agriculture spraying nozzle Books and Publications

Pesticide Formulations and Application Systems: 23rd Volume

Twenty-two peer-review papers give you a broad view of where the pesticide industry may be headed. The recent loss of patent protection for many pesticides has created new opportunities for agricultural chemical manufacturers. Spray adjuvant and inert producers must be more creative in the products they ...

By ASTM International

Agricultural Safety

accident statistics and the admonition "you need a program," Agricultural Safety shows you how to "do" ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

State of Food and Agriculture 2008, (The). Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities

The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 surveys the current status of the biofuel debate, exploring implications for food security, the environment and agricultural development in developing countries. It addresses the biophysical and economic potential of 1st and 2nd generation biofuels, global and ...

By Earthprint Ltd

GIS Applications in Agriculture

The increased efficiency and profitability that the proper application of technology can provide has made precision agriculture the hottest developing area within traditional agriculture. The first single-source volume to cover GIS applications in agronomy, GIS Applications in Agriculture examines ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

State of Food and Agriculture 2003-04, (The) (En)

Series: FAO Agriculture SeriesThe "State of Food and Agriculture 2003-04" explores the potential of agriculture biotechnology - especially transgenic crops - to meet the needs of the poor. It is found that agricultural biotechnology can help the poor by reducing reliance on toxic agricultural chemicals, ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Phosphorus: Agriculture and the Environment

Phosphorus and its effect on the environment have become hotly contested issues by watershed managers, farmers, lakeside property owners, regulatory agencies, and politicians. This 1121 page monograph is a thorough discussion by 78 experts on topics ranging from the properties and sources of phosphorus in ...

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

State of Food and Agriculture 2001, (The) (En)

Series: FAO Agriculture Series"The State of Food and Agriculture 2001" is FAO's annual report on current developments and issues in world agriculture. It monitors the global agricultural situation as well as the overall economic environment surrounding world agriculture. This year's selected issues ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Sustainable Practices in Surface and Subsurface Micro Irrigation

This new book,Sustainable Practices in Surface and Subsurface Micro Irrigation, offers a vast amount of knowledge and techniques necessary to develop and manage a drip/trickle or micro irrigation system. The information covered has worldwide applicability to irrigation management in ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

System of integrated agricultural censuses and surveys, (A). Volume 1. World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 (English)

The World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 (WCA 2010) is intended to assist countries in the conduct of their national census of agriculture. It provides guidance on the integrated system approach to agricultural censuses and surveys and recommends, for the first time, a modular approach to the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Sustainable Agriculture: From Common Principles to Common Practice

The International Forum on Assessing Sustainability in Agriculture(INFASA) was established by IISD and the Swiss College of Agriculture in 2006. INFASA aims to advance sustainable agricultural production by facilitating an ongoing strategic dialogue among scientists, policy-makers, producers, food industry ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Governance, coordination and distribution along commodity value chains. Rome, 4-5 April 2006 (En)

Series: FAO Commodities and Trade ProceedingsSignificant changes are taking place in the value chain for many agricultural commodities, particularly those fresh products destined for supermarket shelves. The changing patterns of these value chains in agriculture affect equity between producers and buyers and ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Conservation Agriculture...when agriculture is profitable and sustainable. - Agricultura de Conservación...cuando la agricultura es rentable y sosteni

Series: FAO Land and Water Digital Media Series - CD-ROMThis CD-ROM contains detailed information and literature about Conservation Agriculture to improve the knowledge base of those interested in this concept of sustainable agriculture. It will provide technical staff as well as policy-makers with ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Syrian agriculture at the crossroads (En)

Series: FAO Agricultural Policy and Economic Development SeriesThis publication presents a review of past and current agricultural policies in the Syrian Arab Republic. Part One illustrates the conditions and the contribution of the agriculture sector to the national economy. Part Two examines the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Agrometeorology: Principles and Applications of Climate Studies in Agriculture

Agrometeorology: Principles and Applications of Climate Studies in Agriculture is a much-needed reference resource on the practice of merging the science of meteorology with the service of agriculture. Written in a concise, straightforward style, the book presents examples of clinical applications (methods, ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Evolving structure of world agricultural trade, (The). Implications for trade policy and trade agreements

The objective of this book is to highlight and analyze several factors impinging on future agricultural trade developments. These factors include rapidly changing food demand patterns arising from economic growth and associated urbanisation; the level and nature of support and protection provided to ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Two essays on climate change and agriculture. A developing country perspective (En)

Series: FAO Economic and Social Development PapersThe agricultural sector is closely linked to climate change. Agriculture has a significant impact on the process of climatic change while the latter has a potential effect on agricultural production. There is still considerable uncertainty surrounding the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

First Wave Agricultural Revolution

Alvin Toffler's First Wave began approximately 10,000 years ago. That time marked the end of the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic) and the beginning of the New Stone Age or the Neolithic. This is approximately when the Agricultural Revolution started. People began clearing land and tilling the soil in order to ...

By Waves of the Future

Summary of world food and agricultural statistics 2003 (En)

This report shows a broad range of statistics pertaining to world food and agriculture. It presents, where appropriate, the differences between developed and developing countries, continents and regions. It is hoped that managers and policy-makers dealing with international issues relating to food and ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Potential extension of the Customs Union between Turkey and the EU (The). A report on the impact of including agricultural products in the Customs Uni

Series: FAO Agricultural Policy and Economic Development SeriesThis study investigates alternative options for future agricultural policies in Turkey in the context of its agricultural trade relations with the EU. The main findings are that liberalization of agricultural markets would lead to considerable ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Multilingual glossary of biotechnology for food and agriculture. Glossaire multilingue de la biotechnologie pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture. Glos

This CD-ROM contains the Arabic, English, French ,Spanish and Russian versions of the FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture (ISBN 978-92-5-0061795). It provides consolidated, comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible list of terms and acronyms used regularly in biotechnology and its application to ...

By Earthprint Ltd