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Grain legumes, including common-bean, chickpea, pigeonpea, pea, cowpea, lentil and others, form important constituents of global diets, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Despite this significant role, global production has increased only marginally in the past 50...
Editeur :
Elsevier
Parution :
2013-07-18
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the soils of Bangladesh. It is compiled by authors with vast experience in soil related problems and potential mitigation approaches. It discusses the development of Soil Science as an individual discipline in a country...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-06-28
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World Soils Book Series
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Fish Nutrition aims to present the state of knowledge of basic and applied nutritional requirements of fishes. Most of the information found in this book involves salmonids, their nutrition, and metabolism of nutrients. This is in view of the fact that more research has...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2013-06-25
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Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial.
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Academic Press
Parution :
2013-06-19
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A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-31
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Resources
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Ecological functions and human wellbeing depend on ecosystem services. Among the ecosystem services are provisional (food, feed, fuel, fiber), regulating (carbon sequestration, waste recycling, water cleansing), cultural (aesthetic, recreational, spiritual), and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-29
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Save time and money by building your own beekeeping equipment. Learn to craft equipment that is tailored to your particular climate and setup. Full of insightful tips and covering a variety of hive types, Pisano includes all the basic infrastructure you need to keep...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2013-05-20
ePub
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Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It is the house that shelters us, the furniture we relax in, the books we read, the paper we print, the disposable diapers for our babies, and the boxes that contain our cereal, detergent, and new appliances. The way we...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-08
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Resources
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Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology provides an invaluable overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents: a fundamental, broad-based...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-05-03
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Die 1962 in Kraft getretene Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik trägt bis heute starke sozialpolitische Züge.Die Wurzeln des europäischen «Agricultural Welfare State» liegen in den nationalen Agrarpolitiken der Gründungsmitglieder der Europäischen Union. Dies wird am Beispiel...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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This important book is the re-titled third edition of the extremely well received and widely used Agricultural Extension (van den Ban & Hawkins, 1988, 1996). Building on the previous editions, Communication for Rural Innovation maintains and adapts the insights and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-30
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Fishing has played a vital role in human history and culture. But today this key resource faces a serious crisis as most species are being overfished or fished to their very limit. Governments have tried to tackle the problem with limited success. Many of their actions...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-26
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Resources
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Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial
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Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2013-04-26
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This textbook is aimed at the majority of students, who need to quickly acquire a concise overview of soil science. Many current soil science textbooks still cater for a traditional student market where students embark on three years study in a narrow discipline. The...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-18
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Gail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder, this...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2013-04-12
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Ein einzigartiger Bildband reich an Beispielen der maßgeblichen Bodentypen. Im Fokus: die Waldgebiete Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Zu jedem Bodenprofil sind umfassende Daten zu über 40 Bodenmerkmalen angeführt, die anschaulich aufbereitet und interpretiert...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2013-04-09
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Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. In recent years the techniques used have been rapidly advanced and refined...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-03
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Bioenergy and biofuels are generated from a wide variety of feedstock. Fuels have been converted from a wide range of sources from vegetable oils to grains and sugarcane. Second generation biofuels are being developed around dedicated, non-food energy crops, such as...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-03
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The latest update on improving crop resistance to abiotic stress using the advanced key methods of proteomics, genomics and metabolomics.The wellbalanced international mix of contributors from industry and academia cover work carried out on individual crop plants, while...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-02
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The Soils of Italy is the first comprehensive book on Italian pedology in seventy years. Taking advantage of the authors’ large experience and of the most up-to-date information and technology, this book treats the main soil types of Italy, their diffusion, their...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-03-29
Collection :
World Soils Book Series
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