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Agricultural Biocatalysis - Enzymes in Agriculture and Industry (Hardcover): Peter Jeschke, Evgeni B Starikov Agricultural Biocatalysis - Enzymes in Agriculture and Industry (Hardcover)
Peter Jeschke, Evgeni B Starikov
R11,440 Discovery Miles 114 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Compiles the recent agricultural-biocatalysis research results by interdisciplinary teams from international institutes for chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, and materials and chemical engineering, Investigates important agricultural-biocatalytic topics related to biochemical conversions or bioremediation, modern biological and chemical applications Covers the research on plant and soil enzymes, herbicide tolerant traits, biochemical conversions, including aspects from bioremediation, plant viruses, and evaluation of the agricultural enzymes market.

Agricultural Biocatalysis - Biological and Chemical Applications (Hardcover): Peter Jeschke, Evgeni Starikov Agricultural Biocatalysis - Biological and Chemical Applications (Hardcover)
Peter Jeschke, Evgeni Starikov
R8,055 Discovery Miles 80 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Compiles the recent agricultural-biocatalysis research results by interdisciplinary teams from international institutes for chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, and materials and chemical engineering, Investigating important agricultural-biocatalytic topics related to biochemical conversions or bioremediation, modern biological and chemical applications Covers the research on biological control, plant uptake and plant growth aspects, plant stress, including genome editing in plants, and selected agrochemical classes as well as the importance of modern chiral agrochemicals.

Concise Textbook of Equine Clinical Practice Book 2 - Reproduction and the Foal (Hardcover): Tracey Chenier, Charles D. Cooke,... Concise Textbook of Equine Clinical Practice Book 2 - Reproduction and the Foal (Hardcover)
Tracey Chenier, Charles D. Cooke, Graham Munroe, Victoria Scott
R4,639 Discovery Miles 46 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With advancing technology, students are getting accustomed to evermore portable resources on their phones - quick reference texts are therefore required to compete with this shift in approach. Where easy layouts assist with faster clinical reasoning, or ambulatory practice provides poor signal, printed text still out-competes digital technologies. Affordable and concise, this visually engaging concise textbook is easy to use as a revision aid and take on placement (veterinary EMS - Extra-mural studies). The spiralbound format allows it to lay flat when referred to in practice, adding another level of practical use. The emphasis will be on those things regularly available to general practitioners with minimal information of advanced techniques. Similar to the popular MiniVet guide, but for Equine: fills a gap for a concise, quick and easy practical reference for students in Equine practice. There’s a clear market for books that focus on best practices, protocols, flowcharts and treatment management for equine pathologies and thus provide a direct clinical approach to cases and clinical reasoning. The book is clearly divided into sub-sections, i.e., etiology, differential diagnosis etc. This makes it simple to follow and useful to apply to cases. The high quantity of pictures and diagrams help understanding of each different condition. International readership Can be bought as a single text or as a package with other books in the Equine Concise Textbook series Distills key information from 'Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction 2E' which has previously been out of the student price range.

Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains - Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods (Hardcover): David Burch,... Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains - Transformations in the Production and Consumption of Foods (Hardcover)
David Burch, Geoffrey Lawrence
R3,797 Discovery Miles 37 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the gradual shift in the distribution of power in agri-food supply chains, away from the manufacturers of branded food products to the global supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco. This transformation has had a profound effect on the food we eat, together with the ways in which food is produced, processed and marketed. The authors assess the causes and consequences of this transformation, and evaluate the impacts along the whole supply chain. The book considers a variety of theoretical and cultural approaches to the analysis of change in the organization and management of the agri-food supply chain, and presents a series of studies focusing upon the effects of changes in Europe, North America and less developed countries. The impacts on farmers and workers, and implications for the environment, are also considered. The contested nature of these changes suggests a number of possible future scenarios for the global agri-food system, which are also analysed and evaluated. This book will be of great interest to postgraduate and undergraduate students in business studies, sociology, politics, geography, and cultural studies. Academic researchers and teachers, and policy makers and researchers in business, government and industry will also find much of interest.

Macrocyclic Receptors for Environmental and Biosensing Applications (Hardcover): Satish Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Rachana Sahney,... Macrocyclic Receptors for Environmental and Biosensing Applications (Hardcover)
Satish Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Rachana Sahney, Priya Ranjan Sahoo, Violet Rajeshwari Macwan, …
R5,419 Discovery Miles 54 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Covers important supramolecules. Contains compilation of the different threads of supramolecular chemistry. Covers important supramolecules. Covers important environmental and biological applications. Covers important techniques at relevant places.

Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security - Commercial, Ethical and Health Considerations (Hardcover): Jasmeet Kour, Vishal... Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security - Commercial, Ethical and Health Considerations (Hardcover)
Jasmeet Kour, Vishal Sharma, Imtiyaz Khanday
R3,782 Discovery Miles 37 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

reviews a wide-range of genetically modified (GM) crops, to understand how they are produced, the impacts on the agricultural industry, and the potential for improving food security. examines how food security can be achieved through GM crops. provides an important synthesis of GM crops from their commercial value to the agricultural industry, as well as their potential for improving food security. will be of great interest to students and scholars of agricultural engineering, crop science, food biotechology, food security and those interested in food and agriculture and sustainable development more broadly.

Towards an Ecological Intellectual Property - Reconfiguring Relationships Between People and Plants in Ecuador (Hardcover):... Towards an Ecological Intellectual Property - Reconfiguring Relationships Between People and Plants in Ecuador (Hardcover)
David J. Jefferson
R3,845 Discovery Miles 38 450 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book focuses on analysing how legal systems set the terms for interactions between human beings and plants. The story that the book recounts is one of experimental lawmaking in Ecuador, a country where over the past decade, governmental officials and civil society advocates have attempted to reconfigure how human individuals and institutions relate to nature, by following an "eco-centric" approach to lawmaking. In doing so, Ecuadorian legislators, administrators, and judges have taken seriously the ontologies of non-human entities, including plants, through a process that has required the continuous navigation of tensions with certain "logics" that pervade conventional legal regimes. The book endeavours to disrupt these conventional assumptions and approaches to lawmaking by taking seriously alternative strategies to reconstitute interactions between people and plants. In doing so, the book argues in favour of an "ecological turn" in laws that govern vegetal life. The analysis is based on a close examination of the experiences that lawmakers in Ecuador have had when experimenting with innovative approaches to re-form relationships between human and non-human beings. Concretely, these experiments have yielded constitutional, legislative, and regulatory changes that inform the inquiry of how intellectual property and plant genetic resources laws - both in Ecuador and worldwide - could become more "ecological" in nature. The argument that the book develops is based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and empirical research in Ecuador, complemented by archival and doctrinal legal analysis. The contents of the book will be of interest to an academic audience of legal scholars and postgraduate students in law, in addition to scholars and students in the fields of anthropology, sociology, socio-legal studies, and science and technology studies.

Conservation Agriculture in India - A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production (Hardcover): A. R. Sharma Conservation Agriculture in India - A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production (Hardcover)
A. R. Sharma
R4,377 Discovery Miles 43 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the current situation, levels of adoption, management practices, and the future outlook of conservation agriculture in India, and also in other tropical and subtropical regions of the world. While conservation agriculture is proposed as an important means to combat climate change, improve crop productivity and food affordability, and to protect the environment, the adoption of conservation agriculture in India, and south-east Asia more broadly, has been slow. This volume reflects on the current status of conservation agriculture in India, asking why adoption has been slow and putting forward strategies to improve its uptake. The chapters cover the various aspects of crop management such as soil, water, nutrients, weeds, crop residues, machinery, and energy, in a range of environments, including irrigated and rainfed regions. The impact of climate change and the economic considerations behind the adoption of conservation agriculture are also discussed. The volume concludes by discussing the future outlook for conservation agriculture in India, in particular drawing out parallels with other tropical and subtropical regions of the world. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture, crop and soil management, and environmental and natural resource management.

