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Publisher: post typhoon sky inc
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9788489206397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLand - system mapping for seed-based agrotechnology transfer; Description of the land systems map and landscape facets; Climate; Landscapes; Soil classification; Soil physical and chemical properties; Adapting seed-based agrotechnology to local conditions: some guidelines.
Author: Thomas T. Cochrane
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLand - system mapping for seed-based agrotechnology transfer; Description of the land systems map and landscape facets; Climate; Landscapes; Soil classification; Soil physical and chemical properties; Adapting seed-based agrotechnology to local conditions: some guidelines.
Author: Thomas T. Cochrane
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Published: 1985
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKGuia de climas, paisagens e solos para agronomos na Amazonia, o pedemonte Andino, Brasil Central e Orenoco. Legenda para o mapa de sistemas de terra. Zonas individuais do mapa de sistemas de terra. Resumo de computador y descricoes dos perfis de solos dos sistemas de terra. Contem mapa.
Author: Otto Thomas Solbrig
Publisher: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 558
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the world transitions from an industrial society to an information society, agriculture has undergone a dramatic transformation. Food production in the 20th century was transformed by three revolutions: first mechanical, then genetic, and finally chemical. Now, in the 21st century, agriculture is going through at least two more revolutions: an information technology revolution leading to precision farming, and a biotechnology revolution leading to genetically engineered crops. Organized by Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies with the collaboration of the Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environment, this interdisciplinary volume examines the impact of a variety of new technological, social, and economic trends on the rural environment.
Author: John H. Vandermeer
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2002-12-03
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1420039881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTropical areas present ecological, cultural and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. The tropical environment is special in many ways, from the lack of a biological down season (winter), to generally poor soil conditions, to a reliance on traditional methods of agriculture in an undeveloped soci
Author: Marie Hrabanski
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781315651095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force, the founding of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2012 was the outcome of a long process of setting biodiversity issues at the top of the global environmental agenda. With contributions from more than a dozen well-renowned researchers in political science, law and sociology, this book analyzes IPBES functioning and challenges in terms of the knowledge selection process and actors involved. The book reveals that, through its conceptual framework, IPBES promotes a pluralistic view of nature that calls for a broadening of the disciplinary frontiers. It combines natural science and social science research and also includes indigenous and local knowledge. IPBES is considered to represent the institutionalization of a permanent knowledge assessment on biodiversity and is often referred to as an IPCC success story, constituting a new stage in global environmental governance. In analyzing the knowledge selection process for IPBES decision making, the book better situates IPBES within the biodiversity and global governance domain. It ultimately argues that the establishment of IPBES provides a new opportunity to coordinate the different international conventions (CBD, RAMSAR, CITES, etc.) and initiatives (international assessment of marine biology, scientific programs, funding, etc.).
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: B.R. Stinner
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012-12-02
Total Pages: 645
ISBN-13: 0444597956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe increased use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in crop production has adversely affected both the environment and the agricultural economy. Not only has it led to environmental pollution, but also the increasing costs of chemical inputs and the low prices received for agricultural products have contributed to economic unprofitability and instability.The International Symposium on Agricultural Ecology and Environment was organised in order to discuss ways of achieving the goals of economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture. It is apparent that a truly multidisciplinary effort is required and for this reason the meeting was attended by authors from many different disciplines and geographical locations. Although their papers reflect a wide diversity of agroecosystem types and examples, several common themes emerge: the increased importance of biotic control of ecosystem processes in lower input systems; the key role of soil organic matter in stabilizing nutrient cycling; the importance of agricultural landscape diversity and complexity; the importance of studying ecological processes in natural and agricultural ecosystems; the critical need to integrate socio-economic and ecological approaches.
