Books: 'Agricultural Growth System'

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Köhling, Wolfgang Klaus Colin. Implications of India's judicial system for economic and agricultural growth and poverty reduction. Hamburg: Books on Demand, 2002.

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Ray, Subrata Kumar. Agricultural growth in India. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2010.

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ZHurina, Lyudmila. Agricultural meteorolog. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/14563.

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Theoretical aspects of influence of hydrometeorological factors on growth, development and efficiency of crops are stated. The essence of the hydrometeorological phenomena, dangerous to agricultural production, and ways of protection against them is shown. Climate assessment methods from positions of the general and private agroclimatic division into districts on the basis of meso - and microclimatic researches are considered. Examples of agroclimatic justification of agrotechnical and agromeliorative receptions in agricultural production are given. In the present, the third, the edition the section on global climate change of Earth and scenarios of possible ecological consequences for agriculture of Russia is submitted. The question of use of geographic information systems in agricultural production is considered. The geography of examples of private agroclimatic division into districts is expanded. Questions and tasks to heads are processed and added. It is intended for students of agricultural higher education institutions, it can also be used when studying the courses "Agricultural Meteorology" and "Agroklimatologiya" in other highest and average educational institutions.

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S, Teng P., and International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development (2nd : 1995 : Los Baños, Philippines), eds. Applications of systems approaches at the farm and regional levels. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

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Knox, J. A method of variable spacing for controlled plant growth systems in spaceflight and terrestrial agriculture applications. Moffett Field, Calif: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, 1986.

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Uskov, Aleksandr, Evgeniy Mozhaev, Lyudmila Uskova, and Elena Zakabunina. Potato growing. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1030568.

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The textbook covers the main topics related to the national economic significance, origin, distribution of potatoes; morphological and anatomical structure of potato plants. Features of potato biology by periods of growth and development, as well as its requirements for growing conditions are given. Technological methods of cultivation, the system of fertilization and protection from pests, diseases and weeds, seed production and varietal studies, the economy of potato production are presented. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation for the preparation of bachelors. For undergraduate students studying in the field of "agronomy", as well as specialists in agricultural production.

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International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development (2nd 1995 Los Baños, Philippines). Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, held at IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines, 6-8 December 1995. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

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The new horse-powered farm: Tools and systems for the small-scale, sustainable market grower. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013.

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A, Stein, and Penning de Vries, F. W. T., eds. Data and models in action: Methodological issues in production ecology. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

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C, Yorio N., Vivenzio H. R, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., eds. Protocol development for the NASA-JSC Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Project (LMLSTP), phase III project: A report on baseline studies at KSC for continuous salad production. [Washington, D.C: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998.

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Agri Marketing Summit 2009 (2009 New Delhi, India). Agri Marketing Summit 2009: Public private partnership for inclusive growth, 16-17 December 2009, New Delhi : need for agrimarketing reforms : improvement in marketing systems & infrastructure. New Delhi: Confederation of Indian Industry, 2009.

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New Jersey. Legislature. Senate. Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Tourism Committee. Public hearing before Senate Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Tourism Committee: Senate Bill no. 1961 : establishes off-track wagering facilities and account wagering system for parimutuel betting on horse races. Trenton, N.J. (State House Annex, P.O. Box 068, Trenton 08625-0068): The Committee, 1999.

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The human experiment: Two years and twenty minutes inside Biosphere 2. New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2008.

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Michigan. Office of the Auditor General. Audit report: Performance audit of the Indian Gaming Oversight Program, Office of Racing Commissioner, Department of Agriculture. [Lansing] (201 N. Washington Square, Lansing 48913): The Office, 1997.

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(Editor), M. J. Kropff, P. S. Teng (Editor), P. K. Aggarwal (Editor), Johan Bouma (Editor), B.A.M Bouman (Editor), John W. Jones (Editor), and H.H. Van Laar (Editor), eds. Applications of Systems Approaches at the Field Level (System Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development). Springer, 1997.

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Bentley, Jeffrey W., and Daniel Vasques. The Seed Potato System in Bolivia: Organisational Growth and Missing Links (Agricultural Research and Extension Network (AgREN) Paper). Overseas Development Institute, 1998.

