Authors:World Bank, FAO, IFAD, Food and Agriculture Organizat
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: agriculture, development, rural, sourcebook, gender
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2008-10-07
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0821375873
ISBN-13: 9780821375877

The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook provides an up-to-date understanding of gender issues with rich compilation of compelling evidence of good practices and lessons learned to guide practitioners in integrating gender dimensions into agricultural projects and programs. Serving as a tool for guiding and showcasing key principles in integrating gender into projects, this sourcebook aims to inspire the imagination of practitioners to apply lessons learned, experiences, and innovations to the design and investment in the agriculture sector. The Sourcebook draws on a wide range of experience f

Author: Board of Agriculture
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Keywords: field, proceedings, education, research, agriculture, sustainable
Number of Pages: 724
Published: 1991-09
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0309045789
ISBN-13: 9780309045780

Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health. Continuing research is helping to demonstrate the ways that many factors - economics, biology, policy, and tradition - interact in sustainable agriculture systems. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop on the findings of a broad range of research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The areas of study, such as

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Keywords: agriculture, potential, water, unlocking
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9251049114
ISBN-13: 9789251049112

Authors:Board on Agriculture, National Research Council,
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: undergraduate, agriculture
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 0309046823
ISBN-13: 9780309046824

This book presents efforts to chart the comprehensive changes needed to meet the challenges of undergraduate professional education in agriculture. The United States needs to invest in the future - in human capital and the scientific knowledge base- to revitalize one of its leading industries, the agricultural, food, and environmental system. That objective can be met by educating all students about agriculture as well as by educating others specifically for careers in agriculture. "Agriculture and the Undergraduate" includes perspectives on rewarding excellence in teaching and formulating cur

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org
Keywords: development, rural, agriculture, training
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 1992-05
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 9250029888
ISBN-13: 9789250029887

Author: Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: agriculture, sustainable, reviews, conservation, biofuels, agroforestry, biodiversity
Number of Pages: 391
Published: 2010-10-06
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 9048195128
ISBN-13: 9789048195121

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring soluti

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Develop
Publisher: Organization for Economic
Keywords: agriculture, food, enterprises, trading, state
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2001-03
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 9264186247
ISBN-13: 9789264186248