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Managing Risk in Agriculture

A Development Perspective

by Tahirou Abdoulaye, Rachidi Aboudou, Aminou Arouna, Victor Barrera, Toritseju Begho, Marrit van den Berg, Pratap S. Birthal, Martina Bozzola, Selina Bruns, Jean-Paul Chavas, Simone Cerroni, Juan Dominguez, Marcella D’Souza, Ali Essossinam, Hongli Feng, Ricardo Fort, J Brian Hardaker, Jaweriah Hazrana, David A. Hennessy, Maman H. Karmana, Aditya R. Khanal, Seo Woo Lee, Sergio H. Lence, Lu Liu, Fulco Ludwig, Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Wanglin Ma, Hui Mao, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, Digvijay S. Negi, Kehinde Odeniyi, Asis Kumar Senapati, Ariel Singerman, Arjuna Srinidhi, Ruggiero Rippo, Nicholas Tyack, Puneet Vatsa, Alexis H. Villacis, H. Holly Wang, Saskia E. Werners, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Eliana Wulandari, Xiaoheng Zhang, Hongyun Zheng ...

The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk ... Read more

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The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk
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Advances in plant factories

New technologies in indoor vertical farming

by Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai, Dr Eri Hayashi, Dr Wenqing Jin, Dr Yuxin Tong, Dr Qianxixi Min, Dr Yongran Ji, Dr Na Lu, Dr Pavlos Kalaitzoglou, Dr Hiroki Koga0, Dr Katashi Kai1, Mr Lawrence Ross2, Dr Neil Mattson3, Professor Leo F. M. Marcelis4, Dr Francis Baumont De Oliviera5, Dr Michael Martin6, Dr Francesco Orsini7, Dr Yoshiaki Kitaya8, Dr Wei Ma9, Dr Laura Carotti0, Dr Mohammed Kazem Souri1, Dr Giuseppina Pennisi2, Dr Giorgio Gianquinto3, Dr Michael Eaton4, Dr Zhiwei Tian5, Dr Hua Li6, Prof Ernst Woltering7, Dr Michele Butturini8, Dr Wenshou Xu9, Dr Duyen Nguyen0, Dr Ronald Dyer1, Dr Viviana Correa Galvis2, Dr Pádraic Flood3, Dr Kenzo Uchigasaki4, Dr Morio Okabe5, Dr Gonçalo Neves6, Dr Andrew Lloyd7, Dr Niall Skinner8, Dr Douglas Elder9, Dr Dave Scott0, Dr Niels Kortstee1, Dr Emily Seward2, Dr Csaba Hornyik3, Dr Alexander Keel-Dwyer4, Dr Ying Liu5, Dr Paul Kusuma6 ...

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor ... Read more

$215.99 CAD

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor
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Algal Biotechnology

by Yahui Bo, Gao Chen, Lei Chen, Zhenfan Chen, Zixi Chen, Pengfei Cheng, Feng Ge, Jiameng Guo, Sanjay Gupta, Xiahui Hao, Qingfang He, Fan Hu, Hanhua Hu, Krishna Kumar Jaiswal, Hu Jin, Vinod Kumar, Anping Lei, Anna I. Kurbatova, Chao Li, Yanhua Li, Hanzhi Lin, Lu-Ning Liu, Qiong Liu, Yandu Lu, Anastasios Melis, Yufang Pan, Vishal Rajput, Roger Ruan, Shengzhou Shan, Kaitlin Simmons, Xiaotong Song, Xinyu Song, Adamu Yunusa Ugya, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Chun Wang, Jiangxin Wang, Jin Wang, Xiaojun Yan, Wenxiu Yin, Weiwen Zhang, Xiangxiang Zhang, Xu Zhang, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Long-Sheng Zhao, Quanyu Zhao, Chengxu Zhou, Yali Zhu, Zhu Zhen, Tian Jing, CAO Xupeng ...

Series series CABI Biotechnology Series
Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater ... Read more

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Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater
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Frontiers in agri-food supply chains

Frameworks and case studies

by Professor Sander de Leeuw, Dr Renzo Akkerman, Dr Rodrigo Romero-Silva, Professor Tobias Schoenherr, Dr Grant Kanak, Dr Amy Montalbano, Dr Sneh Patel, Professor Michael Bourlakis0, Dr Emmanuel Sawyerr1, Dr F. J. Peña Rodríguez2, Dr C. Yacamán Ochoa3, Professor Alberto Mataran Ruiz4, Dr Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros5, Professor Paul S. Teng6, Professor Lusine Aramyan7, Dr Jos van Iwaarden8, Dr Müge Çerçi9, Dr Zehra B. Kanık0, Dr Sibel Erişkan1, Dr Mehmet Soysal2, Dr Florian Cramer3, Professor Sandra Transchel4, Professor Gerhard Schiefer5, Dr José Luis Solleiro6, Dr Rosario Castañón7, Dr Rene Haijema8, Dr Marvin Kunz9, Dr Viet Nguyen0, Dr Harmke Schellekens1, Dr Gideon van der Stelt2, Dr Danie Jordaan3, Dr Thabile Tsabedze4, Dr Yijun Li5, Dr Ting Meng6, Dr Jingjing Wang7, Dr Lu Liu8, Dr Mo Li9, Dr Xin Zhang0, Dr Wen-Feng Cong1 ...

