ilość książek w kategorii: 1402
Technology versus Ecology: Human Superiority and the Ongoing Conflict with Nature
ISBN: 9781466645868 / Angielski / Twarda / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although human beings are technically part of the ecosystem, there still remains a conceptual conflict between technology and nature. These concerns highlight the idea of human superiority in which the priority is given to technology versus living in synchronisation with nature.
Technology versus Ecology: Human Superiority and the Ongoing Conflict with Nature explores the issues revolving around the conflict between technology versus human beings, the concern for the separation of human beings in the ecosystem, and the negative consequences that may follow as ecosystems are... Although human beings are technically part of the ecosystem, there still remains a conceptual conflict between technology and nature. These concerns h...
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942,43 zł |
The Essential Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms: Simple and Advanced Techniques for Growing Shiitake, Oyster, Lion's Mane, and Maitake Mushrooms at Home
ISBN: 9781612121468 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the basics of using mushroom kits to working with grain spawn, liquid cultures, and fruiting chambers, Stephen Russell covers everything you need to know to produce mouthwatering shiitakes, oysters, lion's manes, maitakes, and portobellos. Whether you're interested in growing them for your own kitchen or to sell at a local market, you'll soon be harvesting a delicious and abundant crop of mushrooms. From the basics of using mushroom kits to working with grain spawn, liquid cultures, and fruiting chambers, Stephen Russell covers everything you n... |
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107,15 zł |
The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition: A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease
ISBN: 9781612120133 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe.
Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practic...
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107,15 zł |
Managing Manure: How to Store, Compost, and Use Organic Livestock Wastes. a Storey Basics(r)Title
ISBN: 9781612124582 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anyone who raises livestock or keeps horses must deal with manure. This Storey BASICS(R) guide shows you how to make this process manageable, useful, and even profitable. Organic dairy farmer and soil scientist Mark Kopecky explains the fundamentals of storing, composting, and spreading manure; the nutritional content of manure from various animals; and how to handle, transport, and market manure for additional income. You'll soon discover that your farm's waste may be its biggest asset. Anyone who raises livestock or keeps horses must deal with manure. This Storey BASICS(R) guide shows you how to make this process manageable, usefu... |
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42,74 zł |
Heritage
ISBN: 9781579654634 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Times best seller New York Times best seller |
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165,14 zł |
Growing Local: Case Studies on Local Food Supply Chains
ISBN: 9780803254855 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an increasingly commercialized world, the demand for better quality, healthier food has given rise to one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. food system: locally grown food. Many believe that "relocalization" of the food system will provide a range of public benefits, including lower carbon emissions, increased local economic activity, and closer connections between consumers, farmers, and communities. The structure of local food supply chains, however, may not always be capable of generating these perceived benefits. Growing Local reports the findings from a... In an increasingly commercialized world, the demand for better quality, healthier food has given rise to one of the fastest growing segments of the... |
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274,71 zł |
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation
ISBN: 9781603584555 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu and water hyacinth and thereby reduce dependence on herbicides? Is it possible to develop a low-cost and easy-to-implement mushroom-growing kit that would provide high-quality edible protein and bioremediation in the wake of a natural disaster? How can we advance our understanding of morel cultivation so that growers stand a better chance of success? What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu... |
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154,86 zł |
The Woodland Homestead: How to Make Your Land More Productive and Live More Self-Sufficiently in the Woods
ISBN: 9781612123493 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Put your wooded land to work This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewood and livestock feed. You'll learn how to take stock of your woods; use axes, bow saws, chainsaws, and other key tools; create pasture and silvopasture for livestock; prune and coppice trees to make fuel, fodder, and furniture; build living fencing and shelters for animals; grow fruit trees and berries in a woodland orchard; make syrup from birch, walnut, or boxelder trees; and much more. Whether your property is entirely or only partly wooded,... Put your wooded land to work This comprehensive manual shows you how to use your woodlands to produce everything from wine and mushrooms to firewo... |
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85,68 zł |
The Flower Farmer's Year: How to grow cut flowers for pleasure and profit
ISBN: 9780857842336 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Flower Farmer s Year" is a light, entertaining look at how to plant, maintain, and keep evolving a productive cut-flower garden. Whether you want to devote a corner of your garden to a stand of sweet peas and some cosmos, take up flower production for gate sales, or make a livelihood from cut flowers, Georgie Newbery will take you through everything from planning your garden to budgeting and marketing. With plenty of stories about mistakes she s made along the way, this book is a practical manual that teaches how to get involved in local, sustainable flower production for the home or...
"The Flower Farmer s Year" is a light, entertaining look at how to plant, maintain, and keep evolving a productive cut-flower garden. Whether you want...