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Whelan, Brett, and James Taylor. Precision Agriculture for Grain Production Systems. CSIRO Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643107489.

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Precision Agriculture (PA) is an approach to managing the variability in production agriculture in a more economic and environmentally efficient manner. It has been pioneered as a management tool in the grains industry, and while its development and uptake continues to grow amongst grain farmers worldwide, a broad range of other cropping industries have embraced the concept. This book explains general PA theory, identifies and describes essential tools and techniques, and includes practical examples from the grains industry. Readers will gain an understanding of the magnitude, spatial scale and seasonality of measurable variability in soil attributes, plant growth and environmental conditions. They will be introduced to the role of sensing systems in measuring crop, soil and environment variability, and discover how this variability may have a significant impact on crop production systems. Precision Agriculture for Grain Production Systems will empower crop and soil science students, agronomy and agricultural engineering students, as well as agronomic advisors and farmers to critically analyse the impact of observed variation in resources on crop production and management decisions.

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Nicolás D. 1937 Veloz Goiticoa and Venezuela Ministerio de Fomento. Venezuela. Agricultural, Forest, Mining, and Pastoral Zones, Natural Wealth, Actual Development, Venezuelan Currency and Monetary System, Manufacturing and Other Industries, Prospects of Immediate Growth, Means to Attain It, Economic Conditions Of... Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021.

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Goiticoa, Nicolás Veloz. Venezuela. Agricultural, Forest, Mining, and Pastoral Zones, Natural Wealth, Actual Development, Venezuelan Currency and Monetary System, Manufacturing and Other Industries, Prospects of Immediate Growth, Means to Attain It, Economic Conditions of Venezue. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2018.

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Publications, World Bank. Food Safety Handbook: A Practical Guide for Building a Robust Food Safety Management System`. World Bank Publications, 2020.

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Majumdar, Sumit K. India’s Growth Story. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199641994.003.0004.

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The chapter assesses economic structure and India’s detailed growth patterns. Economic growth is a three-stage process, with the agriculture sector, manufacturing sector, and the services sector following on in development. India has leapfrogged over sequences. India’s transition from agriculture to services, with industry’s share cursory, is a conundrum. In the first part of the 1950s, India grew well, based on the creation of a national industrial development system. In the 1960s and 1970s institutional mechanisms changed the environment negatively and led to growth decline. From the late 1970s, a pragmatic Bombay can-do spirit led to key policy initiatives and high growth in the 1980s. The early 1990s’ crisis motivated institutional disruption. A philosophy of discontinuity, driving crucial competition policy reforms, led to high growth till the late 2010s, when predatory and collusive behavior delegitimized institutional processes, leading to growth slowdown and the emergence of deindustrialization.

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Sana, Ashish Kumar, Bappaditya Biswas, Samyabrata Das, and Sandeep Poddar. Sustainable Strategies for Economic Growth and Decent Work: New Normal. Lincoln University College, Malaysia, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31674/book.2022sseg.