Series Book 137 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing agri-food supply chains, including the need to be more sustainable in light of the high environmental costs of global distributionAddresses the external factors that can impact the logistics and performance of supply chains, including political developments, international conflicts and pandemics such as COVID-19Reviews the main agri-food ... Read more

$203.99 CAD

Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing agri-food supply chains, including the need to be more sustainable in light of the high environmental costs of global distributionAddresses the external factors that can impact the logistics and performance of supply chains, including political developments, international conflicts and pandemics such as COVID-19Reviews the main agri-food
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Gene Flow

Monitoring, Modeling and Mitigation

by Sarah Zanon Agapito-Tenfen, María Eugenia Barrandeguy, Hugh J. Beckie, María Victoria García, Jian-Jun Hu, Yan-Da Li, Biao Liu, Lai-Pan Liu, Yong-Bo Liu, Bao-Rong Lu, Sara L. Martin, Xiang-Cheng Mi, Lei Pei, Markus Schmidt, Jun-Ming Wang, Xin-Yu Wang, Fern Wickson, Kun Xue, Lei Zhang, Yan-Ming Zhu ...

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the ... Read more

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Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the
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Wheat Improvement

Food Security in a Changing Climate

Edited by Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders ... Read more

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This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders
... Read more
Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

by FAOoftheUN ...

This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and
... Read more
Plant Factory

An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production

Edited by Michiko Takagaki, Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu ...

Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production provides information on a field that is helping to offset the threats that unusual weather and shortages of land and natural resources bring to the food supply. As alternative options are needed to ensure adequate and efficient production of food, this book represents the only available resource to take a ... Read more

$71.19 CAD

Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production provides information on a field that is helping to offset the threats that unusual weather and shortages of land and natural resources bring to the food supply. As alternative options are needed to ensure adequate and efficient production of food, this book represents the only available resource to take a
... Read more
Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

by Christopher B. Barrett, Tim Benton, Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, Rebecca J. Nelson, Elizabeth Bageant, Edward Buckler, Karen Cooper, Isabella Culotta, Shenggen Fan, Rikin Gandhi, Steven James, Mark Kahn, Laté Lawson-Lartego, Jiali Liu, Quinn Marshall, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Alexander Mathys, Cynthia Mathys, Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Alesha Miller, Kamakhya Misra, Andrew Mude, Jianbo Shen, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Claire Song, Roy Steiner, Philip Thornton, Stephen Wood ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple ... Read more

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This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple
... Read more
Ancestors in Our Genome

The New Science of Human Evolution

by Eugene E. Harris ...

The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back in time yielding a new science of human evolution. We are just beginning to unravel our full genomic history and answering age-old questions about how and when we evolved. For the first time, we are finding our ancestors in our genome and gleaning ... Read more

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The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back in time yielding a new science of human evolution. We are just beginning to unravel our full genomic history and answering age-old questions about how and when we evolved. For the first time, we are finding our ancestors in our genome and gleaning
... Read more

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Commodity Modeling and Pricing

Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior

by Peter V. Schaeffer ...

Series Book 514 - Wiley Finance
Commodity Modeling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behavior. Drawing from the seminal work of Professor Walter Labys on the development of econometric methods for forecasting commodity prices, this collection of essays features expert contributors ranging from practitioners in private industry, public sector, and ... Read more

$93.99 CAD

Commodity Modeling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behavior. Drawing from the seminal work of Professor Walter Labys on the development of econometric methods for forecasting commodity prices, this collection of essays features expert contributors ranging from practitioners in private industry, public sector, and
... Read more
Advances in Phytochemistry, Textile and Renewable Energy Research for Industrial Growth

Proceedings of the International Conference of Phytochemistry, Textile and Renewable Energy for Sustainable development (ICPTRE 2020), August 12-14, Eldoret, Kenya

Edited by Charles Nzila, Nyamwala Oluoch, Ambrose Kiprop, Rose Ramkat, Isaac Kosgey ...

The International Conference on Phytochemistry, Textile, & Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICPTRE 2020) was hosted by the World bank funded Africa Centre of Excellence in Phytochemicals, Textile and Renewable Energy (ACEII-PTRE) based at Moi University in conjunction with Donghua University, China and the Sino–Africa International Symposium on Textiles and Apparel ... Read more

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The International Conference on Phytochemistry, Textile, & Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICPTRE 2020) was hosted by the World bank funded Africa Centre of Excellence in Phytochemicals, Textile and Renewable Energy (ACEII-PTRE) based at Moi University in conjunction with Donghua University, China and the Sino–Africa International Symposium on Textiles and Apparel
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