wyszukanych pozycji: 22
Food versus Fuel
ISBN: 9781848133839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 'Food versus Fuel' presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quality facts and figures for academics and practitioners in development studies, environment studies, and agricultural studies. Compiled by an internationally renowned scientist and authority, and to include perspectives from 'pro' and 'anti' biofuels experts and activists, from the North and South, the aim of this book is to bring a balanced approach to the current debate on the major issues affecting the development of biofuels in a concise and...
'Food versus Fuel' presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quali...
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115,59 zł |
Pest Control: Cultural and Environmental Aspects
ISBN: 9780367282783 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods to increase world food supplies, and (3) the environmental and social hazards of currently used pesticides. What historical or other factors affect the ability of science to generate useful new technologies to alleviate these three major problems? Are there barriers to cooperation among the different...
The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among...
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683,39 zł |
Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels
ISBN: 9781439834633 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy. The conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises demands a new direction in how to harness agriculture to the joint tasks of energy-saving, emissions reduction, and food security. Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels focuses on the all-important question of the efficacy of biofuels as a solution to the global energy problem. Written by a distinguished team from five countries and multiple disciplines including agronomy, petroleum engineering, ecology, and... Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy. The conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises ... |
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972,51 zł |
Psalms For Today: Cries of the Heart for Today's World
ISBN: 9781484120170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Psalms For Today, the author shares his innermost thoughts and concerns on important issues and topics of the modern world. The author discusses sensitive issues that most people must deal with on a daily basis, such as loneliness, aging, technology, bullying and sin. By sharing his own personal and deep reflections, the author hopes to encourage the reader to offer his or her own cries to God. The author also hopes to remind the reader that God is full of grace, mercy and love, and that God is waiting for all people to call upon His name.
In Psalms For Today, the author shares his innermost thoughts and concerns on important issues and topics of the modern world. The author discusses se...
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35,76 zł |
Food Versus Fuel: An Informed Introduction to Biofuels
ISBN: 9781848133822 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 'Food versus Fuel' presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quality facts and figures for academics and practitioners in development studies, environment studies, and agricultural studies. Compiled by an internationally renowned scientist and authority, and to include perspectives from 'pro' and 'anti' biofuels experts and activists, from the North and South, the aim of this book is to bring a balanced approach to the current debate on the major issues affecting the development of biofuels in a concise and...
'Food versus Fuel' presents a high-level introduction to the science and economics behind a well-worn debate, that will debunk myths and provide quali...
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446,83 zł |
Encyclopedia of Pest Management
ISBN: 9780824706326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 929 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Describes preventive aspects of pest management, including forecasting, modeling, conservation, monitoring, and scouting. This book explores effective, economical, and environmentally compatible pest management systems. It discusses various pesticide and biocide laws and regulations, and examines the human health impact and cost of pesticide use.
Describes preventive aspects of pest management, including forecasting, modeling, conservation, monitoring, and scouting. This book explores effective...
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2365,58 zł |
What Are Children Learning About Islam and the Middle East in Public Schools?: Are the Students Also Being Taught to Hate America?
ISBN: 9781426974694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Wasn't school-sponsored prayer banned in 1962? Wasn't the Bible banned from public schools in 1963? Didn't the Supreme Court rule that both forms of religious expression and belief violated the US Constitution? Didn't the ACLU convince everyone that there should be no religion whatsoever promoted or supported by the public school system. Then why are Islamic prayer and Islamic religious exercises allowed to take place in America's public schools? Isn't every student told to be proud of their culture and heritage no matter where they came from? Shouldn't students feel proud to fly the American...
Wasn't school-sponsored prayer banned in 1962? Wasn't the Bible banned from public schools in 1963? Didn't the Supreme Court rule that both forms of r...
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60,88 zł |
Integrated Pest Management: Pesticide Problems, Vol.3
ISBN: 9789400777958 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how integrated pest management can become a sustainable practice. The discussions include using less pesticides and the possibility of eliminating pesticides from agricultural practice. The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how integrated pe... |
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783,57 zł |
World Soil Erosion and Conservation
ISBN: 9780521104715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Land degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30 50% of the earth's land surface. At the time of the first publication of this book in 1993, estimates indicated that 10 15 million hectares of land were being lost each year through erosion and salinisation from irrigation and that at such a rate of loss, topsoil reserves on most sloping lands would be depleted within two hundred years. Since humankind's dependency on the land for food is almost total, soil erosion represents a real threat to the security of our food...
Land degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30 50% of the earth's land su...
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324,62 zł |
Techniques for Reducing Pesticide Use: Economic and Environmental Benefits
ISBN: 9780471968382 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Around 2.5 million tons of pesticide are used every year. This volume outlines the techniques for reducing pesticide use internationally, through using integrated pesticide management, and from this to assess the environmental and economic benefits that such a reduction will bring.
