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Valorization of Agro-Industrial Byproducts Sustainable Approaches for Industrial Transformation

Valorization of Agro-Industrial Byproducts Sustainable Approaches for Industrial Transformation

This book covers sustainable approaches for industrial transformation pertaining to valorization of agro-industrial byproducts. Divided into four sections it starts with information about the agro/food industry and its byproducts including their characterization followed by different green technologies (principle process strategies and extraction of bioactive compounds) applied for the management of agro industry byproducts. It further explains biotechnological interventions involved in the value addition of these byproducts. Various regulatory and environmental concerns related to by-product management along with biorefinery concept and future strategies are provided as well. Features: Provides extensive coverage of agro-industrial by products and their environmental impact Details production of value-added products from agro-industrial waste Describes environmental legislations and future strategies Presents multidisciplinary approaches from fundamental to applied and addresses the biorefinery and circular economy Includes innovative approaches and future strategies for management of agro-industrial waste This book is aimed at researchers graduate students and professionals in food science/food engineering bioprocessing/biofuels/bioproducts/biochemicals and agriculture bioeconomy food waste processing post-harvest processing and waste management. | Valorization of Agro-Industrial Byproducts Sustainable Approaches for Industrial Transformation

GBP 160.00
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The Economics of Agro-Chemicals An International Overview of Use Patterns Technical and Institutional Determinants Policies and Perspectives

The Economics of Agro-Chemicals An International Overview of Use Patterns Technical and Institutional Determinants Policies and Perspectives

Published in 1998. This book provides a global overview of agrochemical use against the backdrop of future agricultural production requirements and environmental concerns. From acknowledged experts in their field this book examines the relationship between agro-chemical use and sustainability producer knowledge and policy analysis for less developed and industrialized economies. | The Economics of Agro-Chemicals An International Overview of Use Patterns Technical and Institutional Determinants Policies and Perspectives

GBP 14.99
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Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil Frontiers and Fissures of Agro-neoliberalism

Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil Frontiers and Fissures of Agro-neoliberalism

Due to new production areas and persistent productivity gains Brazil has consolidated its position as a global leader and even as a ‘model’ of commercial integrated crop production. The country is now seen as an agricultural powerhouse that has a lot to offer in terms of reducing the prospect of a looming increasingly global food crisis. Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil focuses on the intensification of Brazilian agribusiness as a privileged entry point into the politicised geography of globalised agri-food. Drawing on rich empirical analysis based around three fieldwork campaigns in the state of Mato Grosso the book examines the connections between farming markets and the apparatus of the state. The importance of agribusiness expansion within the wider politico-economic context of Brazilian neoliberalism is demonstrated thus drawing broader conclusions about the main trends of agribusiness in the world today and providing recommendations for future research. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of agribusiness neoliberalism and global food production as well as those interested in Brazil and Latin America more generally. | Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil Frontiers and Fissures of Agro-neoliberalism

GBP 39.99
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Soy Globalization and Environmental Politics in South America

Soy Globalization and Environmental Politics in South America

Soy in South America constitutes one of the most spectacular booms of agro-industrial commodity production in the world. It is the pinnacle of modernist agro-industrial practices serving as a key nexus in food–feed–fuel production that underpins the agribusiness–conservationist discourse of land sparing through intensification. Yet soy production is implicated in multiple problems beyond deforestation ranging from pesticide drift and contamination to social exclusion and conflicts in frontier zones to concentration of wealth and income among the largest landowners and corporations. This book explores in depth the complex dynamics of soy production from its diverse social settings to its transnational connections examining the politics of commodity and knowledge production the role of the state and the reach of corporate power in everyday life across soy landscapes in South America. Ultimately the collection encourages us to search and struggle for agroecological alternatives through which we may overcome the pitfalls of this massive transnational capitalist agro-industry. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies. | Soy Globalization and Environmental Politics in South America

GBP 38.99
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Predictive Analytics in Smart Agriculture

