Animal Genetic Resources, No. 47 : An International Journal
ISBN: 9789250066790 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The mission of the Animal Genetic Resources - an international journal (previously entitled Animal Genetic Resources Information) is the promotion of information on the better use of animal genetic resources of interest to food and agriculture production. L'objectif de Ressources genetiques animales - un journal international (auparavant intitule Bulletin d'information sur les ressources genetiques animales) est la vulgarisation de l'information disponible sur la meilleure gestion des ressources genetiques animales d'interet pour la production alimentaire et agricole. The mission of the Animal Genetic Resources - an international journal (previously entitled Animal Genetic Resources Information) is the promotion of ...
|
|
cena:
117,09 zł |
The Politics of the Pantry: Stories, Food, and Social Change
ISBN: 9780773542761 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What's for dinner?" has always been a complicated question. The locavore movement has politicized food and challenged us to rethink the answer in new and radical ways. These days, questions about where our food comes from have moved beyond 100-mile-dieters into the mainstream. Celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Alice Waters, alternative food gurus such as Michael Pollan, and numerous other popular and academic commentators have all talked about the importance of understanding the sources and transformation of food on a human scale. In The Politics of the Pantry, Michael Mikulak interrogates...
"What's for dinner?" has always been a complicated question. The locavore movement has politicized food and challenged us to rethink the answer in new...
|
|
cena:
127,96 zł |
Sweet Tyranny: Migrant Labor, Industrial Agriculture, and Imperial Politics
ISBN: 9780252076671 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers.
Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Ident...
|
|
cena:
141,83 zł |
Handbook of Agricultural Economics: Volume 4
ISBN: 9780444518743 / Angielski / Twarda / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Advances in agriculture offer many countries the best and only chance of reducing poverty. Yet economic growth and population increases are driving higher demand for food and rising real prices. What solutions have successfully promoted agriculture? This volume examines national and international food agriculture policies and how they enhance agricultural productivity growth. It provides unique historical reviews on policies and their effects, and it clearly articulates both positive and negative lessons for promoting agriculture lead growth. With chapters written by international... Advances in agriculture offer many countries the best and only chance of reducing poverty. Yet economic growth and population increases are driving... |
|
cena:
597,94 zł |
Agriculture: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States
ISBN: 9780521016285 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume reports the results of a rigorous and quantitative assessment of the impacts of climate change on U.S. agriculture over the 21st century. It advances work on climate impacts by using scenarios from state-of-the-art climate models and describes the forces likely to shape U.S. agriculture over the next century, including policy and economic issues, and their interaction with climate change. It also offers directions for future research and implications of climate change for agricultural policy.
This volume reports the results of a rigorous and quantitative assessment of the impacts of climate change on U.S. agriculture over the 21st century. ...
|
|
cena:
293,85 zł |
Benchmarking in Food and Farming: Creating Sustainable Change
ISBN: 9780566088353 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At a time when food producers have to make significant changes to their businesses in order to survive, a review of benchmarking in agriculture and discussion of its future potential is critical. This book meets that need by providing an overview of existing benchmarking practices in agriculture and the food supply chain, and evaluating the potential of these practices to drive sustainable innovation in food and farming. Increasing pressures from commodity markets, corporate buyers, government and rising input prices (particularly fuel prices) are creating an environment in which farmers and...
At a time when food producers have to make significant changes to their businesses in order to survive, a review of benchmarking in agriculture and di...
|
|
cena:
684,09 zł |
Creating Wine: The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914
ISBN: 9780691136035 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed. In Old World countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, small family vineyards and cooperative wineries abound. In New World regions like the United States and Australia, the industry is dominated by a handful of very large producers. This is the first book to trace the economic and historical forces that gave rise to very distinctive regional approaches to creating wine. James Simpson shows... Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wine... |
|
cena:
240,03 zł |
The Fair Trade Revolution
ISBN: 9780745330785 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fair Trade has come a long way in the last 20 years. "The Fair Trade Revolution" celebrates the movement's achievement and takes up the challenge of improving more lives through fair dealing with producers.
Fair Trade is now mainstream, with large companies like Cadbury's and supermarkets such as Sainsbury's producing and stocking many Fair Trade products. The authors of this collection, many of whom were responsible for the initial success of Fair Trade, emphasise the importance of ensuring that farmers and other producers remain the main beneficiaries. Punchy chapters, illustrated with... Fair Trade has come a long way in the last 20 years. "The Fair Trade Revolution" celebrates the movement's achievement and takes up the challenge of i...
|
|
cena:
110,39 zł |
Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent
ISBN: 9780821387450 / Angielski / Miękka / 477 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on the existing knowledge of African development from previous publications, Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent takes an in-depth look at 26 economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries--twenty from individual countries and six that cut across the region. These stories manifest at the project, provincial, sub-national, national, or regional level and across themes, programs, and sectors. The book aims to address how Sub-Saharan African countries have overcome major development challenges. The main components of each case study...
