Author: Denise Phillips
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319121855
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
This volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock. The life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with US, European, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese contexts. The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops. In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving – perhaps even recreating – the living world to serve human ends. Without close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as Humboldt and Mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nations.
Applied Statistical Methods in Agriculture, Health and Life Sciences
Author: Bayo Lawal
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319055550
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
This textbook teaches crucial statistical methods to answer research questions using a unique range of statistical software programs, including MINITAB and R. This textbook is developed for undergraduate students in agriculture, nursing, biology and biomedical research. Graduate students will also find it to be a useful way to refresh their statistics skills and to reference software options. The unique combination of examples is approached using MINITAB and R for their individual strengths. Subjects covered include among others data description, probability distributions, experimental design, regression analysis, randomized design and biological assay. Unlike other biostatistics textbooks, this text also includes outliers, influential observations in regression and an introduction to survival analysis. Material is taken from the author's extensive teaching and research in Africa, USA and the UK. Sample problems, references and electronic supplementary material accompany each chapter.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319055550
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
This textbook teaches crucial statistical methods to answer research questions using a unique range of statistical software programs, including MINITAB and R. This textbook is developed for undergraduate students in agriculture, nursing, biology and biomedical research. Graduate students will also find it to be a useful way to refresh their statistics skills and to reference software options. The unique combination of examples is approached using MINITAB and R for their individual strengths. Subjects covered include among others data description, probability distributions, experimental design, regression analysis, randomized design and biological assay. Unlike other biostatistics textbooks, this text also includes outliers, influential observations in regression and an introduction to survival analysis. Material is taken from the author's extensive teaching and research in Africa, USA and the UK. Sample problems, references and electronic supplementary material accompany each chapter.
Water for Food Water for Life
Author: David Molden
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136548521
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes key water-food-environment trends that influence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore the consequences of a range of potential investments. It aims to inform investors and policymakers about water and food choices in light of such crucial influences as poverty, ecosystems, governance, and productivity. It covers rainfed agriculture, irrigation, groundwater, marginal-quality water, fisheries, livestock, rice, land, and river basins. Ample tables, graphs, and references make this an invaluable work for practitioners, academics, researchers, and policymakers in water management, agriculture, conservation, and development. Published with IWMI.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136548521
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the way forward. It offers actions for water management and water policy - to ensure more equitable and effective use. This assessment describes key water-food-environment trends that influence our lives today and uses scenarios to explore the consequences of a range of potential investments. It aims to inform investors and policymakers about water and food choices in light of such crucial influences as poverty, ecosystems, governance, and productivity. It covers rainfed agriculture, irrigation, groundwater, marginal-quality water, fisheries, livestock, rice, land, and river basins. Ample tables, graphs, and references make this an invaluable work for practitioners, academics, researchers, and policymakers in water management, agriculture, conservation, and development. Published with IWMI.
The Experiment Station
Author:
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Farming for Health
Author: Jan Hassink
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402045417
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Farming for Health describes the use of farms, farm animals, plants and landscapes as a base for promoting human mental and physical health and social well-being. The book offers an overview of the development of ‘Farming for Health’ initiatives across Europe, resulting from changing paradigms in health care and the demand for new social and financial activities in agriculture and rural areas. The contributors are drawn from a range of countries and disciplines.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402045417
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Farming for Health describes the use of farms, farm animals, plants and landscapes as a base for promoting human mental and physical health and social well-being. The book offers an overview of the development of ‘Farming for Health’ initiatives across Europe, resulting from changing paradigms in health care and the demand for new social and financial activities in agriculture and rural areas. The contributors are drawn from a range of countries and disciplines.
The Anatomy of Life & Energy in Agriculture
Author: Arden B. Andersen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911311198
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author gives background information on soil nutrients and advises how to treat the soil without slowly killing it, and with a higher food quality as result
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911311198
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author gives background information on soil nutrients and advises how to treat the soil without slowly killing it, and with a higher food quality as result
New Perspectives on the History of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Author: Denise Phillips
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319121855
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
This volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock. The life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with US, European, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese contexts. The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops. In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving – perhaps even recreating – the living world to serve human ends. Without close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as Humboldt and Mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nations.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319121855
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
This volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock. The life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with US, European, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese contexts. The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops. In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving – perhaps even recreating – the living world to serve human ends. Without close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as Humboldt and Mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nations.
Occasional Paper - Department of Agricultural Economics, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Author: New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Agricultural Economics
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural prices
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural prices
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Perspectives
Author: North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences report
Author: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Farm Income and Farm Life
Author: American Country Life Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description