Predictive Analytics in Smart Agriculture

Predictive Analysis in Smart Agricultureexplores computational engineering techniques and applications in agriculture development. Recent technologies such as cloud computing IoT big data and machine learning are focused on for smart agricultural engineering. The book also provides a case-oriented approach for IoT-based agricultural systems. This book deals with all aspects of smart agriculture with state-of-the-art predictive analysis in the complete 360-degree view spectrum. The book includes the concepts of urban and vertical farming using Agro IoT systems and renewable energy sources for modern agriculture trends. It discusses the real-world challenges complexities in Agro IoT and advantages of incorporating smart technology. It also presents the rapid advancement of the technologies in the existing Agri model by applying the various techniques. Novel architectural solutions in smart agricultural engineering are the core aspects of this book. Several predictive analysis tools and smart agriculture are also incorporated. This book can be used as a textbook for students in predictive analysis agriculture engineering precision farming and smart agriculture. It can also be a reference book for practicing professionals in cloud computing IoT big data machine learning and deep learning working on smart agriculture applications. | Predictive Analytics in Smart Agriculture

GBP 110.00
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Agriculture and East-west European Integration

Agriculture and East-west European Integration

This title was first published in 2000: This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with the European Union related to agriculture. The issues include the comparative advantage of CEEC agriculture and its development under various accession policy scenarios; the likely policy developments in both the CEECs and the EU based on economic social and political economy considerations; the expected economic impacts and adjustment costs for the agro-food sector under various policy outcomes; the most important constraints for integration including policy convergence issues and internal constraints; and how integration will potentially affect trade and labour flows in the Union. The country combines detailed country-specific and region-wide empirical and theoretical analysis. | Agriculture and East-west European Integration

GBP 29.99
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Agriculture and East-west European Integration

Agriculture and East-west European Integration

This title was first published in 2000: This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with the European Union related to agriculture. The issues include the comparative advantage of CEEC agriculture and its development under various accession policy scenarios; the likely policy developments in both the CEECs and the EU based on economic social and political economy considerations; the expected economic impacts and adjustment costs for the agro-food sector under various policy outcomes; the most important constraints for integration including policy convergence issues and internal constraints; and how integration will potentially affect trade and labour flows in the Union. The country combines detailed country-specific and region-wide empirical and theoretical analysis. | Agriculture and East-west European Integration

GBP 74.99
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Herbicide Resistance in Plants Biology and Biochemistry

Herbicide Resistance in Plants Biology and Biochemistry

The late 1980s saw an explosion in the amount and diversity of herbicide resistance posing a threat to crop production in many countries. The rapid escalation in herbicide resistance worldwide and in the understanding of resistance at the population biochemical and molecular level is the focus of this timely book. Leading researchers from North America Australia and Western Europe present lucid reviews that consider the population dynamics and genetics biochemistry and agro-ecology of resistance. Resistance to various herbicides is discussed in detail as well as the mechanisms responsible for cross resistance and multiple resistance. This reference is invaluable to those interested in evolution and the ability of species to overcome severe environmental stress. | Herbicide Resistance in Plants Biology and Biochemistry

GBP 205.00
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Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges A Mediterranean Perspective

Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges A Mediterranean Perspective

Urban expansion and the preservation of fringe landscapes are clearly interconnected issues. This book discusses the relationship between landscape and peri-urban agriculture and the possible implications of sustainable land management for fringe land quality proposing a framework to evaluate the latent nexus between agro-forest systems and human settlements in Southern Europe. Eco-sustainable planning integrated with multi-faceted policy actions (social economic cultural and political dimensions) is a relevant approach to reinforce sustainability of fringe landscapes. Permanent assessment of these factors allows for the implementation of different development scenarios. The present work definitely contributes to systemic and multi-scale approaches informing environmental policies with the aim of achieving an integrated management of peri-urban agricultural landscapes. | Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges A Mediterranean Perspective

GBP 94.99
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Solid Waste Management Chemical Approaches Volume 1

Solid Waste Management Chemical Approaches Volume 1

‘Waste’ is generally identified as goods or material that are perceived to be mostly valueless. However objects that are perceived to be waste based on consumers’ object valuation can be redefined to create value. This requires a multitude of efforts using different strategies in waste prevention and management. This book is an edited collection of various chemical approaches used for valorization of solid wastes particularly waste electrical and electronic equipment plastic waste and agro-residue waste that provide research insights into the concept waste-to-energy. Covering a variety of interdisciplinary topics on waste treatment and resource recovery makes the book one for all that serves as an excellent reading material for engineers science scholars entrepreneurs and organizations who are working in the field of waste management. | Solid Waste Management Chemical Approaches Volume 1