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Almost every country throughout the globe has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus's propagation has a disastrous effect on both human health and the economy as a whole. The COVID-19 global recession is the worst since World War II ended. According to the IMF's April 2021 World Economic Outlook Report, the global economy declined by 3.5 percent in 2020, 7 percent drop from the 3.4 percent growth predicted in October 2019. While almost every IMF-covered nation saw negative growth in 2020, the decline was more extreme in the world's poorest regions. The global supply system and international trade of all countries, including India, were affected by the nationwide lockdown in India and around the world to stop the pandemic from spreading. Since the beginning of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the global business climate. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant public health and economic problems in South Asian countries and the worst impacted being India, Bangladesh and Pakistan in recent years. The nationwide lockdown adopted by the countries was effective in slowing down the spread of the coronavirus in South Asia, but it came at a substantial financial and social cost to society. Manufacturing activities in Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines have shrunk sharply. Tourism, trade and remittances, and all major sources of foreign money for South Asian countries, have been substantially impacted. The COVID-19 spread has had a significant influence on global financial markets. The international financial and energy markets substantially dropped as the number of cases began to rise globally, primarily in the United States, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Iran, and South Korea along with South Asian countries. Reduced travel has had a substantial impact on service businesses such as tourism, hospitality, and transportation. According to IMF, (space required after,) 2020 South Asian economies are likely to shrink for the first time in 4 decades. The pandemic has pushed millions into poverty and widened income and wealth disparities because of premature deaths, workplace absenteeism and productivity losses. A negative supply shock has occurred with manufacturing and productive activity decreasing due to global supply chain disruptions and factory closures. This resulted in a severe short-term challenge for policymakers, especially when food and commodity prices rise, exacerbating economic insecurity. Failure to achieve equitable recovery might result in social and political unrest, as well as harsh responses from governments that have been less tolerant of dissident voices in recent years. Almost every area of the Indian economy is being ravaged by the pandemic. But the scope and degree of the damage vary from sector to sector within each area. One of the worst-affected areas in India is the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. Apart from MSMEs, Agriculture and Agro-based industries, Banking companies and NBFCs and Social Sectors are also in jeopardy. The pandemic creates turmoil in the Capital Market and Mutual Funds industry. India's auto manufacturing and its ancillary sectors were badly hit during the initial stages of the pandemic when lockdown measures were adopted and the situation continued to remain subdued for many quarters. It is still uncertain whether this recession will have long-term structural ramifications for the global economy or will have only short-term financial and economic consequences. Additionally, the speed and the strength of the healing may be crucially dependent on the capability of the governments to accumulate and roll out the COVID-19 vaccines. In the context of the pandemic and its devastating impact on the Indian economy, an edited volume is proposed which intends to identify and analyse the footfalls of the pandemic on various sectors and industries in India. The proposed edited volume endeavours to understand the status, impact, problems, policies and prospects of the agricultural and agro-based industries, Banking and NBFCs, MSMEs, Social Sector, Capital Market and Mutual Funds during the pandemic and beyond. The proposed volume will contain research papers/articles covering the overall impact of the pandemic on various sectors, measures to be adopted to combat the situation and suggestions for overcoming the hurdles. For this, research papers and articles will be called from academicians, research scholars and industrialists having common research interests to share their insights relating to this area. It is anticipated that the volume will include twenty to twenty-five chapters. An editorial committee will be constituted with three chief editors and another external editor to review the articles following a double-blind review process to assure the quality of the papers according to the global standards and publisher's guidelines. The expected time to complete the entire review process is one month, and the publication process will start thereafter. The proposed volume is believed to be having significant socio-economic implications and is intended to cater to a large audience which includes academicians, researchers, students, corporates, policymakers, investors and general readers at large.

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Ocampo, José Antonio, and Paola Arias. Colombia’s System of National Development Banks. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198827948.003.0007.

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The major feature of Colombia’s national development banks is that they constitute a system of multiple, specialized institutions, created at different times to promote sectors that were considered strategic for the country’s development. This chapter analyses the characteristics of the system of national development banks in Colombia currently composed of four specialized institutions: FDN (for infrastructure), FINDETER (local development), BANCOLDEX (industry and foreign trade), and FINAGRO (agriculture). The chapter explores the history, current structure, and main features of the system. It also looks at how the system is managing three major market failures: infrastructure financing (the major case of market failure in long-term financing), financial inclusion, and the promotion of entrepreneurial growth.

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Chapagain, Tejendra. System of Rice Intensification and Conventional Rice Farming: Responding to Crop Growth, Yield and Water Productivity. Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2017.

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Growth And Defence In Plants Resource Allocation At Multiple Scales. Springer, 2012.

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Karugia, Joseph, and Juneweenex Mbuthia. Transforming Food Systems in Kenya for New Era of Growth and Prosperity: Research-Based Recommendations for the New Government. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2022.

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Dahiya, Shri Bhagwan. The Current State of Economic Science: Economic Development & Growth; Economic Systems; Agricultural & Natural Resource Economics; Cultural Economics. Spellbound Pubns Pvt Ltd, 1999.