Concise Textbook of Equine Clinical Practice Book 1 - Lameness (Hardcover): Antonio Cruz, Graham Munroe, Michael Schramme Concise Textbook of Equine Clinical Practice Book 1 - Lameness (Hardcover)
Antonio Cruz, Graham Munroe, Michael Schramme
R4,657 Discovery Miles 46 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With advancing technology, students are getting accustomed to evermore portable resources on their phones - pocketbook texts are therefore required to compete with this shift in approach. Where easy layouts assist with faster clinical reasoning, or ambulatory practice provides poor signal, printed text still out-competes digital technologies. Affordable and concise, this visually engaging concise textbook is easy to use as a revision aid and take on placement (veterinary EMS - Extra-mural studies). The spiralbound format allows it to lay flat when referred to in practice, adding another level of practical use. The emphasis will be on those things regularly available to general practitioners with minimal information of advanced techniques. Similar to the popular MiniVet guide, but for Equine: fills a gap for a concise, quick and easy practical reference for students in Equine practice. There’s a clear market for books that focus on best practices, protocols, and treatment management for equine pathologies and thus provide a direct clinical approach to cases and clinical reasoning. The book is clearly divided into sub-sections, i.e., etiology, differential diagnosis etc. This makes it simple to follow and useful to apply to cases. The high quantity of pictures and diagrams help understanding of each different condition. International readership Can be bought as a single text or as a package with other books in the Equine ConciseTextbook series Distills key information from 'Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction 2E' which has previously been out of the student price range.

Endophyte Biology - Recent Findings from the Kashmir Himalayas (Hardcover): Zahoor Ahmed Wani, Masroor Qadri, Palak Arora,... Endophyte Biology - Recent Findings from the Kashmir Himalayas (Hardcover)
Zahoor Ahmed Wani, Masroor Qadri, Palak Arora, Khalid Rehman Hakeem
R4,433 Discovery Miles 44 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume, Endophyte Biology: Recent Findings from the Kashmir Himalayas, is a unique compilation of the original, latest, and updated information on endophyte biology of the Kashmir Himalayas. The book presents an introduction to and definition of endophytes, the endophytic diversity of some important plants of the Kashmir Himalayas, bioprospection of endophytes for various drug metabolites, sustainable agriculture, and more. This book discusses the applications of endophytes in the agriculture, aroma, and pharmaceutical industries. Endophyte biology, the study of microorganisms, often fungi and bacteria, which live within living plant tissues, is an emerging discipline of science with a multitude of applications in ecology, agriculture, and industry. Despite having huge diversity of plants, the information about the endophyte biology is still in its infancy in this part of the world, and this book is an attempt to bridge the information gap on endophyte biology pertaining to the Kashmir Himalayas. This book will serve as a manual for research scholars as it presents the methodologies and techniques involved in endophyte biology research that can be applied in other regions of the world. Supplemented with illustrations, figures, and tables, the volume is a valuable reference for teachers and students at graduate and undergraduate level in colleges and universities as well as for scientists, researchers, and others.

The Science and Technology of the Environment (Hardcover): James G. Speight The Science and Technology of the Environment (Hardcover)
James G. Speight
R4,493 Discovery Miles 44 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Understanding current environmental issues requires having a critical eye to all information related to the release and distribution of chemicals into the environment. This new book offers scientists, researchers, and students an essential understanding of natural environments and the way in which they function by providing clear explanations of the fundamental aspects of environmental science and technology from a multidisciplinary perspective. Written in a convenient and easy-to-read style, this volume covers the important aspects of environmental science and technology, focusing on the many issues that are related to the effects of chemical waste on various ecosystems as well as on pollutant mitigation and clean-up. The volume discusses several key environmental problems such as pollution, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and global warming affecting the Earth’s atmosphere, aquasphere, and geosphere over the past four decades. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to explain the environmental conditions of earth affected by physical, chemical, biological, and human interactions that transform and transport materials and energy. The Science and Technology of the Environment is a ready-at-hand guide to the many issues that are related to the effects of chemicals on various ecosystems as well as to pollutant mitigation and clean-up that will be valuable to students at all levels as well as a refresher for scientists, researchers, policymakers, and others.

Evolving Neural Crest Cells (Paperback): Brian Frank Eames, Daniel Meulemans Medeiros, Igor Adameyko Evolving Neural Crest Cells (Paperback)
Brian Frank Eames, Daniel Meulemans Medeiros, Igor Adameyko
R1,504 Discovery Miles 15 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Vertebrates possess lineage-specific characteristics. These include paired anterior sense organs and a robust, modular head skeleton built of cellular cartilage and bone. All of these structures are derived, at least partly, from an embryonic tissue unique vertebrates - the neural crest. The evolutionary history of the neural crest, and neural crest cells, has been difficult to reconstruct. This volume will use a comparative approach to survey the development of the neural crest in vertebrates, and neural crest-like cells, across the metazoa. This information will be used to reveal neural crest evolution and identify the genomic, genetic, and gene-regulatory changes that drove them. Key selling features: Summarizes the data regarding neural crest cells and nerural crest derivatives Uses a broad-based comparative approach Suggests hypothesis that the origin of neural crest cells involved the novel co-activation of ancient metazoan gene programs in neural border cells Illustrates how the emergences of neural crest made possible the diversification of vertebrate heads