GBP 140.00
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Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

The explosive growth of bioeconomy and bioscience coupled with an interconnected planet increases the potential impact of large-scale bio-events. Either causing public health threats as in epidemics or posing food security issues from mass poisonings to large-scale starvation such eventualities are direct threats and indirect destabilizers in a planetary context. The issue of Biosecurity thus pervades every affected aspect from exploitations of the agro-sector and the food industry to the Public Health management the novel therapeutic/treatment approaches the new age of space deep-sea and subterranean explorations and the interface with the cyber world and the massive or small-scale projection of violence. It has been present since ancient times tacitly and discreetly but only recently took its present guise the different aspects of which are explored in this book. | Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

GBP 105.00
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Sustainable Construction Development of Eco-Efficient Concrete with Plastic and Industrial Wastes

Sustainable Construction Development of Eco-Efficient Concrete with Plastic and Industrial Wastes

This book focuses on the utilization of wastes produced from plastic usage by industry and consumers along with the partial to full replacement of conventional cement as a primary binder material in concrete. This book demonstrates how to use post-consumer waste plastics and industry wastes from thermal power stations agro-industries and metal industries with a scientific approach to conventional concrete. The primary aim is to demonstrate the methods to prepare a sustainable alternative construction material of concrete using waste materials. Features: Illustrates making eco-friendly procedures of concrete construction popular by way of utilization of plastics and industrial wastes Covers all major aspects of plastic waste-based concrete from conception to execution Promotes alternative materials for sustainable construction Describes economic aspects of using eco-efficient concrete on a mass scale Includes experimental results with graphs This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in civil engineering construction materials and concrete. | Sustainable Construction Development of Eco-Efficient Concrete with Plastic and Industrial Wastes

GBP 120.00
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Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development. This book focuses on the contributions of environmental organizations to the preservation of Brazilian Amazonia. It reveals how environmental organizations such as Greenpeace Friends of the Earth WWF and others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and environmental struggle in the region is linked to Brazil’s position in an evolving capitalist world-economy. It is shown how Brazil’s effort to become a developed country has led successive Brazilian governments to devise development projects for Amazonia. The author analyses how globalization has led to the expansion of international commodity chains in the region particularly for mineral ores soybeans and beef. He shows how environmental organizations have politicized these commodity chains as weapons of conservation through boycotting certain products while other pro-development groups within Brazil claim that such organizations threaten Brazil's sovereignty over its own resources. | Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

GBP 44.99
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Wild Edible Underutilized Plants Nutritional Antinutritional and Nutraceutical Aspects

Wild Edible Underutilized Plants Nutritional Antinutritional and Nutraceutical Aspects

Wild Edible Underutilized Plants explores the role of wild plants in human nutrition—a topic that continues to take precedence in various fields of research. Despite the increasing evidence on past and present nutritional roles of wild edible plants the use of these resources is often overlooked and neglected in countless policy areas. This book emphasizes the importance of these plants and explores their relevance to sustainable agriculture biodiversity and public health in different agro-ecological regions. The book implements a conceptual approach to wild plants focusing on the benefits of incorporating these plants into people’s diets and daily lives and the advantage they will provide to future generations. The book also addresses widespread issues of scarcity proposing solutions that promote food sovereignty and security. The book begins by first discussing the nutritional aspects of wild edible plants to explore their value as a source of vitamins antioxidants fiber minerals and other nutrients. It then continues to elaborate on the anti-nutritional elements of these plants providing a comprehensive overview of their utility. | Wild Edible Underutilized Plants Nutritional Antinutritional and Nutraceutical Aspects

GBP 82.99
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Advancing Agroecology in International Law