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Barba, Lloyd Daniel. Sowing the Sacred. Oxford University PressNew York, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197516560.001.0001.

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Abstract Sowing the Sacred traces the development of Mexican Pentecostalism in the context of migrant labor in California’s industrial agriculture from the 1920s to the 1960s. During this time period, many believed Pentecostalism to be a distasteful new sect rife with cultish and fanatical tendencies; U.S. growers thought that Mexicans were not fit to be citizens and were a mere workforce; and industrial agriculture was celebrated for feeding American families, but its exploitation of workers was largely ignored. Contrary to the image of farmworkers as culturally vacuous, lacking creative genius, and mere bodies of labor in a vertiginous cycle of migrant labor in California’s industrial agricultural system, this book argues that Pentecostal farmworkers from La Asamblea Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús carved out a robust socio-religious existence in these conditions and in doing so produced a vast record of cultural vibrancy. Sowing the Sacred queries what stories are portrayed about racialized Mexican workers and their religious life if we examine the photographs taken by the farmworkers themselves. The oral histories, photographs, and material from new archival collections tell an intimate story of sacred-space making in the form of mapping out churches, outdoors baptisms in grower-controlled waterways, building houses of worship in the fields, artistic creations of handmade goods and decor, and the role of historical memory in telling these stories.

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Teng, P. S. Applications of Systems Approaches at the Farm and Regional Levels. Springer, 2013.

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Chapagain, Tejendra. System of Rice Intensification and Conventional Rice Farming: Responding to Crop Growth, Yield and Water Productivity. Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2017.

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Norwood, F. Bailey, Michelle S. Calvo-Lorenzo, Sarah Lancaster, and Pascal A. Oltenacu. Agricultural and Food Controversies. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wentk/9780199368433.001.0001.

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The public is more interested in agricultural and food issues than ever before, as is evident in the many agricultural controversies debated in the media. Why is it that some people embrace new agricultural technologies while others steadfastly defend traditional farming methods? Why do some prefer to buy food grown around the world while others patronize small, local farmers? In the debates about organic food, genetically modified organisms, and farm animal welfare, it is not always clear what the scientific literature actually says. To understand these controversies, the authors encourage readers to develop first an appreciation for why two equally intelligent and well-intentioned people can form radically different notions about food. Sometimes the disputes are scientific in nature, and sometimes they arise from conflicting ethical views. This book confronts the most controversial issues in agriculture by first explaining the principles of both sides of the debate, and then guiding readers through the scientific literature so that they may form their own educated opinions. Is food safe if the farm used pesticides, or are organic foods truly better for your health? Are chemical fertilizers sustainable, or are we producing cheap food today at the expense of future generations? What foods should we eat to have a smaller carbon footprint? Is genetically-modified food the key to global food security, and does it give corporations too much market power? Is the prevalence of corn throughout the food system the result of farm subsidies? Does buying local food stimulate the local economy? Why are so many farm animals raised indoors, and should antibiotics be given to livestock? These are the issues addressed in Agricultural and Food Controversies: What Everyone Needs to Know. While it doesn't claim to have all the answers, it provides a synthesis of research and popular opinions on both sides of these important issues, allowing readers to decide what they value and believe for themselves.

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Timmer, C. Peter. Agriculture and the State: Growth, Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries (Food Systems and Agrarian Change). Cornell University Press, 1991.

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Timmer, C. Peter. Agriculture and the State: Growth, Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries (Food Systems and Agrarian Change). Cornell University Press, 1991.

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Leslie, Stephen, and Lynn Miller. New Horse-Powered Farm: Tools and Systems for the Small-Scale, Sustainable Market Grower. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013.

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Lansigan, F. P., P. S. Teng, J. B. Dent, H.F.M. ten Berge, and M. J. Kropff. Applications of Systems Approaches at the Farm and Regional Levels: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, Held at IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines, 6-8 December 1995. Springer London, Limited, 2012.

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Reinert, Kenneth A. Food. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190499440.003.0004.

