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Women and smallholder farming

Addressing global inequities in agriculture

de Caroline Muchiri, Dr Els Lecoutere, Dr Nicoline de Haan, Ms Rhiannon Pyburn, Dr Julie Newton, Dr Margaret Alston, Dr Zhaoen Pan, Dr Brenda Boonabaana, Dr Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi, Dr Losira Nasirumbi Sanya, Dr Susan Namirembe Kavuma, Dr Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Dr Pius Okello, Dr Laura Meinzen-Dick, Dr Nargiza Ludgate, Dr Nozomi Kawarazuka, Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Vu Xuan Thai, Emerita Professor Janet Momsen, Ms Dina Najjar, Dr Angie Carter, Dr Prisca Pfammatter, Dr Michaela Hoffelmeyer, Dr Hannah Whitley, Ms Veronica Kaitano, Dr Vincent Achikulire Kaitano, Dr Jemima Nomunume Baada, Prof. Kathleen Earl Colverson, Arati Joshi, Fallon Y Riaño J, Steven Franzel, Dr Girma Gezimu Gebre, Dr Stefan Sieber, Dr Diana E. Lopez, Dr Ekaterina Gualoto, Dr M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Dr Krista Jacobs, Dr Caitlin Kieran, Dr Tatiana Gumucio, Dr Nayna Jhaveri, Dr Stephanie Buechler, Dr Sandra Nereida Barrera Galvis, Dr Magnolia Longo, Dr Francis Denisse McClean, Arie Sanders, Dr Alissa Bilfield, Dr Marlène Elias, Gloria Adeyiga, Elisabeth Simelton, Yovita Ivanova, Ana Maria Paez Valencia, Barbara Vinceti, Tim Pagella, Ms Rosemirta Birungi, Dr Florence Kyazze Birungi, Dr Frank B. Matsiko, Dr Justine Nambi-Kasozi, Dr Maria Jones, Dr Woldegebrial Zeweld, Dr Dawit Gebregziabher, Ms Brigitte Bagnol, Dr Catherine Kaluwa, Dr Jemimah Oduma, Dr Tevin Konde, Dr Angela Opondoh, Dr Diana Muta, Dr Meghan Stanley, Dr Marieke Rosenbaum, Dr Hellen Amuguni, Dr Robyn Alders ...

Series Libro 163 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview ... Leer más

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There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2

Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control

de Dr Alpha Y. Kamara, Dr Wade E. Thomason, Bee Khim Chim, Mark S. Reiter, Dr Bram Govaerts, Isabelle François, Nele Verhulst, Louis Longchamps, Dr Kaushik Majumdar, Alam Sher, Shamie Zingore, Fernando García, Adrian Correndo, Dr Jagadish Timsina, Adrian M. Johnston, Dr Bao-Luo Ma, Zhigang Wang, Mr Abeya Temesgen, Dr Daniel Rodriguez, Xiaoli Liu, Caspar Roxburgh, Ariel Ferrante, Joseph Eyre, Stuart Irvine-Brown, James McLean, Martin Bielich, Dr Tadele Tefera, Theresa M. Cira, Jincai Li, Prof. T. L. Niblack, Dr Loth S. Mulunga, Dr George Mahuku, Dr P. Lava Kumar, Dr Amaere Ayalew, Martin Kimanya, Limbikani Matumba, Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhayay, A. Menkir, Dr Peter J. Cotty, Dr Youhong Song, Khawar Jabran, Mubshar Hussain, Dr Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, Vasileios P. Vasileiadis, Dr Per Kudsk, Prof. Charles Wortmann, Patricio Grassini, Roger W. Elmore, Dr Peter S. Setimela, Prof. William D. Hutchison, Dr Maurizio Sattin, Shu Fukai, Claire Farnsworth, Dr R. Khosla ...

Series Libro 2 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current good agricultural practice in maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrient management, conservation agriculture, rotations and intercropping;Reviews advances in understanding and managing diseases and pests such as viruses, nematodes and weeds;Discusses ways maize cultivation can be made more ‘climate smart’ ... Leer más

