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1955-01-01 Methods and processes, tools and implements, are described in this paper in broad outline only, with the object of showing how improvements can be made step by step.
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1997-01-01 This is a comprehensive guide to the processing of traditional foods, from Asia, Africa and Latin America, which are made and sold at a small commercial scale of operation. It provides technical information needed by small food businesses to introduce or upgrade their processes and products, and...
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1999-01-01 Genetic engineering and the cloning of organisms are “the ultimate expression of the commercialization of science and the commodification of nature.… Life itself is being colonized,” according to renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva. The resistance to this biopiracy, she argues, is the...
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1984-01-01 THe text comprises a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical, historical and sociological basis of agricultural education together with a unique practical methodology for teaching agricultural science in secondary schools. The book includes suggestions for class activities, complete lesson...
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Agricultural extension involves helping farmers to identify, analyse and deal with their production problems. This book discusses the theory behind extension, its management, implementation and application in rural development. It will be of use to students of agriculture on diploma and...
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2001-01-01 This book is composed of seventeen chapters, featuring unique extension systems and approaches. Although not every type of system can be included, these case studies provide a cross-section of extension approaches found internationally. Students of extension education realize that some extension...
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The purpose of this publication is to spread the knowledge of better tools and to provided farm implement experts, agricultural leaders and techniques with information on the principles governing the design of small tools and their use.
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In this article we examine the health hazards posed by nitrogen fertiliser use in developing countries and particularly three serious human disease, methaemoglobinaemia, gastric and bladder cancer. We then discuss the losses of nitrogen from fertilisers to water and the atmosphere and the...
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2001-01-01 It is clear from this empirical study that there have been very promising advances in the adoption and spread of sustainable agriculture. The 208 projects/initiatives show clear increases in food production over some 29 million hectares, with nearly 9 million households benefiting from increased...
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2006-01-01 * A call to arms to take care of the earth―because we have “just one planet” * Climate change threatens the survival of cultures, species and whole ecosystems * Demonstrates that if we fail to take action on climate change, we run the risk of failing on poverty reduction, which means abandoning...