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This chapter considers food as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for both calories and other important nutrients. It considers the widespread nature of food deprivation and challenges to addressing this deprivation, including climate change, water shortages, and increased population growth. The chapter examines the subsistence right to food and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It also examines ways to increase agricultural yields, both through biotechnology and agro-ecology, paying particular attention to Africa where emerging food security issues appear to be the most pressing. It considers issues of infrastructure and waste and the roles of fisheries and livestock in food security. It concludes with a consideration of demand-side issues and food provisioning processes.

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Larson, Donald F. Food Prices and Food Price Volatility. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190656010.003.0022.

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This chapter examines food prices from 1900 to 2015. Despite growing populations, rising incomes, new technologies, globalization, and the emergence of commodities as an asset class, no trends are evident in food price levels or volatility. Still, food prices have averaged higher since 2010, harming the poor and raising fears that agricultural productivity growth has slowed. Consistently since 1900, food prices have been more volatile than the prices of manufactured goods and most other commodity groups. This relation drives terms-of-trade volatility, which slows economic growth. At the farm level, price volatility impedes investment and technology adoption, and encourages low-income livelihood strategies. Past policies to manage food prices have not worked and governments have shifted to policies aimed at mitigating the consequences of high and volatile food prices. Extending the reach of risk markets, warehouse receipt systems, index insurance, and contract farming can be useful policy components.

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Lander, Brian. The King's Harvest. Yale University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300255089.001.0001.

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This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China's early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. The book traces the formation of lowland North China's agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. The book argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based on their ability to exploit the labor and resources of those who harnessed photosynthetic energy from domesticated plants and animals. Focusing on the state of Qin, the book amalgamates abundant new scientific, archaeological, and excavated documentary sources to argue that the human domination of the central Yellow River region, and the rest of the planet, was made possible by the development of complex political structures that managed and expanded agroecosystems.

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Mason, John. Sustainable Agriculture. CSIRO Publishing, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643091054.

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The technological revolution in farming practices has allowed us to clear and cultivate more land, grow plants and animals faster, and kill a greater variety of pests and diseases than ever before. Unfortunately, these efficiencies are proving to be unsustainable in the long term and have created problems such as soil structural decline, erosion, salinity, soil acidification, loss of fertility, nutrient loading of waterways, dams and a build up of chemical residues. This book is about foreseeing and understanding such problems and addressing them before it is too late. John Mason examines all these problems and explains the concepts and long-term benefits of sustainable farming systems such as permaculture, biodynamics, organic farming, agroforestry, conservation tillage, and integrated hydroculture. Sustainable Agriculture 2nd Edition also looks at important issues such as monoculture versus polyculture, the use of hybrids, selection criteria for plants and stock, integrated pest management and preparing a farm for droughts and floods. Other areas examined include diversifying into farm tourism and value adding before selling produce.

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(Editor), A. Stein, and F.W. Penning de Vries (Editor), eds. Data and Models in Action: Methodological Issues in Production Ecology (Current Issues in Production Ecology). Springer, 1999.

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Thompson, William R., and Leila Zakhirova. Comparing the Four Main Cases. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190699680.003.0009.

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No two system leaders were identical in their claims to being the most innovative states in their respective zones, eras, and periods of leadership. Nonetheless, three general categories emerge: maritime commercial leadership, a pushing of agrarian boundaries, and sustained industrial economic growth. Those that made breakthroughs in the latter category, of course, redefined the modern world. Frontiers were critically important in all four cases of system leadership (China, the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States), but not exactly in the same way. Major improvements in transportation/communication facilitated economic growth by making interactions more feasible and less expensive, although the importance of trade varied considerably. Expanding populations were a hallmark of all four cases, even if the scale of increase varied. Population growth and urbanization forced agriculture to become more efficient and provided labor for nonagricultural pursuits. Urban demands stimulated regional specialization, technological innovation, and energy intensification, expanding the size of domestic markets and contributing to scalar increases in production. Just how large those scalar increases were depended on the interactions among technological innovation, power-driven machinery, and energy transition. Yet no single change led automatically to technological leadership. While lead status was never gained by default, it helped to have few rivals. As more serious rivals emerged, technological leaderships became harder to maintain.

