Biosecurity Science: Agriculture

This book follows the history of each of the major commodities or groups of commodities to the end of the 20th century: grain crops, sheep and wool, beef and dairy, working bullocks and horses, sugar, cotton, fruit and vegetables, and grapes and wine.

Chris Williams tells of the trials and triumphs of the Sutherland family and other volunteers based around Peak Hill in central western New South Wales, as they set out to restore native vegetation.

This book features articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge. It also proposes novel, environmentally friendly solutions that are based on integrated information from such fields as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, and the social sciences.

It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change. At the same time climate change is threatening to disrupt agricultural production. This collection reviews key research addressing this challenge.

Ecologically sustainable farming conserves the array of species that are integral to key ecological processes such as pollination, seed dispersal, natural pest control and the decomposition of waste.

Australia's agricultural system has developed from almost non-existence 220 years ago to one of the most advanced and efficient in today's world.

Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands.

Natural Asset Farming: Creating Productive and Biodiverse Farms reveals seven key natural assets and why they are so valuable for biodiversity and productivity on farms.

This book examines the range of approaches to promoting global food security, including novel and existing agricultural and husbandry techniques for safe and sustainable food production.

This textbook explains the various aspects of sustainable agricultures to undergraduate and graduate students.

This book will address topics related to some of the biggest challenges facing societies around the world in the 21st century — threats such as climate change, food insecurity and malnutrition, energy and water insecurity.

This book discusses the regulatory and trade challenges facing the global adoption of biotechnological products and offers strategies for overcoming these obstacles and moving towards greater global food security.

This book tells the stories of innovation, from local food hubs and the GE-free movements to open-source software code, community-shared and urban agriculture.

This book makes a compelling case that recent technological breakthroughs can move the planet towards a secure and sustainable food supply only if new policies are designed that allow their full expression.

This book is about the invisible or subtle nature of food and farming, and also about the nature of existence.

In this book, authors from Australia, the USA, Europe and Iceland document the diverse issues associated with the 'social licence to farm'.

This book explains general Precision Agriculture theory, identifies and describes essential tools and techniques, and includes practical examples from the grains industry.

This book provides a review of precision agriculture technology development, followed by a presentation of the state-of-the-art and future requirements of precision agriculture technology.

Uses a wide array of case studies to illustrate the strong real-world applicability of CSA. Addresses policy issues related to climate change

The integration into global and local agri-food value chains requires farmers, food processors and grocery retailers to develop and maintain close and sustainable business relationships with buyers and suppliers.

This book aims to fill the gap of knowledge on environmental offsets, from theory to practice. Environmental Offsets addresses four major forms of environmental offsets - biodiversity offsets, carbon offsets, offsetting the depletion of non-renewable resources and offsetting the destruction of built heritage.

Describes aspects of crop responses to environment that are particularly relevant to the development of improved crop cultivars and management methods on a global scale.

This report is an overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases.

This book aims to showcase the global potential of saline agriculture. It covers the essential topics, such as policy and awareness, soil management, future crops, and genetic developments.

Overall, this work identifies key points to be taken into account when drawing up guidelines that govern the use of herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops in order to preserve the effectiveness of this innovation over time.

Eighty researchers drew up an assessment and proposed research avenues for agroecology. This book summarizes their main conclusions.

Silvicultural prescriptions developed for SRWCs have been refined to include woody crop production systems for environmental benefits.

Covers a broad range of agriculture topics to introduce students to agricultural practices..

The story of farming in Australia has always been one of drama-two steps forward and then three steps back.

Earth's human population currently exceeds 7 billion, and by the year 2050 our planet will have at least two billion more mouths to feed.

If youre ready to be your own boss, read this book and be inspired by the experiences of 25 farmers from across Australia.

Dark Emu attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession.

Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cultivated the land through manipulation of water flows, vegetation and firestick practice.

By separating myth from reality, Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that really work.

Kristin Ohlson explores the subtle ways in which nature is in constant collaboration to the betterment of all species.

The direct climate change risks faced by the agricultural sector are also risks to businesses and food supply chains.

This book covers three main types of agricultural systems: the use of robotics, drones, and satellite-guided precision farming methods.

This book investigates the growing significance of sustainable systems in rural areas.

This book explains why it is important to sustain native plants & animals.

Urban planners, alongside the local and regional authorities are now asked to take a central and active part in understanding how food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, marketed, consumed, disposed of and recycled in our cities.

Intended to be a guide for all segments of the food industry aiming to adapt or further develop zero waste strategies.

This book presents economic concepts, such as the discussion of markets, competitive forces, and macroeconomics.

This book develops a framework for analysis, and investigates the issues that effect the sector internally and interactions with the rest of the economy.