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Summarises current good agricultural practice in maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrient management, conservation agriculture, rotations and intercropping;Reviews advances in understanding and managing diseases and pests such as viruses, nematodes and weeds;Discusses ways maize cultivation can be made more ‘climate smart’
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Achieving sustainable greenhouse cultivation

de Professor Leo F. M. Marcelis, Dr Josef Tanny, Prof. B. W. Alsanius, Dr S. Khalil, Dr A. Tadesse, Dr A. K. Rosberg, Dr K. J. Bergstrand, Dr R. Hartmann, Dr L. Mogren, Dr M. Alam0, Dr M. Grudén1, Dr Ep Heuvelink3, Dr T. Naznin4, Dr A. Getahun5, Dr Martine Dorais6, Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai7, Dr Yumiko Amagai8, Dr Eri Hayashi9, Prof. Chieri Kubota0, Dr Youbin Zheng1, Dr Luca Incrocci2, Dr Daniele Massa3, Prof Alberto Pardossi4, Dr Christopher J. Currey5, Dr Gerben J. Messelink6, Dr H. Marjolein Kruidhof7, Dr Oliver Körner8, Prof Nazim S. Gruda9, Dr S. Hemming0, Dr J. C. Bakker1, Dr J. B. Campen2, Dr F. L. K. Kempkes3, Dr Assumpció Antón4, Dr Erica Montemayor5, Dr Nancy Peña6, Dr Juan I. Montero7, Dr Yi Zhang8, Dr Xinglin Ke9, Professor Miguel R. C. Costa0, Professor Qichang Yang1, Professor Neil Mattson2, Professor Eldert van Henten3, Professor Stefania De Pascale4, Professor Youssef Rouphael5 ...

Series Libro 63 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews advantages and disadvantages of different protected cultivation systems, from greenhouses and net houses to aquaponic and vertical farming systems.Detailed assessment of current research on optimising the two main variables in protected cultivation: the aerial environment and root development.Particular focus on systems control to optimise product quality and environmental impact. ... Leer más

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Reviews advantages and disadvantages of different protected cultivation systems, from greenhouses and net houses to aquaponic and vertical farming systems.Detailed assessment of current research on optimising the two main variables in protected cultivation: the aerial environment and root development.Particular focus on systems control to optimise product quality and environmental impact.
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Molecular Breeding in Wheat, Maize and Sorghum

Strategies for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Yield

de Andrea Acuna, Muhammad Amjad Ali, John Amalraj, Maria Arguello, Arushi Arora, Diana Ballesteros, Bhoja R Basnet, Salma Bhyan, Richard Boyles, Faïçal Brini, Yibo Cao, S Antony Ceasar, Nidhi Chakma, Subhadra Chakrabarty, Moutoshi Chakraborty, Harmeet Singh Chawla, Dharampal Choudhary, Mukesh Choudhary, M C Dagla, Mônica Furaste Danilevicz, Abhijit Kumar Das, Haixiao Dong, Kate Dreher, Susanne Dreisigacker, Professor David Edwards, Xiaorong Fan, Maria Laura Federico, Cassandria Tay Fernandez, Ertugrul Filiz, Monika Garg, Claudia Teixeira Guimaraes, Karama Hamdi, K Hariprasanna, Firoz Hossain, Guanghui Hu, Zhaorong Hu, B S Jat, Caifu Jiang, Faiz Ahmad Joyia, Mehar Kamboj, Chikkappa Karjagi, Lovenpreet Kaur, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Emna Khanfir, Rajesh Khulbe, Bhupender Kumar, Pardeep Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Firat Kurt, Zhao Li, Yun-Hua Liu, Ningthaipuilu Longmei, Damar Lopez-Arredondo, Jurandir Vieira de Magalhaes, T Maharajan, Jacob Marsh, R. Esten Mason, Clémentine Mercé, Ghulam Mustafa, Vignesh Muthusamy, Sudha K Nair, Zhongfu Ni, Kazutoshi Okuno, Geoffrey Onaga, Huiru Peng, Jorge Fernando Pereira, SACN Perera, Bhukya Prakash, Lydia Pramitha, P Rajendrakumar, Mantena Raju, Savaram VR Rao, Ali Razzaq, P Sanjana Reddy, Trenton Roberts, G Victor Roch, Umesh R Rosyara, Pawan Saini, Sindhu Sareen, Gajanan Saykhedkar, André Schaffasz, Armin Scheben, Natasha Sharma, Tariq Shehzad, Sonia Sheoran, Charan Singh, Ishwar Singh, Prabha Singh, Vishal Singh, Rod Snowdon, Nithya Subramanian, Qixin Sun, Madhumal Thayil Vinayan, Yiqiao Wang, Shabir Hussain Wani, Steffen Windpassinger, Kerstin Wydra, Yinping Jiao, Mingming Xin, Ines Yacoubi, Pranjal Yadava, Yingyin Yao, Kuohai Yu, Yaping Yuan, Pervez Haider Zaidi, Hong-Bin Zhang, Meiping Zhang, Zhiwu Zhang, Rajkumar U Zunjare ...

The global population is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, and food and feed production will need to increase by 70%. Wheat, maize and sorghum are three key cereals which provide nutrition for the majority of the world's population. Their production is affected by various abiotic stresses which cause significant yield losses. The effects of climate change also increase the frequency ... Leer más

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The global population is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, and food and feed production will need to increase by 70%. Wheat, maize and sorghum are three key cereals which provide nutrition for the majority of the world's population. Their production is affected by various abiotic stresses which cause significant yield losses. The effects of climate change also increase the frequency
... Leer más

Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2

Cultivation techniques

de Mukesh Meena, Dr Q. Xue, J. Rudd, J. Bell, T. Marek, S. Liu, Tadesse Dessalegn, Tesfaye Solomon, Tesfaye Gebre Kristos, Abiy Solomon, Prof. Arun Kumar Joshi, Shure Seboka, Yazie Chane, Dr Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Kamala A. Roberts, Fetien Abay, Rizana Mahroof, J. R. Guarin, Dr Brian L. Beres, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Haley Catton, Dr Thomas F. Döring, J. M. Clarke, K. Nilsen, D. Khitiri, X. Lin, Prof. C. J. Pozniak, K. Ammar, Dr Tinashe Chiurugwi, Simon Kerr, Simanchal Sahu, Ian Midgley, L. A. Boyd, Johnson Kamwaga, Peter Njau, Terry van Gevelt, Claudia Canales, Max Marcheselli, Dr Rajiv Kumar Sharma, Dr W. Tadesse, A Amri, Prof. Peter J. Gregory, M Sanchez-Garcia, M El-Bouhssini, M Karrou, S Patil, F Bassi, Dr M. Baum, Prof. T. Oweis, Christina K. Clarke, Dr Vijesh Krishna, Alwin Keil, Sreejith Aravindakshan, Dr Reem Aboukhaddour, Dr Senthold Asseng ...

Series Libro 6 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques;Summarises developments in ‘climate smart’ agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation;Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world ... Leer más

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Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques;Summarises developments in ‘climate smart’ agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation;Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world
... Leer más
Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 1

Breeding for higher yield and quality

de Prof. R. F. Sage, J. Ali, Prof. Z. Li, Venkategowda Ramegowda, Supratim Basu, Anuj Kumar, Prof. Andy Pereira, Julie Pua Ferraz, Adoracion Resurreccion, Prof. Melissa Fitzgerald, Jennifer Spindel, Mengyi Dong, Margaret Slavin, Prof. Lu Yu, Dr Adrian Dubock, Dr Navreet K Bhullar, Dr Rachelle Ward, Chuan Tong, Prof. Jinsong Bao, Prof. Susan McCouch, R. B. Angeles-Shim, Prof. M. Ashikari, G. Ramkumar, K. K. Jena, Tadashi Hirasawa, Shunsuke Adachi ...

Series Libro 3 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews developments in understanding and protecting genetic diversity in rice, and how this translates into marker-assisted and other developments in breeding;Discusses advances in breeding varieties with enhanced properties such as high yield and drought tolerance;Summarises current research on understanding and improving nutritional properties such as vitamin and mineral content ... Leer más

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Reviews developments in understanding and protecting genetic diversity in rice, and how this translates into marker-assisted and other developments in breeding;Discusses advances in breeding varieties with enhanced properties such as high yield and drought tolerance;Summarises current research on understanding and improving nutritional properties such as vitamin and mineral content
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Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Edición de Jeremiah O. Asaka, Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies.Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as ... Leer más

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This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies.Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as
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Plant Factory

An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production

Edición de 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 ... Leer más

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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
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Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

Prospects for the 21st Century

Edición de Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Leer más

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As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying
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Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

Edición de Diana H. Wall, Richard D. Bardgett, Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Jeffrey E. Herrick, T. Hefin Jones, Johan Six, Donald R. Strong, Wim H. van der Putten, Karl Ritz ...

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic ... Leer más

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This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic
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Abiotic Stress Response in Plants

de Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet S. Gill ...

Understanding abiotic stress responses in plants is critical for the development of new varieties of crops, which are better adapted to harsh climate conditions. The new book by the well-known editor team Narendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Gill provides a comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of plant responses to external stress like drought or heavy metals, to aid in the engineering of stress ... Leer más

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Understanding abiotic stress responses in plants is critical for the development of new varieties of crops, which are better adapted to harsh climate conditions. The new book by the well-known editor team Narendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Gill provides a comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of plant responses to external stress like drought or heavy metals, to aid in the engineering of stress
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From Poverty to Power

de Duncan Green ...

This new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises. From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. ... Leer más

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This new edition of From Poverty to Power has been fully revised and now includes a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of the human impact of the global financial and food crises. From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty and inequality.
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