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  • Crop Genetic Diversity in the Field and on the Farm

    Principles and Applications in Research Practices

    de Devra I. Jarvis, Toby Hodgkin, Anthony H. D. Brown, John Tuxill, Isabel López Noriega, Melinda Smale, Bhuwon Sthapit ...
    Series series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    Based on twenty years of global research, this is the first comprehensive reference on crop genetic diversity as it is maintained on farmland around the world. Showcasing the findings of seven experts representing the fields of ecology, crop breeding, genetics, anthropology, economics, and policy, this invaluable resource places farmer-managed crop biodiversity squarely in the center of the ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity

    Good practices for in situ and on-farm conservation

    Edición de Bhuwon Sthapit, Arwen Bailey, Hugo Lamers, Ramanatha Rao ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study countries but also from Brazil, China and other parts of Asia and Latin America.A good practice for ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Community Seed Banks

    Origins, Evolution and Prospects

    Edición de Ronnie Vernooy, Pitambar Shrestha, Bhuwon Sthapit ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    Community seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies.Countries that pioneered various types of community seed banks include Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, the ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

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  • What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?

    How Money Really Does Grow on Trees

    de Tony Juniper ...
    During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate the emergence of a new wave of environmental attention focused on “natural capital,†“ecosystem services†and “biodiversity,†things nature does for us. In What Has Nature ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Farming Ladder

    de G. Henderson ...
    First published in 1943, “The Farming Ladder” aims to explain how the reader may start and maintain a successful and profitable farm in the easiest way possible, without requiring a great deal of special knowledge or skills. With original ideas and a wealth of helpful tips, this is a volume not to be missed by existing or prospective smallholders and farmers. Contents include: “The Farm”, “The ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Infinite Resource

    The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet

    de Ramez Naam ...
    Climate change. Finite fossil fuels. Fresh water depletion. Rising commodity prices. Ocean acidification. Overpopulation. Deforestation. Feeding the world’s billions. We’re beset by an array of natural resource and environmental challenges. They pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself. Yet, if we act, these problems are addressable. Throughout history ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Never Out of Season

    How Having the Food We Want When We Want It Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future

    de Rob Dunn ...
    The bananas we eat today aren't your parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent breakfast fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out.That's the story of our food today: Modern science has brought us produce in perpetual abundance once-rare fruits are ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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  • Native Grasses

    Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia

    de Meredith Mitchell ...
    Native Grasses: Identification Handbook for Temperate Australia is an easy-to-use tool for identifying some of the most common native grasses in temperate Australia. The text describes 17 species in detail, covering general features as well as specific distinguishing features. Full-colour photographs of the whole plant, as well as close-ups of significant parts of the plants such as the seedhead, ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Ireland

    A Smithsonian Natural History

    de Michael Viney ...
    Ireland conjures up images of nature's majesty: sweeping coastlines, rolling green hills, and secluded peat bogs and marshlands. A place of legendary beauty, it is also a land with a rich natural history. Michael Viney invites us to discover the geologic forces that created the island, peer into the famous bone caves that hold unique clues about animals from long ago, and experience the dramatic ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • The First Americans: Legends Folklore & Myths Across the U.S.A.

    de Phyllis Goldman ...
    Native American culture has a wide range of folktales legends and myths that have been passed down through the generations. This rich heritage of storytelling features lessons in spirituality and morality with animals and nature often playing central roles. This delightful book has dozens of mysterious witty and sometimes subtle tales representing the relationship between humans and the natural ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Conservation

    de Clive Hambler, Susan M. Canney ...
    The importance of conservation is growing each year, with increasing concerns over the destruction of biodiversity and the rising awareness of ecosystem services generating new debates on the human-nature relationship. This compact overview integrates the process, theory and practice of conservation for a broad readership, from non-specialists to students and practitioners. Taking a global ... Leer más

    $47.99 USD

  • Plowman's Folly

    de Edward H. Faulkner ...
    Mr. Faulkner’s masterpiece is recognized as the most important challenge to agricultural orthodoxy that has been advanced in this century. Its new philosophy of the soil, based on proven principles and completely opposed to age-old concepts, has had a strong impact upon theories of cultivation around the world. It was on July 5, 1943, when Plowman’s Folly was first issued, that the author startled ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD