Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Books

New and Published Books

1. Diversifying Food and Diets

   Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

   Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Federico Mattei

   Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

   Currently 925 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
2. The World of Agricultural Economics

   An Introduction

   By Carin Martiin

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   This textbook takes a truly international approach towards agricultural economics, uniting many different perspectives on the subject and providing insight into agriculture in general, and into how practical farming works in particular. The book is laced throughout with real world examples and...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Fundamentals of Glacier Dynamics, Second Edition

   By C.J. van der Veen

   Measuring, monitoring, and modeling technologies and methods changed the field of glaciology significantly in the 14 years since the publication of the first edition of Fundamentals of Glacier Dynamics. Designed to help readers achieve the basic level of understanding required to describe and model...

   Published March 25th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Food Policy in the United States

   An Introduction

   By Parke Wilde

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
5. Combating Climate Change

   An Agricultural Perspective

   Edited by Manjit S. Kang, Surinder S. Banga

   The effects of climate change can already be felt around the world, and they will likely impact all facets of human civilization—from health, livelihood security, agricultural production, and shelter to international trade. Since anthropogenic factors are mainly to blame for the current trends in...

   Published March 25th 2013 by CRC Press
6. Agricultural Automation

   Fundamentals and Practices

   Edited by Qin Zhang, Francis J. Pierce

   Agricultural automation is the core technology for computer-aided agricultural production management and implementation. An integration of equipment, infotronics, and precision farming technologies, it creates viable solutions for challenges facing the food, fiber, feed, and fuel needs of the human...

   Published March 21st 2013 by CRC Press
7. Sustainable Soil Management

   Edited by Deirdre Rooney

   Changing land-use practices and the role of soil biological diversity has been a major focus of soil science research over the past couple of decades—a trend that is likely to continue. The information presented in this book points to a holistic approach to soil management. The first part looks at...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Apple Academic Press
8. Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India

   Edited by Sumi Krishna

   Series: Transition in Northeastern India

   India’s northeastern region, forged by a unique geological history and peopled by several waves of migration, is extraordinarily complex. Farming systems in the hills and the riverine plains are embedded in a heterogeneous environment, comprising forests, wetlands and fields, shaped over centuries...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge India
9. Mountain World in Danger

   Climate change in the forests and mountains of Europe

   By Sten Nilsson, David Pitt

   Series: Sustainable Development Set

   The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Community Biodiversity Management

    Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources

    Edited by Walter Simon de Boef, Abishkar Subedi, Nivaldo Peroni, Marja Thijssen, Elizabeth O'Keeffe

    Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

    The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge