Agriculture & related industries books

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Seasonal Workers in Mediterranean Agriculture: The Social Costs of Eating Fresh

Seasonal Workers in Mediterranean Agriculture: The Social...

Author: Jörg Gertel ,  Sarah Ruth Sippel (University of Leipzig, Germany)
ISBN: 9780415711685
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables...  Read More >>

Enlightened Zeal: The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670-1870

Enlightened Zeal: The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific...

Author: Ted Binnema
ISBN: 9781442646971
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson's Bay Company's involvement in scientific networks...  Read More >>

In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900 1995

In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit...

Author: Mr Steve Striffler
ISBN: 9781282920316
Format: Electronic book text
$121.18

Winner of the 2001 President's Award of the Social Science History AssociationIn the Shadows of State and Capital...  Read More >>

Canolfan Arddio Tyddyn Sachau

Canolfan Arddio Tyddyn Sachau

Author: Rhian Jones
ISBN: 9781845274764
Format: Paperback
$12.94

The story of three generations of a family who have made a living from gardening, and who now manage one of the...  Read More >>

Eating Dangerously: Why the Government Can't Keep Your Food Safe ... and How You Can

Eating Dangerously: Why the Government Can't Keep Your...

Author: Michael Booth ,  Jennifer Brown
ISBN: 9781442222663
Format: Hardback
$39.95

When people get sick from their food, headlines rage. More and more, people are getting sick from food that is supposedly...  Read More >>

Beef Cattle Production and Trade

Beef Cattle Production and Trade

Author: David Cottle ,  Lewis Kahn
ISBN: 9780643109889
Format: Hardback
$292.39

Covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate.  Read More >>

Tree Biotechnology

Tree Biotechnology

Author: Kishan Gopal Ramawat (M.L.Sukhadia University (retired professor), Udaipur, India) ,  Jean-Michel Mérillon (University of Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France)
ISBN: 9781466597143
Format: Hardback
$389.00

This book provides comprehensive and up to date information about tree characterization, biological understanding,...  Read More >>

Handbook on Food: Demand, Supply, Sustainability and Security

Handbook on Food: Demand, Supply, Sustainability and...

Author: Raghbendra Jha ,  Raghav Gaiha
ISBN: 9781781004289
Format: Hardback
$509.25

The global population is forecasted to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, with much of this increase concentrated in developing...  Read More >>

Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Nonhuman

Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the...

Author: Neil Dalal ,  Chloë Taylor
ISBN: 9780415729864
Format: Hardback
$210.00

To date, philosophical discussions of animal ethics and Critical Animal Studies have been dominated by Western perspectives...  Read More >>

Class, Gender, and the American Family Farm in the 20th Century

Class, Gender, and the American Family Farm in the 20th...

Author: Elizabeth Ramey (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA)
ISBN: 9780415834728
Format: Hardback
$200.00

"Integrating a focus on gender with Marx’s surplus-based notion of class, this book offers a one-of-a-kind analysis...  Read More >>

Cultiver De Meilleures Villes: Agriculture Urbane ET Developpement Durable

Cultiver De Meilleures Villes: Agriculture Urbane ET...

Author: Luc J. A Mougeot
ISBN: 9781552502433
Format: Electronic book text
$39.60

Les Nations Unies estiment quOCOau cours des 25 prochaines ann(r)es, la quasi-totalit(r) de la croissance d(r)mographique...  Read More >>

Enlightened Zeal: The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670-1870

Enlightened Zeal: The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific...

Author: Ted Binnema
ISBN: 9781442614758
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Enlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson's Bay Company's involvement in scientific networks...  Read More >>

Agribusiness Supply Chain Management

Agribusiness Supply Chain Management

Author: N. Chandrasekaran (Take Solutions, Ltd.,Chennai Tamilnadu, India) ,  G. Raghuram (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India)
ISBN: 9781466516748
Format: Hardback
$221.00

This book introduces the complexity and importance of supply chain management within businesses handling agricultural...  Read More >>

Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa: Foreign direct investment and food and water security

Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa: Foreign...

Author: John Anthony Allan ,  Martin Keulertz
ISBN: 9781857437461
Format: Paperback
$120.00

This handbook addresses inward investment in land and its impact on water resources in Africa.  Read More >>

Cheaponomics: The High Cost of Low Prices

Cheaponomics: The High Cost of Low Prices

Author: Michael Carolan (Colorado State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415735155
Format: Paperback
$79.99

"Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers,...  Read More >>

Joseph Conrad and the Ethics of Darwinism (Routledge Revivals): The Challenges of Science

Joseph Conrad and the Ethics of Darwinism (Routledge...

Author: Allan Hunter
ISBN: 9781138794726
Format: Hardback
$200.00

First published in 1983, this book explores a number of avenues of critical thinking about Joseph Conrad, showing...  Read More >>

King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management

King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management...

Author: Bradley G. Stevens
ISBN: 9781439855416
Format: Hardback
$368.00

With species existing in all subpolar seas, king crabs are one of the most valuable seafoods. Major fluctuations...  Read More >>

A Triple Bottom Line Planning Tool for Measuring Sustainability: A Systems Approach to Sustainability Using the Australian Dairy Industry as a Case Study

A Triple Bottom Line Planning Tool for Measuring Sustainability:...

Author: Laurie Buys ,  Kerrie Mengersen
ISBN: 9781909287884
Format: Paperback
$129.25

Summary Sustainability is a key driver for decisions in the management and future development of organisations and...  Read More >>

Sustainable Energy Solutions in Agriculture

Sustainable Energy Solutions in Agriculture

Author: Jochen Bundschuh (USQ, Toowoomba, Australia & KTH, Stockholm, Sweden) ,  Guangnan Chen (University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138001183
Format: Hardback
$525.00

Sustainability in agriculture and associated primary industries, which are both energy-intensive, is crucial for...  Read More >>

Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming

Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming...

Author: Penni Korb ,  Robert A Hoppe
ISBN: 9781497479678
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Cropland has been shifting to larger farms. The shifts have been large, centered on a doubling of farm size over...  Read More >>

British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE The First World War)

British Food Policy During the First World War (RLE...

Author: Margaret Barnett
ISBN: 9781138016453
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Because of the exceptionally high proportion of imports in Britain’s food supply and the determined efforts of the...  Read More >>

British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The First World War)

British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The...

Author: Peter Dewey
ISBN: 9781138014336
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume comprehensively describes how British farmers coped with the problems of shortage of labour and other...  Read More >>

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