Animal Genetic Resources: An International Journal, No. 53, 2013
ISBN: 9789250079363 / Angielski / Miękka / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 53rd volume includes a special issue on adding value to livestock breeds. The idea for this was born during the session "Strategies to add value to local breeds"at the 61st Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science held in August 2010, in Crete, Greece. Nine papers are presented here.
. This 53rd volume includes a special issue on adding value to livestock breeds. The idea for this was born during the session "Strategies to add value ...
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Menu Labeling Imparts New Information About the Calorie Content of Restaurant Foods
ISBN: 9781505433876 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Restaurant foods are typically higher in calories than meals consumed at home. Menu labeling regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug and Administration aim to inform consumers about the calorie content of menu items. However, some consumers may already be making at least partially informed decisions. For example, as a rule of thumb, a consumer may be aware that deep-fried foods are higher in calories. He or she may also know to avoid side dishes like French fries and onion rings. Indeed, it has been argued that some consumers can already iden-tify which foods best satisfy their needs and wants...
Restaurant foods are typically higher in calories than meals consumed at home. Menu labeling regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug and Administration ...
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Die Ökologische Benachteiligung Der Tropen
ISBN: 9783519134022 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eines der meistdiskutierten und zugleich brisantesten Probleme unserer Zeit ist der krasse Unterschied im sozial-okonomischen Entwicklungsstand zwischen den Industrienationen und den Volkern der sog. Dritten und Vierten Welt. In der neuerdings fur dieses Phanomen propagierten Schlagwortformulierung vom "Nord-Sud-Gefalle auf der Erde" kommt - wenn auch etwas unvollkommen -der geographische Tatbestand zum Ausdruck, dass der relativ niedrige Entwicklungsstand schwerpunktmassig im Gurtel der Tropenlan der konzentriert ist. Man apostrophiert diesen Teil der Welt zuweilen sogar mit gewissem Recht...
Eines der meistdiskutierten und zugleich brisantesten Probleme unserer Zeit ist der krasse Unterschied im sozial-okonomischen Entwicklungsstand zwisch...
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182,22 zł |
Food Safety, Market Organization, Trade and Development
ISBN: 9783319152264 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and organization as well as food-chain actors' strategies. They also evaluate the effects of these on both consumer health and developing countries' access to international markets. The book provides ideas, suggestions and policy recommendations for reconciling economic interests with consumer health, which will be...
This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an in...
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Community Seed Production Sustainability in Rice-Wheat Farming
ISBN: 9784431554738 / Angielski / Twarda / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the sustainability of community seed production under a rice wheat farming system from microeconomic perspectives, considering how seed producers benefit from community seed production and how those benefits continue into the future. Seed producers performance in resource management, governance and marketing strategies indicates current benefits, whereas soil conservation and risk-management practices provide the basis for future benefits. Community seed production is a local-level seed management system owned by farmers. This system provides the institutional mechanism... This book analyzes the sustainability of community seed production under a rice wheat farming system from microeconomic perspectives, considering h... |
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Agriculture and the Confederacy: Policy, Productivity, and Power in the Civil War South
ISBN: 9781469620008 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive history, R. Douglas Hurt traces the decline and fall of agriculture in the Confederate States of America. The backbone of the southern economy, agriculture was a source of power that southerners believed would ensure their independence. But, season by season and year by year, Hurt convincingly shows how the disintegration of southern agriculture led to the decline of the Confederacy's military, economic, and political power. He examines regional variations in the Eastern and Western Confederacy, linking the fates of individual crops and different modes of farming and...
In this comprehensive history, R. Douglas Hurt traces the decline and fall of agriculture in the Confederate States of America. The backbone of the so...
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269,89 zł |
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
ISBN: 9781507737057 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrial hemp is an agricultural commodity that is cultivated for use in the production of a wide range of products, including foods and beverages, cosmetics and personal care products, and nutritional supplements, as well as fabrics and textiles, yarns and spun fibers, paper, construction and insulation materials, and other manufactured goods. Hemp can be grown as a fiber, seed, or other dual-purpose crop. Some estimate that the global market for hemp consists of more than 25,000 products. Precise data are not available on the size of the U.S. market for hemp-based products, but current...
Industrial hemp is an agricultural commodity that is cultivated for use in the production of a wide range of products, including foods and beverages, ...
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Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: With Applications
ISBN: 9789401782197 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The editors draw on a 3-year project that analyzed a Portuguese area in detail, comparing this study with papers from other regions. Applications include the estimation of technical efficiency in agricultural grazing systems (dairy, beef and mixed) and specifically for dairy farms. The conclusions indicate that it is now necessary to help small dairy farms in order to make them more efficient. These results can be compared with the technical efficiency of a sample of Spanish dairy processing firms presented by Magdalena Kapelko and co-authors.
The editors draw on a 3-year project that analyzed a Portuguese area in detail, comparing this study with papers from other regions. Applications incl...
