Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet, Hertel Thomas W., Baldos Uris Lantz C.
Название: Endophytes for a growing world ISBN: 1108471765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108471763 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 141510.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Outlines the core challenges to agriculture and food security and describes how endophytes can contribute to more sustainable agriculture with fewer chemical inputs. Invaluable to researchers working on endophytes in issues of food security, forestry, sustainability, plant pathology, microbiology and plant protection.
Автор: Green Thomas Название: Hydroponic Garden: The Beginner`s Guide to Easily Build a Sustainable Hydroponic System at Home. How to Quickly Start Growing Vegetables, ISBN: 1914284216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781914284212 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 31170.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Get this book with 55% discount Do you want to grow your own vegetables, fruits, and herbs, but don't have so much space outside?Are you tired of having to spend money on fruit and vegetables, with the risk that they are genetically modified and treated with pesticides and toxic chemicals?Do you want to know how to start growing plants through an environmentally friendly method?
Among modern methods of growing crops, Hydroponics occupies a special place because of the many benefits it offers. It is nothing more than means the cultivation of plants without soil but in water. And the water is enriched with nutrients. The history of the emergence of hydroponics is associated with centuries of research by scientists, as a result of which a huge number of experiments were carried out that made it possible to determine the optimal balanced nutritional composition to ensure the vital activity of plants. As it turned out, the soil environment for crops is not necessary plants successfully grow and develop if their root system is in contact with an aqueous medium containing all the necessary substances. This fact became fundamental for the development of hydroponics as a new method of crop production.
Through hydroponics, you no longer have to worry about removing weeds, and fighting pests in the soil. Plants that grow in a hydroponic system are healthier and grow faster. Another advantage is that through specific extensions, a hydroponic system can also be supplied semi-automatically or fully automatically. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for those who do not have a large garden, guaranteeing perfect results.
Hydroponics is important as its further development and improvement of which will help solve the global problems of humankind, including the most significant among them - providing food to an ever-growing number of people on our planet.
All these factors confirm the need to search for new, more effective methods of growing crops, one of which is hydroponics.
In this book we will discuss the following topics:
How hydroponic gardening works - Growing plants without soil
How to build your own hydroponic system
Clarification of understandings of different types of hydroponic gardens
The different types of hydroponic systems and their pros and cons
Choosing the right hydroponic system
Tips and tricks to growing healthy herbs, vegetables and fruits
Maintenance of your hydroponic garden - myths and mistakes to avoid
Starting a hydroponics business
With respect to planting without soil, whether for business, for personal consumption, for leisure, or aesthetic purpose, this book holds in it all the details you need. Even if you have an idea of hydroponic systems, the totalistic nature of the content in this book will provide you with more than several good ideas that you can, and should be using.
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Three quarters of Canada’s forests are under provincial control, so provincial forest policies are crucial to long-term sustainability. By offering an up-to-date comparative scrutiny of forest policies, this book provides forest managers, policy-makers, scholars, and students with the information and concepts to critically examine Canada’s complex forest tenure systems. Looking at tenure, stumpage fees, and other forest practices, the authors assess how well different provincial schemes achieve the goals of sustainable forest management. They identify essential policy attributes that could be used to guide tenure reform, consider barriers that could prevent meaningful change, and offer much-needed practical guidance on overcoming these obstacles.
Автор: Thomas W. Hertel; Uris Lantz C. Baldos Название: Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet ISBN: 3319226614 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319226613 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 56590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security.
With South Asia's growing energy demand, governments in the region are facing the short-term pressures of facilitating energy access, while attempting to formulate long-term sustainable strategies. This book explores how the key economies of South Asia are addressing issues such as the diversification of energy consumption profiles and import sources, investments in renewables, enabling universal energy access, challenges to regional energy cooperation, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and the policy changes that can foster bilateral and multilateral action.
As governments seek to ensure access to affordable, reliable, secure, sustainable and modern energy, trends and drivers are emerging and shaping the South Asian energy landscape. The first section of the book examines energy trends at the regional level, while the second section focuses on the internal and external challenges faced by India -- the largest energy consumer in the region and the third-largest energy consumer in the world.
The diverse perspectives in this volume provide a holistic snapshot of South Asia's ongoing low-carbon energy transition, and highlight the importance of the region working collectively to navigate the many obstacles.
