Agriculture Books

New and Published Books

1. Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Dry Areas

   By Theib Y. Oweis, Dieter Prinz, Ahmed Y. Hachum

   Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also ‘natural leakage’ - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water. How...

   Published May 20th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Agrometeorology in Extreme Events and Natural Disasters

   By H.P. Das

   This volume deals with a broad variety of extreme events that affect agriculture and presents effective risk management strategies. It explains events and their effects and presents techniques and strategies to cope with disasters such as drought, volcanic eruption, pests, etc. and minimize...

   Published May 9th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
4. Remote Sensing of Drought

   Innovative Monitoring Approaches

   Edited by Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson, James P. Verdin

   Series: Drought and Water Crises

   Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches presents emerging remote sensing-based tools and techniques that can be applied to operational drought monitoring and early warning around the world. The first book to focus on remote sensing and drought monitoring, it brings together a...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
5. Pesticides

   Evaluation of Environmental Pollution

   Edited by Hamir S. Rathore, Leo M.L. Nollet

   Pesticides play an important role in controlling pests that carry diseases and threaten crop production. In recent years, however, there has been increased concern about the adverse impacts of pesticides and their degradation products on public health and the environment. A considerable amount of...

   Published April 10th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels

   Edited by David Pimentel

   Series: Advances in Agroecology

   Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy. The conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises demands a new direction in how to harness agriculture to the joint tasks of energy-saving, emissions reduction, and food security. Global Economic and...

   Published April 1st 2012 by CRC Press
7. U.S. Food Policy

   Anthropology and Advocacy in the Public Interest

   Edited by Lisa Markowitz, John Brett

   Inequity of control over food systems is a particularly insidious form of injustice. Collectively, the contributors to this volume posit that this inequity is rooted in power asymmetries in the U.S. food system and codified through U.S. food policies. This process puts the public at risk in the U.S...

   Published March 27th 2012 by Routledge
8. Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants

   Edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, David R. Shonnard

   As the world’s population is projected to reach 10 billion or more by 2100, devastating fossil fuel shortages loom in the future unless more renewable alternatives to energy are developed. Bioenergy, in the form of cellulosic biomass, starch, sugar, and oils from crop plants, has emerged as one of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by CRC Press
9. Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management

   Edited by Antônio Ricardo Panizzi, José R. P. Parra

   The field of insect nutritional ecology has been defined by how insects deal with nutritional and non-nutritional compounds, and how these compounds influence their biology in evolutionary time. In contrast, Insect Bioecology and Nutrition for Integrated Pest Management presents these entomological...

   Published March 7th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R

    By Richard E. Plant

    Assuming no prior knowledge of R, Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R provides practical instruction on the use of the R programming language to analyze spatial data arising from research in ecology and agriculture. Written in terms of four data sets easily accessible online,...

    Published March 6th 2012 by CRC Press