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Gray, Hazel. Turbulent Property Rights. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198714644.003.0006.

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This chapter explores the role of the political settlement in shaping outcomes of land investments by analysing struggles in key sectors of the economy. Land reform during the socialist period had far-reaching implications for the political settlement. Reforms to land rights under liberalization involved strengthening land markets; however, the state continued to play a significant role. Corruption within formal land management systems became prevalent during the period of high growth. Vietnam experienced a rapid growth in export agriculture but, in contrast with stable property rights for smallholders, Tanzania’s efforts to encourage large land investments were less successful. Industrialization in both countries generated new forms of land struggles that were influenced by the different distributions of power between the state, existing landowners, and investors.

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Herring, Ronald J., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics, and Society. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195397772.001.0001.

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This book explores the complex interrelationships between food and agriculture, politics, and society. More specifically, it considers the political aspects of three basic economic questions: what is to be produced? how is it to be produced? how it is to be distributed? It also outlines three unifying themes running through the politics of answering these societal questions with regard to food, namely: ecology, technology and property. Furthermore, the book examines the tendency to address the new organization of global civil society around food, its production, distribution, and consequences for the least powerful within the context of the North-South divide; the problems of malnutrition as opposed to poverty, food insecurity, and food shortages, as well as the widespread undernutrition in developing countries; and how biotechnology can be used to ensure a sustainable human future by addressing global problems such as human population growth, pollution, climate change, and limited access to clean water and other basic food production resources. The influence of science and politics on the framing of modern agricultural technologies is also discussed, along with the worsening food crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa, food security and food safety, and the relationship between gender inequality and food security. Other chapters deal with the link between land and food and its implications for social justice; the "eco-shopping” perspective; the transformation of the agrifood industry in developing countries; the role of wild foods in food security; agroecological intensification of smallholder production systems; and the ethics of food production and consumption.

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Applied crop physiology: understanding the fundamentals of grain crop management. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245950.0000.

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Abstract This book contains 5 chapters that presents a simple, straightforward discussion of the principles and processes involved in the production of grain yield by agronomic crops, and how these processes underlie and influence management decisions. The focus is on grain crops, principally maize and soybean, although the general principles apply equally well to cereals, grain legumes and oil crops. Management decisions define all cropping systems - what (crop species, variety), where (climate), when (planting date), and how (row spacing and population density) are the fundamental choices. Knowledge of the fundamental processes responsible for plant growth and the accumulation of yield simplifies the decision-making process and leads to improved management decisions, higher grain yields, and cropping systems that are efficient, resilient and sustainable. The contents include basic plant growth processes (e.g. photosynthesis, respiration, evapotranspiration); growth and production of yield; crop management (seed quality, variety selection, planting date, row spacing); and crop production in the future (climate change, GMOs, precision agriculture and new crops). This books is intended for researchers in crop science, agronomy and plant science, and crop production practitioners. This book will enable readers to make better, more informed management decisions; decisions that will help maintain a well-fed world in the future.

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Myer, Phillip, and Liesel Schneider, eds. Tiny Microbes, Big Yields: The Future of Food and Agriculture. Frontiers Media SA, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-951-5.

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Our world is made up of countless tiny living beings. There are so many of them, that they make up the largest number of living beings on the planet. These microscopic organisms, called microorganisms or microbes, cannot be seen with the naked eye. We encounter them daily and we interact with them through the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the natural processes within our own organ systems. Microbes have evolved with life on Earth to be important for its survival. They act as food for plants and animals, help humans and animals digest food, break down dead material, and even serve as guardians against bad microbes. Whether we realize it or not, humans rely on microbes to help make the food we eat every day, and understanding how they work helps us to improve our foods and agriculture. It is amazing to examine how well microorganisms are incorporated into the food we eat, the plants we grow, and the animals we raise. Microbes help ferment foods to make products like cheeses and breads. They work in the soil to provide nitrogen to plants which helps them grow better. Special microbes live in the stomachs of cattle and sheep that allow them to digest grasses that humans cannot eat. Additionally, the energy produced from the microbial digestion of these grasses helps produce meat and milk. However, as with everything, we must take the good with the bad. Although many microbes are helpful, some are harmful and can cause illness. These “bad bugs” must be monitored to ensure they do not enter our food supply. The challenge is to interpret the ways the microbes are positively and negatively impacting food and agriculture and to untangle their complex network to promote improved and more efficient approaches to feed the world. This collection of articles focuses on understanding more about microbial communities, biodiversity, and their relationships with food and agriculture. This includes, but is not limited to, food and animal production, animal health, food safety, crop safety and production, and agricultural sustainability through microbial-based approaches. What we can learn about these tiny living beings can help provide safe, nutritious, and sustainable food to a growing human global population.