Advancing Agroecology in International Law

Producing enough food is a basic human priority and a critical challenge in the face of a growing population and the deteriorating ecological health of the planet. Modern agricultural practices promise to maximise the productive efficiency of available land but are one of the main drivers of agro- and biodiversity loss. Agroecology which places ecological sustainability and diversity at the heart of agriculture is one response to these challenges. It presents agriculture not only as the process through which food is produced but as a dynamic socioecological phenomenon that exists through networks comprising natural and human stakeholders at global national and subnational levels. Drawing on a combination of agroecological and legal literature this book explores where there is space in international law to pursue agroecology. Using a range of case studies it demonstrates how concepts mechanisms and regulatory approaches in the law advance and can be reformed to further advance an agroecological legal framework that allows humanity to meet its agricultural needs in a way that protects the natural and cultural diversity that is fundamental to the ecological integrity of the planet. | Advancing Agroecology in International Law

GBP 130.00
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Endocrine Disruption Modeling

Endocrine Disruption Modeling

Uses Computational Tools to Simulate Endocrine Disruption Phenomena Endocrine Disruption Modeling provides a practical overview of the current approaches for modeling endocrine activity and the related potential adverse effects they may induce on environmental and human health. Based on the extensive research of an international panel of contributors from industry academia and regulatory agencies this is the first book devoted to using computer tools to better understand and simulate the multifaceted aspects of endocrine disruption in humans and wildlife. Explores Diverse Modeling Techniques and Applications This up-to-date resource focuses on xenobiotics that are accidentally released into the environment with the potential to disturb the normal functioning of the endocrine system of invertebrates and vertebrates but also on the specific agro-chemistry design of chemicals that take control of insect endocrine systems. A comprehensive research reference Endocrine Disruption Modeling provides a collection of computational strategies to model these structurally diverse chemicals. It concludes with a review of the available e-resources in the field rounding out the book’s task-oriented approach to future EDC discovery. Endocrine Disruption Modeling is the first book in the QSAR in Environmental and Health Sciences series (James Devillers j. devillers@ctis. fr).

GBP 69.99
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Particulate Drying Techniques and Industry Applications

Particulate Drying Techniques and Industry Applications

In the process industry understanding the unit operation of particulate drying is imperative to yield products with desired properties and characteristics and to ensure process safety optimal energy efficiency and drying performance as well as low environmental impact. There are many techniques and tools available which can cause confusion. Particulate Drying: Techniques and Industry Applications provides an overview of various particulate drying techniques their advantages and limitations industrial applications and simple design methods. This book: • Covers advances in particulate drying and their importance in the process industry • Highlights recent developments in conventional drying techniques and new drying technologies • Helps readers gain insight into selecting the appropriate drying techniques for a particular product • Summarizes various applications from a wide range of industries including chemical food pharmaceutical biotech polymer mineral and agro-industries • Projects future research trends and demands in particulate drying This book serves as a reference for process and plant engineers as well as researchers in the fields of particulate processing mineral processing food processing chemical engineering and mechanical engineering especially those involved in the selection of drying equipment for particulate solids and R&D of drying of particulate materials. | Particulate Drying Techniques and Industry Applications

GBP 110.00
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Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce and parts of the basin such as Zimbabwe's Mzingwane catchment are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been adopted in the river basin in an attempt to improve water resources management. However it is not known whether or how IWRM has improved practices in water resources management and contributed towards improved livelihoods. This study used a bottom-up approach to analyse water management practices and livelihoods in the river basin. The objective of the study was to understand practices in water resources management at the local level and what drives those practices. Specifically the study analysed: practices in access to water for domestic and productive uses efforts at sustaining livelihoods and the environment water management for agriculture contestations over urban water services and river basin planning. The study showed the importance of context as a driver of practices in water resources management. The demonstrated influence of local level drivers on water resources management and livelihoods suggest that the challenges in water resources management cannot be solved outside of the wider socio-politico-economic realm. | Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

GBP 175.00
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Soil and Drought Basic Processes