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389,98 zł |
The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food
ISBN: 9780062288769 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervisors of meat processing plants have routinely accelerated production, leading to inhumane conditions, increased accidents, and food of questionable, often dangerous quality. In The Chain, acclaimed journalist Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and its most famous product, Spam--a recession-era staple--to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, from Minnesota to Iowa and Nebraska. Interviewing scores of line workers, union... On the production line in American packinghouses, there is one cardinal rule: the chain never slows. Under pressure to increase supply, the supervi... |
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Genetic Enhancement of Rabi Sorghum: Adapting the Indian Durras
ISBN: 9780128019269 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Genetic Enhancement of Rabi Sorghum - Adapting the Indian Durras presents both the historical background and the recent research done in breeding this important world crop for more global production. Its chapters cover topics in origin and taxonomy, morphology and breeding behavior, genetics, and cytogenetics, also looking at production, nutrition, and alternate uses. The durra race is Ethiopian in origin and its introgression with wild forms permitted adaptation to drier conditions. These have migrated and adapted to the currently known crop that is cultivated in the winter... Genetic Enhancement of Rabi Sorghum - Adapting the Indian Durras presents both the historical background and the recent research done in br... |
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280,35 zł |
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
ISBN: 9781508433378 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrial hemp is an agricultural commodity that is cultivated for use in the production of a wide range of products, including foods and beverages, cosmetics and personal care products, and nutritional supplements, as well as fabrics and textiles, yarns and spun fibers, paper, construction and insulation materials, and other manufactured goods. Hemp can be grown as a fiber, seed, or other dual-purpose crop. Some estimate that the global market for hemp consists of more than 25,000 products. Precise data are not available on the size of the U.S. market for hemp-based products, but current...
Industrial hemp is an agricultural commodity that is cultivated for use in the production of a wide range of products, including foods and beverages, ...
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Agriculture, Peasantry and Poverty in Turkey in the Neo-Liberal Age
ISBN: 9789086861927 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Cocoa and Chocolate
ISBN: 9781508506522 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Sugarcane Complex in Brazil: The Role of Innovation in a Dynamic Sector on Its Path Towards Sustainability
ISBN: 9783319165820 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers an in-depth analysis of the Brazilian sugarcane complex with a special focus on technological advances that promote sustainable development. It first examines the question why sugarcane-based ethanol from Brazil is considered a superior alternative to fossil fuel compared to other biofuels produced on an industrial scale and subsequently analyzes the most dynamic areas within the sugarcane sector with regard to relevant actors, technologies and markets in order to determine if the sector can be considered an innovation system. The empirical research presented here is based... This book offers an in-depth analysis of the Brazilian sugarcane complex with a special focus on technological advances that promote sustainable de... |
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Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe
ISBN: 9783642442339 / Angielski / Miękka / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title "Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the model of European Agriculture" was a pioneering project. It was among the first which were funded in the new activity Scientific Support to Policies of the th 6 Research Framework Programme. Policy decisions - especially at the European level - are never easy. What policy-makers decide will potentially affect the lives of millions of people for many years. This makes reaching informed decisions...
These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title "Micro-economic instruments for impact assessme...
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The Lean Farm: How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
ISBN: 9781603585927 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation To many people today, using the words -factory- and -farm- in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. By... A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation To many people today, using the words -factory... |
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The Ethics and Economics of Agrifood Competition
ISBN: 9789401783088 / Angielski / Miękka / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book outlines ethical and economic principles in agrifood competition, presents arguments for and against consolidation, globalization and the integration of agrifood industries, and reviews the implications of globalization on the nature of competition.
This book outlines ethical and economic principles in agrifood competition, presents arguments for and against consolidation, globalization and the in...
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506,99 zł |
Innovations in Sustainability: Fuel and Food
ISBN: 9781107421110 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To what extent can competition between companies encourage innovations in sustainability that have the potential to solve some of the world's major challenges? Using a series of case studies, this book pits closely related competitors against each other to examine the progress in and obstacles to the evolution of sustainable innovations in energy efficiency, solar power, electric vehicles and hybrids, wind energy, healthy eating, and agricultural productivity. It delves into the efforts of Tesla Motors to bring about a revolution in personal transportation, and the challenges Toyota and...
To what extent can competition between companies encourage innovations in sustainability that have the potential to solve some of the world's major ch...
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173,25 zł |
The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology, and Politics
ISBN: 9780813166544 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement -- unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecological destruction and poverty. In this classic work, the influential activist and scholar also... The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement -- unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have... |
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Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation: A Study of Migration and Poverty Reduction in Ningxia
ISBN: 9783662473658 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China's aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many provinces in the western region of China have implemented ecological migration projects of different scales, which have attracted considerable attention both in China and abroad. The projects indicate, first, that there is an urgent need for this type of endeavor: whether the goal is to reduce poverty or to protect the environment, we need to move the poor populations out of the ecologically fragile regions. Secondly, the projects indicate that... After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China's aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many p... |
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389,98 zł |