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123,11 zł |
Tobacco Control and Tobacco Farming: Separating Myth from Reality
ISBN: 9781783082933 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bulk of the world s tobacco is produced in low- and middle-income countries. In order to dissuade these countries from implementing policies aimed at curbing tobacco consumption (such as increased taxes, health warnings, advertising bans and smoke-free environments), the tobacco industry claims that tobacco farmers will be negatively affected and that no viable, sustainable alternatives exist. This book, based on original research from three continents, exposes the myths behind these claims. Since there will be no major reduction in global demand for tobacco leaf in the short... The bulk of the world s tobacco is produced in low- and middle-income countries. In order to dissuade these countries from implementing policies ai... |
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565,46 zł |
Can Earth's and Society's Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?: Summary of a Workshop
ISBN: 9780309306348 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Earth's population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, a figure that climbs to nearly 11 billion by the year 2100. At the same time, most people envision a future Earth with a greater average standard of living than we currently have - and, as a result, greater consumption of our planetary resources. How do we prepare our planet for a future population of 10 billion? How can this population growth be achieved in a manner that is sustainable... The Earth's population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth... |
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176,72 zł |
Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780309305341 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over a century, field stations have been important entryways for scientists to study and make important discoveries about the natural world. They are centers of research, conservation, education, and public outreach, often embedded in natural environments that range from remote to densely populated urban locations. Because they lack traditional university departmental boundaries, researchers at field stations have the opportunity to converge their science disciplines in ways that can change careers and entire fields of inquiry. Field stations provide physical space for immersive... For over a century, field stations have been important entryways for scientists to study and make important discoveries about the natural world. Th... |
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203,49 zł |
Development for Sustainable Agriculture: The Brazilian Cerrado
ISBN: 9781137431349 / Angielski / Twarda / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing regions. This book explores how and by what Brazil achieved inclusive and sustainable growth in the Cerrado.
Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing regions. This book exp...
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506,99 zł |
Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat
ISBN: 9780393240245 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland and a writer of "great skill and compassion" (Eric Schlosser), now explores the dark side of the American pork industry. Drawing on his personal experiences raising pigs as well as his sharp investigative instincts, Estabrook covers the range of the human-porcine experience. He embarks on nocturnal feral pig hunts in Texas. He visits farmers who raise animals in vast confinement barns for Smithfield and Tyson, two of the country's biggest pork producers. And he describes the threat of infectious disease... Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland and a writer of "great skill and compassion" (Eric Schlosser)... |
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109,78 zł |
Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies
ISBN: 9781138900516 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural resource base comprising land and water supporting agricultural production is not only under enormous stress, but also complex and not amenable to a uniform strategy. It critically reviews issues which continue to dominate the debate on water management for agricultural and food production. The book examines the validity of the claim that large water resources projects cause serious social and... This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast d... |
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264,48 zł |
Conduire des Champs Ecoles des Producteurs : Guide du Facilitateur
ISBN: 9789252084778 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Depuis 2011, la FAO promeut l'approche �Produire plus avec moins?, un nouveau modYle de production agricole basU sur une intensification agricole durable, qui permet d'amUliorer O la fois les revenus, l'environnement et la santU des producteurs et des communautUs rurales. Les Champs Ucoles de producteurs mis en place par la FAO et ses partenaires contribuent O doter des millions de petits producteurs des connaissances et des aptitudes pour mettre en pratique cette approche et amUliorer leurs conditions de vie. Le Champ Ucole des producteurs ou Champ Ucole paysans (CEP) est un cadre de...
Depuis 2011, la FAO promeut l'approche �Produire plus avec moins?, un nouveau modYle de production agricole basU sur une intensification agricole...
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133,61 zł |
Bioproduction Engineering: A Road Map of Sustainable Agricultural Practice
ISBN: 9781626181229 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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991,97 zł |
Aquaponic Gardening For Beginners: Raising Fish and Growing Vegetables in Aquaponics Garden
ISBN: 9781681270043 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aquaponic gardening is a symbiotic gardening system that relies upon both flora and fauna to create a balanced ecosystem for harvesting both fish and plant material. It requires a larger amount of setup and investment than a standard hydroponic system, but contains benefits over it that we will address later on, it as well is less dependent upon outside addition of nutrients or material to maintain its optimal operation level.
Aquaponic gardening is a symbiotic gardening system that relies upon both flora and fauna to create a balanced ecosystem for harvesting both fish and ...
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Hydroponics For Beginners: Essential Hydroponic Gardening Guide
ISBN: 9781681271453 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hydroponic gardening is a method for growing plant material for consumption primarily, but can also be used for an aesthetic garden if desired. It has a high yield potential with not as much effort required as compared to traditional gardening, but the initial setup of the system as a whole does require a higher initial investment.
Hydroponic gardening is a method for growing plant material for consumption primarily, but can also be used for an aesthetic garden if desired. It has...
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48,05 zł |
Transition to Agricultural Market Economies: The Future of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine
ISBN: 9781780645353 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union--specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)--are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security. This book examines the future of the KRU countries in global agricultural markets and will examine a number of agricultural sectors, including meat, dairy, fruits, and vegetables. However particular attention is paid to the region's potential expansion of the grain sector and why the KRU region emerged during the 2000s as a major grain exporter, and its...
It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union--specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)--are the part of the wor...
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264,81 zł |