the importing of “natural enemies” of nonnative pests fr...
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Cloning Agricultural Animals Book Reviews
Cameron FoysterThis is my Biotechnology assignment on Cloning Agricultural animals. It contains the scientific principles behind the cloning process, as well as arguments supporting and disapprov...
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Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia Book Reviews
Melanie Connor, Martin Gummert & Grant Robert SingletonThis open access book contributes not only to the scientific literature on sustainable agricultural development and in particular rice agriculture but also is highly valuable to as...
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Safety and Quality of Water Used with Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsDuring fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) production, water is used for a variety of purposes. Even the water was conventionally treated and disinfected, it may still potentially con...
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Public perception and attitudes of forest owners towards forests in Europe Book Reviews
Daniel TerrassonWithin the framework of the COST working group (E3WG1, 19941998), this document presents 15 research papers on the following topics: the European public challenge concerning forest...
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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development Book Reviews
Franz W. Gatzweiler & Joachim von BraunThe aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional ...
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Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations Book Reviews
Graham Thiele, Michael Friedmann, Hugo Campos, Vivian Polar & Jeffery W. BentleyThis open access book describes recent innovations in food systems based on root, tuber and banana crops in developing countries. These innovations respond to many of the challenge...
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Living territories to transform the world Book Reviews
Patrick Caron, Élodie Valette, Tom Wassenaar, Geo Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge & Vatché PapazianWhat resources underpin the development of a territory? What does territorial management of resources mean? What specific characteristics and opportunities does territorial organiz...
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Gardens of Oceania Book Reviews
Annie Walter & Vincent LebotThis lavishly illustrated guide covers the cultivated and wild edible plant species of Vanuatu. Over 200 species grown for their tubers or roots, woody species and creepers that pr...
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Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash Book Reviews
Essegbemon Akpo, Christopher O. Ojiewo, Lucky O. Omoigui, Jean Claude Rubyogo & Rajeev K. VarshneyThis open access book shares impact stories – testimonies from various value chain actors who have been part of the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects, over the past twelve years. The ...
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Her Name was Half Calf Book Reviews
S.A. MolteniHer Name was Half Calf is a nonfiction short story about the life and death of a pet cow.
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Ramiran 98. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management Strategies for Organic Waste in Agriculture Book Reviews
José Martinez & Marie-Noëlle MaudetThis edition is a collection in two volumes of the presentations at the 8th international conference of an FAO network on recycling agricultural, municipal and industrial waste tha...
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Designing Urban Food Policies Book Reviews
Caroline Brand, Nicolas Bricas, Damien Conaré, Benoit Daviron, Julie Debru, Laura Michel & Christophe-Toussaint SoulardThis Open Access book is for scientists and experts who work on urban food policies. It provides a conceptual framework for understanding the urban food system sustainability and h...
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The agroecological transition of agricultural systems in the Global South Book Reviews
François-Xavier Côte, Emmanuelle Poirier-Magona, Sylvain Perret, Philippe Roudier, Bruno Rapidel & Marie-Cécile ThirionFood security, jobs, ecological transition of agricultural production models and consumption patterns... Agroecology could be one of the solutions to meet the future challenges of ...
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Guidebook for Evaluating Fisheries Co-Management Effectiveness Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsThe Guidebook for evaluating fisheries comanagement effectiveness offers a process and method to evaluate the performance of a fisheries comanagement system and its plan in order t...
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Recherche agronomique et politique agricole Book Reviews
Egizio Valceschini, Odile Maeght-Bournay & Pierre CornuFigure fondatrice de la génétique animale en France et père de la loi sur l’élevage de 1966, Jacques Poly signe en 1978 le rapport « Pour une agriculture plus économe et plus auton...
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Sago Palm Book Reviews
Hiroshi Ehara, Yukio Toyoda & Dennis V. JohnsonThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical&...
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Prove di coltivazione del Kenaf nel Comune di Finale Emilia Book Reviews
Istituto Calvi di Finale EmiliaLa coltivazione del Kenaf e utilizzo delle fibre nel settore della  bioedilizia
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Transformations agricoles et agroalimentaires Book Reviews
Gilles Allaire & Benoit DavironÀ l’heure des robots et du numérique, la terre (habitat, agriculture, paysage, planète) et la nourriture (du corps et de l’âme) sont parmi les préoccupations majeures dans les espa...
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A Framework to Assess the Extent and Effectiveness of Community-Based Forestry Book Reviews
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsWellperforming communitybased forestry (CBF) has the potential to rapidly restore forests in ecological terms and scale up sustainable forest management to the national level, whil...
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Pesticides Book Reviews
Aïcha Ronceux, Enrique Barriuso, Edwige Charbonnier, Anne-Sophie Carpentier & Hélène SoubeletLes pesticides font aujourd’hui l’objet d’enjeux environnementaux considérables. Dès 1999, le ministère chargé de l’Écologie a mis en place le programme de recherche « Évaluation e...
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Ecologia del cultivo, manejo y usos del nopal Book Reviews
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la AgriculturaSi la gente quiere sobrevivir en estas duras condiciones, sus cultivos deberán tolerar la sequía, altas temperaturas y suelos pobres. Las cactáceas están siendo de creciente interé...
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Life Cycle Assessment of agri-food systems Book Reviews
Claudine Basset-Mens, Angel Avadí, Cécile Bessou, Ivonne Acosta-Alba, Yannick Biard & Sandra PayenLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the internationally recognized method to assess the environmental impacts of products and services. This operational guide provides best practice rec...
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Beef Basics Book Reviews
Alabama Cooperative Extension SystemBeef Basics is an overview of beef cattle management concepts for new and beginning farmers. It puts the keys to profitable beef production in your pocket. Alabama Extension brings...
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Multivariate Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Genomic Prediction Book Reviews
Osval Antonio Montesinos López, Abelardo Montesinos López & José CrossaThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This open access book brings together the latest genome base prediction models currently being used by statisticians, breeders an...
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Production de plants forestiers Book Reviews
Christine Argillier, Gérard Falconnet & Jean GruezLes plants et le reboisement en région méditerranéenne, la graine, le plant forestier, le substrat de culture, le conteneur, la culture des plants, le conditionnement du plant, la ...
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The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin Book Reviews
Antonella VastolaThis book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies. The experiences made by ...
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Une histoire des plantes coloniales Book Reviews
Serge Volper & Gérard MatheronCafé de la Côte d'Ivoire, cacao du Cameroun, huile d'arachide du Sénégal, vanille de Madagascar , aujourd'hui nous relions aisément à un pays d'Afrique ces prod...
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Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions Book Reviews
Roberto Tognetti, Melanie Smith & Pietro PanzacchiThis open access book offers a crosssectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climatesmart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensi...
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Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change Book Reviews
Lauri Hetemäki, Jyrki Kangas & Heli PeltolaThis edited open access volume explores the role of forest bioeconomy  in addressing climate change. The authors put a particular focus on planetary boundaries and how the...
-
Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking Book Reviews
Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Serena Caucci & Kai SchwärzelOrganic waste composting is another excellent example to demonstrate the power and the benefits of nexus thinking. Even though organic waste composting itself is not a new topic, t...
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The Beekeeping Bible Book Reviews
Warren I. DanielsMaster the Secrets of Beekeeping: Journey from Hive Foundations to Honey Harvesting and Beyond Written with both the novice and the seasoned beekeeper in mind, this enlightening gu...