Drawing on the existing knowledge of African development from previous publications, Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent takes an...
|
|
cena:
306,61 zł |
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much―and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spe
ISBN: 9781573246200 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways. Most importantly, we've lost the ability to decide for ourselves what - and how much - to eat. Those decisions are made for us by animal food producers who control our buying choices with artificially-low prices, misleading messaging, and heavy control over legislation and regulation. Learn how and why they do it and how you can respond. Written in a clear and accessible style, "Meatonomics" provides... Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces o... |
|
cena:
94,27 zł |
Grass-Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef
ISBN: 9781580176057 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Successfully raise grass-fed cattle and enjoy the benefits of great-tasting beef and a financially stable enterprise. In this comprehensive guide, Julius Ruechel covers every aspect of raising healthy and thriving grass-fed cattle, offering advice on herd selection, pasture management, medical care, necessary equipment, winter grazing, slaughtering procedures, and more. With tips on creating a viable business plan and identifying niche markets for your beef, Ruechel provides everything you need to know to develop a profitable and environmentally sustainable grass-fed cattle operation.
Successfully raise grass-fed cattle and enjoy the benefits of great-tasting beef and a financially stable enterprise. In this comprehensive guide, Jul...
|
|
cena:
128,63 zł |
Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All
ISBN: 9781610391023 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our food system is broken, and it s endangering what s most precious to us: our environment, our health, our soil and water, and our future. In recent years, a host of books and films have compellingly documented the dangers. But advice on what to do about them largely begins and ends with the admonition to eat local or eat organic.
Longtime good food pioneer Oran Hesterman knows that we can t fix the broken system simply by changing what s on our own plates: the answer lies beyond the kitchen. In "Fair Food" he shares an inspiring and practical vision for changing not only what we eat,... Our food system is broken, and it s endangering what s most precious to us: our environment, our health, our soil and water, and our future. In recent...
|
|
cena:
68,67 zł |
Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa
ISBN: 9781780323091 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury...
From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Orla Ryan shows that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually... Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of lux...
|
|
cena:
60,75 zł |
Coffee - Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production: A Guidebook for Growers, Processors, Traders and Researchers
ISBN: 9783527332533 / Angielski / Miękka / 1040 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An outstanding and currently the only comprehensive handbook for the coffee-professional. 40 authors from the leading coffee-growing countries present the most recent technologies applied to coffee husbandry. The book features 900 carefully selected illustrations, 300 of these in full color, which substantiate the written text.
An outstanding and currently the only comprehensive handbook for the coffee-professional. 40 authors from the leading coffee-growing countries present...
|
|
cena:
543,81 zł |
Drinking Water Supply and Agricultural Pollution: Preventive Action by the Water Supply Sector in the European Union and the United States
ISBN: 9789401061452 / Angielski / Miękka / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agricultural pollution (with nitrates and pesticides) is one of the biggest threats to drinking water resources. At many places regional and local water authorities, together with the water supply industry, are involved in preventive action aimed at farming practices. Three national case studies (Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) analyse these efforts within the context of problematical national agricultural policy and the need to implement EU directives on water quality. Additional case studies cover the role of the European Union, while the same problem in a...
Agricultural pollution (with nitrates and pesticides) is one of the biggest threats to drinking water resources. At many places regional and local w...
|
|
cena:
585,00 zł |
Dutch Organised Agriculture in International Politics
ISBN: 9789401501330 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
389,98 zł |
Demand, Supply and Welfare Aspects of Pipe-Borne Water in Sri Lanka
ISBN: 9781443833844 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Water institutions establish the incentives, information, and compulsions that guide behaviour and influence economic outcomes. Water pricing policies that reflect the marginal cost of supply can bring about several positive benefits in the pipe-borne water sector including: 1) greater water use efficiency; 2) an increase in revenues that can be utilised to improve services; and 3) additional funds to enhance and expand the operation and maintenance of pipe-borne water supply systems. In order to design an appropriate pricing policy and bring about these positive changes, managers of...
Water institutions establish the incentives, information, and compulsions that guide behaviour and influence economic outcomes. Water pricing policies...
|
|
cena:
202,64 zł |
The World Bank Group and the Global Food Crisis: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Response
ISBN: 9781464800917 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid-2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled in the space of just a few months. The food price increases were particularly hard on the poor and near-poor in developing countries, many of whom spend a large share of their income on food and have limited means to cope with price shocks. An estimated 1.29 billion people in 2008 lived on less...
The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultur...
|
|
cena:
162,32 zł |
Agrarian Reform in Contemporary Developing Countries: A Study Prepared for the International Labour Office Within the Framework of the World Employmen
ISBN: 9780415845953 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Initially published in 1983, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this book is about the meaning, relevance and process of agrarian reform in contemporary developing countries. It includes seven detailed case studies - one each on Ethiopia, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Iran, Kerala, (India) and West Bengal (India). In all the cases, serious contemporary efforts were made to implement agrarian reform programmes and the case studies focus upon selected aspects of this reform process - origins, basic characteristics, problems of implementation and immediate consequences....
Initially published in 1983, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this book is about the meaning, relevance and process of...
|
|
cena:
96,23 zł |
Agricultural Development and Economic Integration in Latin America
ISBN: 9780415845960 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1970, this study is concerned with both the theoretical and the practical problems involved with agricultural development and economic integration in Latin America, with particular emphasis on those countries which are embraced by the Latin American Free Trade Association.The work falls into three parts: the agricultural development of the region; a consideration of how the creation of a common market might influence the pattern of agricultural development and trade within the region; and a brief history of the Latin American Free Trade Association with special reference to...
First published in 1970, this study is concerned with both the theoretical and the practical problems involved with agricultural development and econo...
|
|
cena:
141,83 zł |