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Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Organic farming

Advances in Pest Management and Pest Control (Hardcover): Edwin Tan Advances in Pest Management and Pest Control (Hardcover)
Edwin Tan
R3,188 R2,885 Discovery Miles 28 850 Save R303 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Encyclopedia of Fungicides: Volume II (Benefits and Drawbacks) (Hardcover): Chris Frost Encyclopedia of Fungicides: Volume II (Benefits and Drawbacks) (Hardcover)
Chris Frost
R2,726 R2,478 Discovery Miles 24 780 Save R248 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Encyclopedia of Fungicides: Volume I (Animal and Plant Disease) (Hardcover): Chris Frost Encyclopedia of Fungicides: Volume I (Animal and Plant Disease) (Hardcover)
Chris Frost
R3,175 R2,872 Discovery Miles 28 720 Save R303 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture - A Practical Guide for Farmers, Smallholders and Gardeners (Paperback): Sepp Holzer Sepp Holzer's Permaculture - A Practical Guide for Farmers, Smallholders and Gardeners (Paperback)
Sepp Holzer
R621 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 1,500 meters above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, with the farmhouse neatly nestling amongst them. This is in dramatic contrast to his neighbors' spruce monocultures.In this book, Holzer shares the skill and knowledge acquired over his lifetime. He covers every aspect of his farming methods, not just how to create a holistic system on the farm itself, but how to make a living from it. Holzer writes about everything from the overall concepts, down to the practical details.In Sepp Holzer's Permaculturereaders will learn:

How he sets up a permaculture system

The fruit varieties he has found best for permaculture growing

How to construct terraces, ponds, and waterways

How to build shelters for animals and how to work with them on the land

How to cultivate edible mushrooms in the garden and on the farm

and much more

Holzer offers a wealth of information for the gardener, smallholder or alternative farmer yet the book's greatest value is the attitudes it teaches. He reveals the thinking processes based on principles found in nature that create his productive systems. These can be applied anywhere.

The Soil and Health - A Study of Organic Agriculture (Hardcover): Albert Howard The Soil and Health - A Study of Organic Agriculture (Hardcover)
Albert Howard
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Re-Thinking Organic Food and Farming in a Changing World (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Bernhard Freyer, Jim Bingen Re-Thinking Organic Food and Farming in a Changing World (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Bernhard Freyer, Jim Bingen
R3,380 R2,129 Discovery Miles 21 290 Save R1,251 (37%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is based on the assumption that "organic has lost its way". Paradoxically, it comes at a time when we witness the continuing of growth in organic food production and markets around the world. Yet, the book claims that organic has lost sight of its first or fundamental philosophical principles and ontological assumptions. The collection offers empirically grounded discussions that address the principles and fundamental assumptions of organic farming and marketing practices. The book draws attention to the core principles of organic and offers different clearly articulated and well-defined conceptual frameworks that offer new insights into organic practices. Divided into five parts, the book presents new perspectives on enduring issues, examines standards and certification, gives insights into much-discussed and additional market and consumer issues, and reviews the interplay of organic and conventional farming. The book concludes with a framework for rethinking ethics in the organic movement and reflections on the positioning of organic ethics.

Diddly Squat - The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller (Paperback): Jeremy Clarkson Diddly Squat - The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller (Paperback)
Jeremy Clarkson 1
R295 R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Pull on your wellies, grab your flat cap and join Jeremy Clarkson in this hilarious and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the infamous Diddly Squat Farm THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny . . . will have you in stitches' Time Out _________ Welcome to Clarkson's farm. It's always had a nice ring to it. Jeremy just never thought that one day his actual job would be 'a farmer'. And, sadly, it doesn't mean he's any good at it. From buying the wrong tractor (Lamborghini, since you ask . . .) to formation combine harvesting, getting tied-up in knots of red tape to chasing viciously athletic cows, our hero soon learns that enthusiasm alone might not be enough. Jeremy may never succeed in becoming master of his land, but, as he's discovering, the fun lies in the trying . . . _________ 'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard Praise for Clarkson's Farm: 'The best thing Clarkson's done . . . it pains me to say this' GUARDIAN 'Shockingly hopeful' INDEPENDENT 'Even the most committed Clarkson haters will find him likeable here' TELEGRAPH 'Quite lovely' THE TIMES