Religion and Nature Conservation - Global Case Studies (Paperback): Radhika Borde, Alison A Ormsby, Stephen M Awoyemi, Andrew... Religion and Nature Conservation - Global Case Studies (Paperback)
Radhika Borde, Alison A Ormsby, Stephen M Awoyemi, Andrew G. Gosler
R1,166 Discovery Miles 11 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- presents a broad array of global case studies exploring the interaction between religion and the conservation of nature, reflecting on both successes and failures - importantly, it gives voice to the religious practitioners and adherents themselves, where they discuss their personal motivation as conservationists and how religion energises their commitment to the conservation of other species and ecosystems - includes case studies covering a variety of religions, faiths and practicies, including traditional, indigenous, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jain, Judiasm, Shinto, and Zoroastrianism - will be of great interest to students and scholars of nature conservation, environment and religion, cultural geography and ethnobiology, as well as practitioners and professionals working in conservation

Religion and Nature Conservation - Global Case Studies (Hardcover): Radhika Borde, Alison A Ormsby, Stephen M Awoyemi, Andrew... Religion and Nature Conservation - Global Case Studies (Hardcover)
Radhika Borde, Alison A Ormsby, Stephen M Awoyemi, Andrew G. Gosler
R3,788 Discovery Miles 37 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- presents a broad array of global case studies exploring the interaction between religion and the conservation of nature, reflecting on both successes and failures - importantly, it gives voice to the religious practitioners and adherents themselves, where they discuss their personal motivation as conservationists and how religion energises their commitment to the conservation of other species and ecosystems - includes case studies covering a variety of religions, faiths and practicies, including traditional, indigenous, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jain, Judiasm, Shinto, and Zoroastrianism - will be of great interest to students and scholars of nature conservation, environment and religion, cultural geography and ethnobiology, as well as practitioners and professionals working in conservation

Winemaking - Basics and Applied Aspects (Paperback): Ramesh C. Ray, V.K. Joshi Winemaking - Basics and Applied Aspects (Paperback)
Ramesh C. Ray, V.K. Joshi
R2,601 Discovery Miles 26 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wine is one of the oldest forms of alcoholic beverages known to man. Estimates date its origins back to 6000 B.C. Ever since, it has occupied a significant role in our lives, be it for consumption, social virtues, therapeutic value, its flavoring in foods, etc. A study of wine production and the technology of winemaking is thus imperative. The preparation of wine involves steps from harvesting the grapes, fermenting the must, maturing the wine, stabilizing it finally, to getting the bottled wine to consumers. The variety of cultivars, methods of production, and style of wine, along with presentation and consumption pattern add to the complexity of winemaking. In the past couple of decades, there have been major technological advances in wine production in the areas of cultivation of grapes, biochemistry and methods of production of different types of wines, usage of analytical techniques has enabled us to produce higher quality wine. The technological inputs of a table wine, dessert wine or sparkling wine, are different and has significance to the consumer. The role played by the killer yeast, recombinant DNA technology, application of enzyme technology and new analytical methods of wine evaluation, all call for a comprehensive review of the advances made. This comprehensive volume provides a holistic view of the basics and applied aspects of wine production and technology. The book comprises production steps, dotted with the latest trends or the innovations in the fields. It draws upon the expertise of leading researchers in the wine making worldwide.