Around 2.5 million tons of pesticide are used every year. This volume outlines the techniques for reducing pesticide use internationally, through usin...
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1488,24 zł |
World Food, Pest Losses, and the Environment
ISBN: 9780367213992 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book focuses on current food shortages and on the impact of pests in reducing world food supplies. At present, total worldwide food losses from pests are estimated to be about 45 percent. Preharvest losses alone, from insects, plant pathogens, and weeds, are estimated at about 30 percent. Additional postharvest losses from microorganisms, insects, and rodents range from about 10 to 20 percent. The contributors present data on the extent of these kinds of crop losses and analyze immediate and long-term pest management strategies. Emphasis is given to an evaluation of the effectiveness of...
This book focuses on current food shortages and on the impact of pests in reducing world food supplies. At present, total worldwide food losses from p...
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709,67 zł |
The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics and Ethics
ISBN: 9781475769982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.
Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns...
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587,67 zł |
What Are Children Learning About Islam and the Middle East in Public Schools?: Are the Students Also Being Taught to Hate America?
ISBN: 9781426974700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Wasn't school-sponsored prayer banned in 1962? Wasn't the Bible banned from public schools in 1963? Didn't the Supreme Court rule that both forms of religious expression and belief violated the US Constitution? Didn't the ACLU convince everyone that there should be no religion whatsoever promoted or supported by the public school system. Then why are Islamic prayer and Islamic religious exercises allowed to take place in America's public schools? Isn't every student told to be proud of their culture and heritage no matter where they came from? Shouldn't students feel proud to fly the American...
Wasn't school-sponsored prayer banned in 1962? Wasn't the Bible banned from public schools in 1963? Didn't the Supreme Court rule that both forms of r...
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111,60 zł |
The Pesticide Question: Environment, Economics and Ethics
ISBN: 9780412035814 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - the perfect red apple' - outweigh the costs of environmental pollution, human illness, and the destruction of animals and our habitat. Scientists and government officials are suspected of promoting commercial interests rather than protecting human welfare.
Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns...
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587,67 zł |
Integrated Pest Management: Pesticide Problems, Vol.3
ISBN: 9789402400229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how integrated pest management can become a sustainable practice. The discussions include using less pesticides and the possibility of eliminating pesticides from agricultural practice.
The book deals with the present state and problems of integrated pest management as relating to stakeholder acceptance of IPM and how integrated pest ...
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995,98 zł |
Obama Must Go: Finally, the Real Recovery Can Begin
ISBN: 9781468054279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In "Obama Must Go," the author takes a critical look at President Obama's performance for the last five years by discussing many key issues that need to be considered by all American citizens, especially the young people who will be paying down the national debt for years to come. The issues range from Obama's constant apologizing for America to the rest of the world to Obama's Obama's promise that would cut the deficit in half in four years. Instead, Obama has doubled the national debt with no sign of controlling the spending and waste of taxpayer funds. In discussing these important issues,...
In "Obama Must Go," the author takes a critical look at President Obama's performance for the last five years by discussing many key issues that need ...
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28,82 zł |
How I Curbed My Opiate, Tobacco, Alcohol and now Artificial Sugar Addictions
ISBN: 9781644243923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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46,68 zł |
Handbook of Energy Utilization in Agriculture
ISBN: 9781315893419 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 487 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The aim of this volume is to collect and present available data, both published and unpublished, on energy use in agriculture and forestry production. Energy analyses for some sciences such as ecology are not new, but their applications to agriculture started in 1973. These analyses have grown rapidly in number and complexity. This handbook is intended for agriculturalists and others concerned with energy use in crop, livestock, and forestry production.
The aim of this volume is to collect and present available data, both published and unpublished, on energy use in agriculture and forestry production....
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1314,21 zł |
Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species
ISBN: 9781439829905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 463 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity throughout the world. In the United States, invasions of nonnative plants, animals, or microbes cause major environmental damage. The second edition of Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species represents the most current, single-source reference containing scientific and economic information on this timely subject. This volume reconfirms the diverse and unpredictable... The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity t... |
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683,39 zł |
World Food, Pest Losses, And The Environment
ISBN: 9780367216801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book focuses on current food shortages and on the impact of pests in reducing world food supplies. At present, total worldwide food losses from pests are estimated to be about 45 percent. Preharvest losses alone, from insects, plant pathogens, and weeds, are estimated at about 30 percent. Additional postharvest losses from microorganisms, insects, and rodents range from about 10 to 20 percent. The contributors present data on the extent of these kinds of crop losses and analyze immediate and long-term pest management strategies. Emphasis is given to an evaluation of the effectiveness of...
This book focuses on current food shortages and on the impact of pests in reducing world food supplies. At present, total worldwide food losses from p...
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210,22 zł |