Report of the Tropical Products Institute
Report of the Tropical Products Institute

Author: Tropical Products Institute (Great Britain)

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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Reports for 1959- include the reports of the Tropical Products Institute Committee of the Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Insects of Stored Products
Insects of Stored Products

Author: David P. Rees

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780643069039

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Insect infestations in grains and other stored food and fibre products cause annual losses worth many millions of dollars worldwide. This illustrated guide allows both specialists and non-specialists to identify the major pests of durable stored products found throughout the world.

Pests of Stored Foodstuffs and their Control
Pests of Stored Foodstuffs and their Control

Author: Dennis S. Hill

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0306481316

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This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the pests of stored foodstuffs of all types on a worldwide basis, and as a broad reference text. It is aimed at being complementary to the more detailed and more specific texts that are listed in the References. It does presuppose an adequate basic knowledge of entomology and zoology in the user. The stored products mentioned in the text are commercial products in the widest sense, including all types of plant and animal materials in addition to grain and prepared foodstuffs. Storage is viewed very broadly, from one day on a shelf to several years in a silo, or refrigerated store at -20°C. In many publications the produce surveyed has been restricted to stored grains, because of their obvious importance to human society, and because of the great quantities involved. For many different materials, of both plant and animal origin, there is a shortage of specific information, but it is to be hoped that this situation will gradually be rectified. It should be clearly understood that any reference to animal pests is made in the strict zoological sense, and refers to any members of the Kingdom Animalia. There is a regrettable tendency in some circles to use the term ‘animal’ as being synonymous with ‘mammal’ – a habit to be deplored! There is definite emphasis on animal pests in this text, but micro-organisms are included where relevant.

Paper and the British Empire
Paper and the British Empire

Author: Timo Särkkä

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1000337669

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Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers. Drawing on a valuable range of primary sources, this book covers the period 1861–1960 and examines events from the establishment of free trade backed by the gold standard to Britain’s membership of the European Free Trade Association. In the field of the paper industry, the speed and intensity of the industrialisation process around the globe have been shaped by a wide variety of variables, including the surrounding institutional framework; entrepreneurial and organisational strategies; the cost and accessibility of transport; and the availability of capital, knowledge, energy resources, and technology. The supply of papermaking raw materials has also been key and has historically been the most important determinant for geographical location and dominance. The research in this work focuses on the roles played by such variants, on the one hand, and demand characteristics on the other. In particular, it considers developments connected to a quest for Empire-grown raw materials in order to tackle the problem of the lack of indigenous raw materials and the resulting dependence on Scandinavian wood pulp imports. This text is of considerable interest to advanced students and researchers in economic history, business history, and the paper industry, and will also be useful to organisations working within the pulp and paper industries.