Автор: Rucksthuhl Sandra Название: Water Scarcity, Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle Ea ISBN: 0755601076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780755601073 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 35890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity. One of the poorest countries in the world sits alongside two of the wealthiest, whilst the region's natural resources range from immeasurable oil and gas reserves to some of the scantiest natural endowments anywhere in the world. Yet through this diversity runs a common thread: water scarcity. Now, through the impact of human development and climate change, the water resource itself is changing, bringing new risks and increasing the vulnerability of all those dependent on water. Chris Ward and Sandra Ruckstuhl assess the increased challenges now facing the countries of the region, placing particular emphasis on water scarcity and the resultant risks to livelihoods, food security and the environment. They evaluate the risks and reality of climate change in the region, and offer an assessment of the vulnerability of agriculture and livelihoods. In a final section, they explore the options for responding to the new challenges, including policy, institutional, economic and technical measures.
Автор: Mohamed Behnassi; Olaf Pollmann; Gabrielle Kissing Название: Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change ISBN: 9401783616 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401783613 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 104480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book surveys climate-linked food insecurity, food supply and both traditinoal and novel production practices. In adapting food systems to climate change, the editors propose a holistic approach to building a new, sustainable food security paradigm.
Автор: Matti Palo; G. Mery Название: Sustainable Forestry Challenges for Developing Countries ISBN: 9401072116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401072113 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 194730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is an outcome of a research project on "Sustainable Forestry and the Environment in Developing Countries". Our project has specifically focused on 90 tropical countries as one group and on three subgroups by continents, as well as the three case study countries, the Philippines, Ethiopia and Chile.
This book gathers contributions from scientists and industry representatives on achieving a sustainable bioeconomy. It also covers the social sciences, economics, business, education and the environmental sciences. There is an urgent need to optimise and maximise the use of biological resources, so that primary production and processing systems can generate more food, fibre and other bio-based products with less environmental impacts and lower greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need a “sustainable bioeconomy” – a term that encompasses the sustainable production of renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based products and bio-energy, as well as related public goods.
Despite the relevance of achieving a sustainable bioeconomy, there are very few publications in this field. Addressing that gap, this book illustrates how biological resources and ecosystems could be used in a more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner – in other words, how the principles of sustainable bioeconomy can be implemented in practice.
Given its interdisciplinary nature, the field of sustainable bioeconomy offers a unique opportunity to address complex and interconnected challenges, while also promoting economic growth. It helps countries and societies to make a transition and to use resources more efficiently, and shows how to rely less on biological resources to satisfy industry demands and consumer needs.
The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and include many practice-based lessons learned, some of which are reproducible elsewhere. In closing, the book, prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a sustainable bioeconomy today.
Автор: Walter Leal Filho; Diana Mihaela Pociov?li?teanu; Название: Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives ISBN: 3319892290 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319892290 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 232910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This book gathers contributions from scientists and industry representatives on achieving a sustainable bioeconomy. It also covers the social sciences, economics, business, education and the environmental sciences. There is an urgent need to optimise and maximise the use of biological resources, so that primary production and processing systems can generate more food, fibre and other bio-based products with less environmental impacts and lower greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need a “sustainable bioeconomy” – a term that encompasses the sustainable production of renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based products and bio-energy, as well as related public goods.
Despite the relevance of achieving a sustainable bioeconomy, there are very few publications in this field. Addressing that gap, this book illustrates how biological resources and ecosystems could be used in a more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner – in other words, how the principles of sustainable bioeconomy can be implemented in practice.
Given its interdisciplinary nature, the field of sustainable bioeconomy offers a unique opportunity to address complex and interconnected challenges, while also promoting economic growth. It helps countries and societies to make a transition and to use resources more efficiently, and shows how to rely less on biological resources to satisfy industry demands and consumer needs.
The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and include many practice-based lessons learned, some of which are reproducible elsewhere. In closing, the book, prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a sustainable bioeconomy today.
Автор: Roula Khadra; Juan Antonio Sagardoy Название: Irrigation Governance Challenges in the Mediterranean Region: Learning from Experiences and Promoting Sustainable Performance ISBN: 3030135535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030135539 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 65210.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: This book aims at deriving governance and sustainability lessons from analysing the implementation and management of some major irrigation programs in the Mediterranean Region. Eight countries are targeted, namely: Spain, Italy, Albania, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. The main focus programs include the modernisation and rehabilitation of the existing irrigation systems, the transfer of irrigation management responsibilities to water users’ organizations, public private partnerships arrangements, the monitoring & evaluation of participatory irrigation management and transfer processes, and the governance of groundwater resources for irrigation. The adopted approach relies on learning from the value of each single experience, and on advancing solutions that emerge from their comparative analysis and that may be of guidance to those engaged in these programs. The country experiences indicated that often times, significant shortcomings in the implementation of these programs have occurred and hopefully, this book could be a source of inspiration for the corrective actions needed.