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Sauer, Eberhard, ed. Sasanian Persia. Edinburgh University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401012.001.0001.

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The Sasanian Empire (third-seventh centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this success, notably population growth in some territories, economic prosperity and urban development, made possible through investment in agriculture and military infrastructure on a scale unparalleled in the late antique world. This volume explores the empire’s relations with its neighbours and key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire’s armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries, notably major urban foundations, fortifications and irrigations systems, feature prominently. An empire whose military might and urban culture rivalled Rome and foreshadowed the caliphate will be of interest to scholars of the Roman and Islamic world.

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Anderson, Michael, and Corinne Roughley. Multiple Scotlands. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198805830.003.0005.

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The parish database shows major variations in trends and timings of population changes in less urbanized areas of Scotland. Even within parishes, people increasingly concentrated into larger villages and towns at the expense of more remote areas. The critical minimum size for settlements increased over time, but depended on distance from other larger places and on whether a locality became more than just a centre for agricultural activity. Mining and factory industry were key sources of growth even in many rural areas but caused major legacy problems as they collapsed. Fishing and its related activities increasingly concentrated on a small number of large centres. Transport hubs, administrative and school infrastructure, and large-scale retail facilities were dependent on, but also supported, population size. Agrarian systems varied widely across Scotland and each produced its own pattern of population sex ratios, migration, and change.

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Zakrzewski, Sigmund F., ed. Environmental Toxicology. Oxford University Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195148114.001.0001.

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The fundamental principles of environmental toxicology are clearly presented here for university students and professionals in related fields. This book consists of two parts. In the first part basic metabolic, physiological, and pharmacological concepts are used to explain the fate of toxic chemicals in the body, with emphasis on carcinogenesis and mutagenesis. This part also contains a chapter on chemicals disrupting the endocrine system and a chapter on risk assessment and the precautionary principle. The second section deals with specific environmental problems - air pollution, alteration of the earth's atmosphere, water and land pollution, including sections on wetlands, organic agriculture and genetically modified crops. It also deals with health and environmental effects of ionized radiation, and the effect of a rapid population growth on the environmental and human welfare. Chapter on pollution control and regulatory policies are also included.

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Childs, Geoff, and Namgyal Choedup. From a Trickle to a Torrent. University of California Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520299511.001.0001.

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What happens to a community when the majority of young people move away for education? In Nubri, an ethnic Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal, educational migration (the sending of children to distant institutions for schooling) has become a key component of a family management strategy that is driven by the prospect of social and economic rewards but that entails risk, uncertainty, and unforeseen consequences. The authors draw on ethnographic, demographic, and historical research to document how long-standing religious connections shape contemporary migrations and how population growth disparities open new schooling opportunities for Buddhist highlanders. They examine parents’ motives for sacrificing household labor in favor or sending children to distant schools and monasteries, a trend encapsulated in the oft-repeated phrase “better a pen in hand than a rope across the forehead.” The book concludes by investigating dilemmas associated with educational migration, including intergenerational skirmishes over marriage and household succession, threats to the family-based care system for the elderly, and a decline in the level of agricultural production needed to support local religious activities. From a Trickle to a Torrent chronicles a convergence of demographic and social processes that have led a Himalayan society to the brink of irreversible change.

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Mandal, Purnendu. The modelling and analysis of national development strategies for India: A system dynamics study of the interactionsof growth, equity and stability in development, with particular emphasis on agriculture. Bradford, 1986.

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