Routledge Handbook of Urban Food Governance (Hardcover): Ana Moragues-Faus, Jill K. Clark, Jane Battersby, Anna Davies Routledge Handbook of Urban Food Governance (Hardcover)
Ana Moragues-Faus, Jill K. Clark, Jane Battersby, Anna Davies
R5,863 Discovery Miles 58 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- the first collection to reflect and compile the currently dispersed histories, concepts and practices involved in the increasingly popular field of urban food governance - contains chapters written by emerging and established scholars, as well as practitioners, the handbook provides a global, diverse and state of the art, examination the role of cities in delivering sustainability and food security outcomes - provides theoretical and practical tools to understand and transform urban food governance to enact more sustainable and just futures - will be essential reading for students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers interested in food governance, urban studies and sustainable development more broadly

Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms (Hardcover): Arun K. Pandey Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms (Hardcover)
Arun K. Pandey
R2,383 Discovery Miles 23 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book offers comprehensive coverage of the important topics including: Flower structure and development Development and structure of male and female gametophytes Pollination biology, Fertilization and Self-incompatibility Endosperm, Embryo and Polyembryony Apomixis and Seed Biology

The Sociology of Farming - Concepts and Methods (Hardcover): Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg The Sociology of Farming - Concepts and Methods (Hardcover)
Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg
R3,785 Discovery Miles 37 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methods of the sociology of farming - presents a comprehensive conceptual framework and the associated methods for research to provide a solid set of tools for unraveling the complexities of farming and rural life - contains a wide array of case studies from places as distant as Brazil, Peru, China, the Netherlands, Italy and Guinea Bissau to help readers grasp the commonalities that underlie strongly diversified and divided rural worlds - lists over two hundred and thirty basic concepts, and includes method boxes that discuss the main methods of the sociology of farming - essential reading for students and scholars of food and agriculture, agrarian studies, rural development, food and farming systems, peasant studies and environmental sociology

Design by Fire - Resistance, Co-Creation and Retreat in the Pyrocene (Hardcover): Emily Schlickman, Brett Milligan Design by Fire - Resistance, Co-Creation and Retreat in the Pyrocene (Hardcover)
Emily Schlickman, Brett Milligan
R4,070 Discovery Miles 40 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The topic of wildfire is currently receiving a lot of attention in international media. This is the case right now with conflagrations stretching across the American West. This has also been the case over the past few years with fires in Australia, Chile, Brazil, Portugal, and South Africa, among others. While most publications on this topic unpack one scale of intervention—defensible space for protecting individual homes—this book will study a range of potential tactics, from a watershed management scale down to a molecular scale. It aims to provide a more holistic set of approaches for designers to consider when working between wildland and the built environment. For the case studies, this book will not just draw upon work from professional design firms, as these projects tend to be limited in quantity as well as in scope. Rather, it will draw upon indigenous practices, community-driven projects, and speculative academic proposals to create a larger bank of ideas.

Rural Governance in the UK - Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Society (Hardcover): Adrienne Attorp, Sean Heron, Ruth... Rural Governance in the UK - Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Society (Hardcover)
Adrienne Attorp, Sean Heron, Ruth McAreavey
R3,776 Discovery Miles 37 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

provides a multidisciplinary analysis of rural society in a post-Brexit UK by examining the emergence of new environmental and rural policies brings together academics, established and early career, to discuss the impact of Brexit on rural environmental governance and on the wider sustainability of rural society will be of interest to students and scholars of rural development, rural entrepreneurship, rural digital inclusion, environmental policy, sustainable development, land use, agrarian studies and environmental geography.

Milked - Dairy Farms and the Mexican Workers at the Heart of an American Crisis (Hardcover): Ruth Conniff Milked - Dairy Farms and the Mexican Workers at the Heart of an American Crisis (Hardcover)
Ruth Conniff
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A compelling portrayal by the veteran journalist of the lives of farming communities on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border and the surprising connections between them "Conniff brings her skills and insights to a particularly urgent project: moving beyond the polarizing politics of our current era, and taking a deeper look at how people who have been pitted against each other can forge bonds of understanding." -E.J. Dionne Jr., co-author of 100% Democracy Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award In the Midwest, Mexican workers have become critically important to the survival of rural areas and small towns-and to the individual farmers who rely on their work-with undocumented immigrants, mostly from Mexico, accounting for an estimated 80 percent of employees on the dairy farms of western Wisconsin. In Milked, former editor-in-chief of The Progressive Ruth Conniff introduces us to the migrants who worked on these dairy farms, their employers, among them white voters who helped elect Donald Trump to office in 2016, and the surprising friendships that have formed between these two groups of people. These stories offer a rich and fascinating account of how two crises-the record-breaking rate of farm bankruptcies in the Upper Midwest, and the contentious politics around immigration-are changing the landscape of rural America. A unique and fascinating exploration of rural farming communities, Milked sheds light on seismic shifts in policy on both sides of the border over recent decades, connecting issues of labor, immigration, race, food, economics, and U.S.-Mexico relations and revealing how two seemingly disparate groups of people have come to rely on each other, how they are subject to the same global economic forces, and how, ultimately, the bridges of understanding that they have built can lead us toward a more constructive politics and a better world.