Humusphere - Humus, a Substance or a Living System? (Paperback): Herwig Pommeresche Humusphere - Humus, a Substance or a Living System? (Paperback)
Herwig Pommeresche
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Economics of Organic Farming (Hardcover): Sudheer Economics of Organic Farming (Hardcover)
Sudheer
R1,318 Discovery Miles 13 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Integrated Pest Management and Pest Control (Hardcover): Edwin Tan Integrated Pest Management and Pest Control (Hardcover)
Edwin Tan
R3,180 R2,877 Discovery Miles 28 770 Save R303 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Social Farming - Healing Humanity and the Earth (Paperback): Karl Koenig Social Farming - Healing Humanity and the Earth (Paperback)
Karl Koenig
R456 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R42 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'The task is to create a form of social life by which the soil, the plants, the animals are in harmony with each other.' -- Karl Koenig Karl Koenig was deeply concerned for the relationship between the earth and humanity, and how landscape, plants and animals contribute to that relationship. This book presents sixteen lectures and essays by Koenig, which explore the connection between biodynamics, domestic animals, elemental beings and many other aspects of farming and agriculture, all the time looking for how harmony and balance can be achieved in relation to the needs of human beings. This includes a revised edition of material previously published in Earth and Man.

Weed and Pest Control: Myriad Concerns (Hardcover): Jordan Smith Weed and Pest Control: Myriad Concerns (Hardcover)
Jordan Smith
R2,493 R2,273 Discovery Miles 22 730 Save R220 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Welcome to The Funny Farm - A Year in the Life of our Little Farm (Hardcover): Carolyn Sanders Welcome to The Funny Farm - A Year in the Life of our Little Farm (Hardcover)
Carolyn Sanders
R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Farming and Gardening for Health or Disease (Hardcover): Albert Howard Farming and Gardening for Health or Disease (Hardcover)
Albert Howard
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Tiny But Mighty Farm - Cultivating high yields, community, and self-sufficiency from a home farm (Paperback): Jill Ragan The Tiny But Mighty Farm - Cultivating high yields, community, and self-sufficiency from a home farm (Paperback)
Jill Ragan
R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Organic Farming, Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Stephane Bellon, Servane Penvern Organic Farming, Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Stephane Bellon, Servane Penvern
R7,698 Discovery Miles 76 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Stakeholders show a growing interest for organic food and farming (OF&F), which becomes a societal component. Rather than questioning whether OF&F outperforms conventional agriculture or not, the main question addressed in this book is how, and in what conditions, OF&F may be considered as a prototype towards sustainable agricultures. The book gathers 25 papers introduced in a first chapter. The first section investigates OF&F production processes and its capacity to benefit from the systems functioning to achieve higher self-sufficiency. The second one proposes an overview of organic performances providing commodities and public goods. The third one focuses on organics development pathways within agri-food systems and territories. As well asa strong theoretical component, this book provides an overview of the new challenges for research and development. It questions the benefits as well as knowledge gaps with a particular emphasis on bottlenecks and lock-in effects at various levels."

Regenerative Soil - The Science & Solutions - the 2nd Edition (Hardcover): Matt Powers Regenerative Soil - The Science & Solutions - the 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
Matt Powers
R2,147 Discovery Miles 21 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods (Hardcover): Niels Halberg, Adrian Muller Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods (Hardcover)
Niels Halberg, Adrian Muller
R4,520 Discovery Miles 45 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with developed countries. It covers market-oriented approaches and challenges for OA as part of high value chains and as an agro-ecologically based development for improving food security. It demonstrates the often unrecognised roles that organic farming can play in climate change, food security and sovereignty, carbon sequestration, cost internalisations, ecosystems services, human health and the restoration of degraded landscapes. The chapters specifically provide readers with: an overview of the state of research on OA from socio-economic, environmental and agro-ecological perspectives an analysis of the current and potential role of OA in improving livelihoods of farmers, in sustainable value chain development, and in implementation of agro-ecological methods proposed strategies for exploiting and improving the potential of OA and overcoming the constraints for further development a review of the strengths and weaknesses of OA in a sustainable development context

Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Eric Lichtfouse Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Eric Lichtfouse
R5,858 Discovery Miles 58 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed, sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Bioorganic Phase in Natural Food: An Overview (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): S. Mohana Roopan, G. Madhumitha Bioorganic Phase in Natural Food: An Overview (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
S. Mohana Roopan, G. Madhumitha
R2,919 Discovery Miles 29 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The focus of this singular work is to discuss the role and importance of bioorganic phase in food products-providing the first major reference source for researchers looking to understand all aspects of the isolation, extraction and application of this major element in natural foods. From the identifying features to its applications through biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, this book covers all of the important aspects of bioorganic phase and points to future uses and methods. With chapters focusing on phase extraction and application, food product synthesis and nanoparticle application, Bioorganic Phase in Natural Food: An Overview covers both conventional and non-conventional approaches for the extraction of bioorganic phase from various food sources. Toxicity studies in nanoparticles are presented, and the vital role played by bioorganic phase toward nanoparticles synthesis is outlined in full. For any researcher looking for complete coverage of all main aspects of bioorganic phase in foods, this work provides a comprehensive and well-researched view of this important subject. .

