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The Potato Crop : Its Agricultural, Nutritional and Social Contribution to Hu…
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of cons…
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- 9783030286835
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- XVII, 518 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Agricultural Implications of Fukushima Nuclear Accident (IV)
This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This fourth volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland and forests, focusing on soil, water, mountain, agricultural products, and animal…
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- 978-981-19-9361-9
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- XIII, 276
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Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7)
This open access book is the first comprehensive guideline for the beryllium-7 (Be-7) technique that can be applied to evaluate short-term patterns and budgets of soil redistribution in agricultural landscapes. While covering the fundamental and basic concepts of the approach, this book distinguishes itself from other publications by offering step-by-step instructions on how to use this isotopi…
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- 9783030109820
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- VII, 69 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory De…
This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecologi…
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- 9783030019532
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- XVI, 335 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road
This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy. The Silk Road is a …
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- 9783030007287
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- XXVI, 525 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Guideline for Salinity Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Using Nuclear an…
This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and Dr. Shabbir A Shahid, Senior Salinity Management Expert, Freelancer based in United Arab Emi…
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- 9783319961903
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- XXVI, 164 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa: Essays in Honor of Keijiro Otsuka
This Open Access book explores the multifaceted nature of agricultural and rural development in Asia and examines the extent to which the Asian experience is being replicated in contemporary Africa. This volume compiles the works of top scholars who provided analyses and evidences from household-level surveys collected for many years in several parts of Asia and Africa. The most important findi…
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- 9789811955426
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- XXXIII, 387hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Climate Smart Agriculture : Building Resilience to Climate Change
The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts from agricultural development, institutional, and resource economics, this book expands and formalizes the conceptual foundations of CSA. Focusing on the adaptation/resilience dimension of CSA,…
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- 9783319611945
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- XVIII, 630 halaman
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- Natural Resource Management and Policy
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- 630 CLI
Inorganic Constituents in Soil
This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner, it provides basic outlines of soil minerals, new methods and recent developments in the field, with a special focus on visual aids. The chapters on primary minerals, secondary minerals, non-crystalline inorganic constituents and inorganic constituents sensitive t…
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- 9789811312144
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- xi, 181 hlm,: ill, lamp; 21 cm
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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in …
The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for…
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- 978-3-319-25718-1
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- XV, 435
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