Human Resource Management in the Indian Tea Industry (Paperback): Debasish Biswas, Nirmal Roy Human Resource Management in the Indian Tea Industry (Paperback)
Debasish Biswas, Nirmal Roy
R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization policy was advocated in India in 1991 under the supervision of P.V. Narasimha Rao, the then Prime Minister of India. As a consequence, the tea plantation industry was largely affected. It has confronted difficult competition because of the simplification of tariff barriers and the removal of the quantity restrictions on imports. The result of these on the share of export of Indian tea has declined, the price has plunged, and the profitability has reduced. To remain competitive in the market, tea-producing companies have been forced to reduce the various costs, especially labour costs. Due to this, tea companies are not in a position to fulfil their responsibilities such as health, safety, welfare, and working conditions to the workers. Besides, improper recruitment of labour, lack of proper training facilities, and even irregularities in payment of wages have been increased significantly. As a result, 1.2 million workers in the tea industry to sustain themselves and their families have been adversely affected. This leads to labour unrest and the industry has become vulnerable. The final impact of all these issues spreads to the quality of tea and profitability of the industry in India. This book examines the existing human resource management practices in the Indian tea industry. It adopts a simplified yet comprehensive approach to showcase workforce management in the tea industry. This book will be of value to postgraduate students, researchers, HR professionals, and policymakers in the fields of human resource management, business history, and industrial relations.

Food Loss and Waste Policy - From Theory to Practice (Paperback): Simone Busetti, Noemi Pace Food Loss and Waste Policy - From Theory to Practice (Paperback)
Simone Busetti, Noemi Pace
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

examines policy responses to food waste and loss draws on in-depth case studies and action research provides a detailed evaluation of food loss and waste policies will be of great interest to students and scholars working on food waste, food policy, sustainable food systems, agricultural production and supply chains and public policy, as well as policymakers involved with developing and implementing programmes and policies to regulate and reduce food waste and loss

Food Loss and Waste Policy - From Theory to Practice (Hardcover): Simone Busetti, Noemi Pace Food Loss and Waste Policy - From Theory to Practice (Hardcover)
Simone Busetti, Noemi Pace
R3,779 Discovery Miles 37 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

examines policy responses to food waste and loss draws on in-depth case studies and action research provides a detailed evaluation of food loss and waste policies will be of great interest to students and scholars working on food waste, food policy, sustainable food systems, agricultural production and supply chains and public policy, as well as policymakers involved with developing and implementing programmes and policies to regulate and reduce food waste and loss

The Last Hunger Season - A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition):... The Last Hunger Season - A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)
Roger Thurow
R484 R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But this would be no ordinary day, this second Friday of the new year. This was the day Leonida and a group of smallholder farmers in western Kenya would begin their exodus, as she said,"from misery to Canaan," the land of milk and honey.Africa's smallholder farmers, most of whom are women, know misery. They toil in a time warp, living and working essentially as their forebears did a century ago. With tired seeds, meager soil nutrition, primitive storage facilities, wretched roads, and no capital or credit, they harvest less than one-quarter the yields of Western farmers. The romantic ideal of African farmers--rural villagers in touch with nature, tending bucolic fields--is in reality a horror scene of malnourished children, backbreaking manual work, and profound hopelessness. Growing food is their driving preoccupation, and still they don't have enough to feed their families throughout the year. The wanjala --the annual hunger season that can stretch from one month to as many as eight or nine--abides.But in January 2011, Leonida and her neighbours came together and took the enormous risk of trying to change their lives. award-winning author and world hunger activist Roger Thurow spent a year with four of them--Leonida Wanyama, Rasoa Wasike, Francis Mamati, and Zipporah Biketi--to intimately chronicle their efforts. In The Last Hunger Season, he illuminates the profound challenges these farmers and their families face, and follows them through the seasons to see whether, with a little bit of help from a new social enterprise organization called One Acre Fund, they might transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger.The daily dramas of the farmers' lives unfold against the backdrop of a looming global challenge: to feed a growing population, world food production must nearly double by 2050. If these farmers succeed, so might we all.

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