Soil and Drought Basic Processes

Drought a serious global issue is being aggravated by climate change. Both pedological and agronomic droughts are major risk factors with adverse effects on agronomic productivity food and nutritional security and human wellbeing. This volume in the Advances in Soil Sciences series provides research information regarding case studies from diverse agro-ecoregions around the world and lists examples of effective management of drought at farm state national regional and global scales. Features: Considers processes factors and causes of pedological/agronomic droughts. Discusses effects of global warming on soil drought and describes management options to enhance drought resilience of agricultural soils. Focuses on specific case studies along with review of a variety of tools and techniques designed to mitigate drought and reduce its impact on agronomic productivity. Includes information on soil health and its effects on drought. In addition to highlighting the scientific accomplishments of Dr. Bobby A. Stewart this book is a major contribution to the global issue of drought management and its dynamics in relation to soil properties under changing climate. It is reference material for researchers students practitioners and policymakers in soil science agronomy ecology and management of natural resources with specific focus on adaptation and mitigation of climate change restoration of soil health strengthening of biodiversity and promoting the strategy for advancing the “Sustainable Development Goals” or Agenda 2030 of the United Nations. | Soil and Drought Basic Processes

GBP 150.00
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The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

Thoroughly revised and updated the third edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture provides a cutting-edge comprehensive introduction to the study of food and society. The book begins by examining the food economy with chapters focusing on foodscapes the financialization of food and a new chapter dedicated to food and nutrition (in)security. In Part II the book addresses community and culture. While some books only look at the interrelationships between food and culture this section problematizes the food system from the standpoint of marginalized bodies. It contains chapters focusing on agricultural and food labor and the peasantries topics which are often overlooked and gender ethnicity and poverty. Part III examines food and the environment with chapters addressing important topics such as agro-ecosystems food justice sustainable food and agriculture and food sovereignty. The final part focuses on food futures and includes a brand-new chapter on sustainable diets and ethical consumption. The book concludes by showcasing how we can rethink food production and consumption in a way that can help heal social political and cultural divisions. All chapters draw on international case studies and include learning objectives suggested discussion questions and recommendations for further reading to aid student learning. The Sociology of Food and Agriculture is perfect for students of food studies including food justice food and nutrition security sustainable diets food sovereignty environmental sociology agriculture and cultural studies.

GBP 34.99
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Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water nutrients energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. This book shows how Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) could create livelihoods enhance food security support green economies reduce waste and contribute to cost recovery in the sanitation chain. While many RRR projects fully depend on subsidies and hardly survive their pilot phase hopeful signs of viable approaches to RRR are emerging around the globe including low- and middle-income countries. These enterprises or projects are tapping into entrepreneurial initiatives and public ̶ private partnerships leveraging private capital to help realize commercial or social value shifting the focus from treatment for waste disposal to treatment of waste as a valuable resource for safe reuse. The book provides a compendium of business options for energy nutrients and water recovery via 24 innovative business models based on an in-depth analysis of over 60 empirical cases of which 47 from around the world are described and evaluated in a systematic way. The focus is on organic municipal agro-industrial and food waste including fecal sludge supporting a diverse range of business models with potential for large-scale out-and up-scaling. | Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

GBP 62.99
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Environmental Defenders Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory

Environmental Defenders Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory

This book is about environmental defenders and the violence they face while seeking to protect their land and the environment. Between 2002 and 2019 at least two thousand people were killed in 57 countries for defending their lands and the environment. Recent policy initiatives and media coverage have provided much needed attention to the protection and support of defenders but there has so far been little scholarly work. This edited volume explains who these defenders are what threats they face and what can be done to help support and protect them. Delving deep into the complex relations between and within communities corporations and government authorities the book highlights the diversity of defenders the collective character of their struggles the many drivers and forms of violence they are facing as well as the importance of emotions and gendered dimensions in protests and repression. Drawing on global case studies it examines the violence taking place around different types of development projects including fossil fuels agro-industrial renewable energy and infrastructure. The volume also examines the violence surrounding conservation projects including through militarized wildlife protection and surveillance technologies. The book concludes with a reflection on the perspectives of defenders about the best ways to support and protect them. It contrasts these with the lagging efforts of an international community often promoting economic growth over the lives of defenders. This volume is essential reading for all interested in understanding the challenges faced by environmental defenders and how to help and support them. It will also appeal to students scholars and practitioners involved in environmental protection environmental activism human rights social movements and development studies. | Environmental Defenders Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory

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