Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

This book charts the changes in Japanese agricultural policy in the post-war period and looks at the level at which such policy is designed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to protect its own interventionist powers_x000D_..

As well as a fascinating ornithological study of Indonesian bird life, Nage Birds offers a much-needed critique of current theoretical argument on how non-western societies categorize and evaluate different species and modes of being...

As well as a fascinating ornithological study of Indonesian bird life, Nage Birds offers a much-needed critique of current theoretical argument on how non-western societies categorize and evaluate different species and modes of being...

Published in 1995, the essays in this book are papers presented to the second conference of the Interdisciplinary Research Network on the Environment and Society (IRNES) held in Sheffield in September 1993...

The focus of this book is to introduce for a non-specialist audience the potential of precision agriculture in food security, environmental protection, and sustainable use of natural resources, as well as its economic benefits...

This work provides a survey and analysis of Mexico's agrarian reform, covering topics such as the agricultural provisions of NAFTA. The book also discusses the events in Chiapas that are crucial to Mexico's current political situation and the implications of reform for US-Mexican trade...

Answers the questions: What is happening to American agriculture, and why? This book uses portfolio theory to analyze both macro- and microeconomic data that offers information on the trends in agriculture, and explains why these trends are consistent with market evolution and global economic develo..

Answers the questions: What is happening to American agriculture, and why? This book uses portfolio theory to analyze both macro- and microeconomic data that offers information on the trends in agriculture, and explains why these trends are consistent with market evolution and global economic develo..

Land-use changes from natural forest to agricultural land in the Blue Nile Basin has resulted in accelerated soil erosion upstream and sedimentation in reservoirs and irrigation canals downstream. The only effective solution to reduce the sedimentation problems is reducing the sediment input. This b..

This book explores the way educators, filmmakers, photographers and conservationists use film, video and new media to develop understanding of major conservation issues and encourage practical action to protect endangered species and threatened habitats. It was originally published as a special issu..

The Spirit of the Soil helped launch agricultural ethics as a field more than 20 years ago. It challenged readers to think deeply about agriculture’s impact on the environment, including the use of pesticides and new biotechnologies, and compared four "worldviews"—productionism, stewardship, economi..