Organic Crop Production - Ambitions and Limitations (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Holger Kirchmann, Lars Bergstrom Organic Crop Production - Ambitions and Limitations (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Holger Kirchmann, Lars Bergstrom
R4,493 Discovery Miles 44 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many people believe that organic agriculture is a solution for various problems related to food production. Organic agriculture is supposed to produce healthier products, does not pollute the environment, improves the fertility of soils, saves fossil fuels and enables high biodiversity. This book has been written to provide scientifically based information on organic agriculture such as crop yields, food safety, nutrient use efficiency, leaching, long-term sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions and energy aspects. A number of scientists working with questions related to organic agriculture were invited to present the most recent research and to address critical issues. An unbiased selection of literature, facts rather than standpoints, and scientifically-based examinations instead of wishful thinking will help the reader be aware of difficulties involved with organic agriculture. Organic agriculture, which originates from philosophies of nature, has often outlined key goals to reach long-term sustainability but practical solutions are lacking. The central tasks of agriculture - to produce sufficient food of high quality without harmful effects on the environment - seem to be difficult to achieve through exclusively applying organic principles ruling out many valuable possibilities and solutions.

Organic Fertilisation, Soil Quality and Human Health (Hardcover, 2012 ed.): Eric Lichtfouse Organic Fertilisation, Soil Quality and Human Health (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Eric Lichtfouse
R4,398 Discovery Miles 43 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Growing Life - Regenerating Farming & Ranching (Paperback): Andre Leu Growing Life - Regenerating Farming & Ranching (Paperback)
Andre Leu
R875 Discovery Miles 8 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Instant Insights: Conservation Tillage in Agriculture (Paperback): Maike Krauss, Paul Mader, Josephine Peigne, Julia Cooper,... Instant Insights: Conservation Tillage in Agriculture (Paperback)
Maike Krauss, Paul Mader, Josephine Peigne, Julia Cooper, Theodor Friedrich, …
R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on conservation tillage in agriculture. The first chapter reviews types of tillage and soil disturbance and how different soil management techniques affect the cropping cycle. The chapter also discusses how soil disturbance can be minimised during key farming operations. The second chapter describes the principles of Conservation Agriculture (CA), looking primarily at soil management. It also examines the key concepts of no-tillage agriculture, as well as the environmental and economic benefits these techniques offer. The third chapter discusses the role of conservation tillage in organic farming, reviewing over 20 years of practical, on-farm research. It outlines the main benefits associated with conservation tillage, whilst also considering the challenges that arise with its implementation and how these can be addressed. The fourth chapter explores the emergence of conservation tillage (CT) as an innovation to address stagnant wheat yields in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia. The chapter explores the benefits of CT for soil health and crop yields, and highlights current obstacles facing region-wide adoption of CT. The final chapter reviews the advantages of zero-till maize cultivation, including reduced soil erosion and nutrient losses. It also summarises best management practices to optimise zero-till maize systems.

Instant Insights: Crops as Livestock Feed (Paperback): Kristin Hales, Jeferson Lourenco, Darren S. Seidel, Osman Yasir Koyun,... Instant Insights: Crops as Livestock Feed (Paperback)
Kristin Hales, Jeferson Lourenco, Darren S. Seidel, Osman Yasir Koyun, Dylan Davis, …
R1,284 Discovery Miles 12 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This specially curated collection features five reviews of current and key research on crops as livestock feed. The first chapter reviews the impact of feeding ruminants cereal grains on animal physiology and health. The chapter explores the use of starch-containing cereal grains as a feedstuff to improve animal efficiency and performance, as well as to reduce the environmental footprint of ruminant animal production. The second chapter discusses key environmental trade-offs in the use of crops as livestock feed. It reviews key elements in trade-off analysis and explores opportunities for making better use of existing feed resources and producing more feed biomass of higher fodder quality. The third chapter reviews ways of optimising the use of barley for animal feed, from production and breeding through to the application of new technologies such as near infrared spectroscopy and molecular markers. The fourth chapter reviews the use of sorghum as an important source of fodder and forage. It reviews the different types of sorghum used for forage and other applications, and then provides a detailed discussion of the use of forage sorghum as feed for ruminants. The final chapter discusses the use of soybean meal (SBM) as an animal feed. It assesses the nutritional content of SBM, as well dealing with its anti-nutritive compounds in optimising its use.

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