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  • Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: banana and plantain
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    Identifying and managing plant health risks for key african crops: banana and plantain

    Dr stefan hauser ,  Dr clifford gold ,  Dr cornelia pasberg-gauhl ,  Dr friedhelm gauhl ,  Dr juliet akello ,  Dr kim jacobsen ,  Dr lindsey norgrove ,  Danny coyne ,  Dr p. lava kumar ,  Dr george mahuku ,  Dr manoj kaushal ,  Dr valentine nakato ,  Dr leena tripathi ,  Dr jaindra tripathi

    Many smallholder farmers in humid sub-Saharan Africa rely on bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) as major staple food and income generating crops, with only a negligible portion traded internationally. Banana and plantain production is mainly threatened by various pathogens and pests. This chapter ...

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  • Advances in understanding the contribution of weeds to the functioning of agroecosystems
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    Advances in understanding the contribution of weeds to the functioning of agroecosystems

    Dr sandrine petit ,  Dr séverin yvoz ,  Dr alexandre ploteau ,  Dr camille zuccolo ,  Dr stéphane cordeau

    Reduction in herbicide use will trigger changes in weed communities. Improving our capacity to identify farming management options that will lead to weed communities offering interesting trade-offs of functions is thus timely. Functional approaches are offering a robust framework to quantify and ...

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2
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    Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas volume 2

    Prof gert h. j. kema ,  Prof gert h. j. kema ,  Prof andré drenth ,  Dr mike smith ,  Dr michael pillay ,  Dr fajarudin ahmad ,  Dr luiz brito ,  Dr henk schouten ,  Dr hugo a. volkaert ,  Emeritus prof. hans de jong ,  Dr jeff daniells ,  Dr steven b. janssens ,  Dr valentin guignon ,  Dr julie sardos ,  Dr d. karamura ,  Dr w. ocimati ,  Dr guy blomme ,  Dr j. g. adheka ,  Dr c. sivirihauma ,  Dr d. b. dhed’a ,  Dr e. karamura ,  Dr bart panis ,  Dr simon kallow ,  Dr john e. thomas ,  Dr sebastien massart ,  Dr ines van den houwe ,  Dr nicolas roux ,  Dr kathy crew ,  Dr f. bakry ,  Dr j. p. horry ,  Dr c. jenny ,  Dr delphine amah ,  Prof david w. turner ,  Dr d. jane gibbs ,  Dr allan waniale ,  Dr gil gram ,  Dr rony swennen ,  Prof eli khayat ,  Dr edson amorim ,  Dr vanusia batista de oliveira amorim ,  Dr manassés dos santos silva ,  Dr fernando haddad ,  Dr claudia fortes ferreira ,  Janay almeida dos santos serejo ,  Prof james dale ,  Dr w. k. tushemereirwe ,  Dr robert harding ,  Dr sebastien carpentier ,  Dr david eyland

    Volume 2 begins with a discussion of progress in identifying and broadening the genetic base for Musa species. This provides the foundation for Parts 3 and 4 which review advances in both conventional and recent molecular breeding techniques and their application in producing improved varieties.

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  • The impact of food loss and waste on human nutrition and health
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    The impact of food loss and waste on human nutrition and health

    Dr jorge l. chávez-servín ,  Dr roberto a. ferriz martínez ,  Prof elhadi m. yahia

    In recent years, food loss and waste in the world have grown alarmingly, and destroy energy and resources that might otherwise be used for human nutrition. This chapter describes the nutritional compounds humans require, their main sources, and the functions they perform in the human body to main...

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  • The development of crop root architecture and optimization of nutrition acquisition: the case of rice
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    The development of crop root architecture and optimization of nutrition acquisition: the case of rice

    Dr wei xuan ,  Dr yuanming xie ,  Prof tom beeckman

    Plant root system architecture (RSA), the spatial configuration of a root system in the soil, is critical for water and nutrient acquisition. Rice generates a root system consisting of seminal, lateral, and crown/adventitious roots, whose growth and development are regulated by plant hormones and...

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  • Advances in understanding plant root water uptake
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    Advances in understanding plant root water uptake

    Dr mutez ali ahmed ,  Dr doris vetterlein ,  Prof andrea carminati

    Water deficit is one of the primary limitations to crop production. Here, we review the role of root and rhizosphere hydraulic processes that affect the ability of a plant to extract water from the soil. Prominent features of rhizosphere hydraulic properties are: root shrinkage, alteration of por...

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  • Instant Insights: Economics of agriculture
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    Instant insights: economics of agriculture

    Various authors ,  Professor james lowenberg-deboer ,  Professor david pannell ,  Asjad tariq sheikh ,  Mr pieter de wolf ,  Dr saskia houben ,  Dr william bijker ,  Dr koen klompe ,  Professor t. shah

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economics of key elements of agriculture, including irrigation, agricultural robotics and integrated weed management.

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  • Advances in control of wheat rust
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    Advances in control of wheat rust

    Z. a. pretorius ,  M. ayliffe ,  R. l. bowden ,  L. a. boyd ,  R. m. depauw ,  Y. jin ,  R. e. knox ,  R. a. mcintosh ,  R. f. park ,  R. prins ,  E. s. lagudah

    Rusts are feared diseases of wheat. Despite the many resources invested into genetics of rust resistance, the lack of durability of resistance in wheat and the availability of low-cost fungicides have led to widespread reliance on chemical control. This reliance is unsustainable in the long term...

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  • The Rumen Archaea
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    The rumen archaea

    Dr graeme t. attwood ,  Dr sinead c. leahy ,  Dr william j. kelly

    Methane (CH4) is produced in the rumen by a group of microorganisms called methanogenic Archaea In this chapter, the types of Archaea found in the rumen will be reviewed through a summary of the rumen cultivation studies and molecular surveys of rumen archaeal community composition. The chapter w...

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  • Sugarcane as a renewable resource for sustainable futures
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    Sugarcane as a renewable resource for sustainable futures

    Francis x. johnson ,  Manoel regis lima verde leal ,  Anne nyambane

    Sugarcane is not only the main source of sucrose but also the world’s most important energy crop with an important role in the global sustainability transition, owing to its high productivity, its concentration in developing and emerging economies and the wide array of commercial products that it...

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  • Understanding and improving crop root function
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    Understanding and improving crop root function

    Prof. peter j. gregory ,  Dr johannes a. postma ,  Dr christopher k. black ,  Dr wei xuan ,  Dr yuanming xie ,  Prof tom beeckman ,  Dr findimila dio ishaya ,  Dr amanda rasmussen ,  Dr dimitris bouranis ,  Dr styliani n. chorianopoulou ,  Dr timothy s. george ,  Dr lawrie k. brown ,  Dr a. glyn bengough ,  Prof ulrike mathesius ,  Dr jian jin ,  Dr yansheng li ,  Dr michelle watt ,  Dr haiyang zhang ,  Dr jeff r. powell ,  Dr m. fernández-aparicio ,  Dr diego rubiales ,  Dr scott n. johnson ,  Dr ximena cibils-stewart ,  Dr shahid siddique ,  Dr john t. jones ,  Prof malcolm j. hawkesford ,  Dr william r. whalley ,  Dr jiayin pang ,  Dr zhihui wen ,  Dr daniel kidd ,  Dr megan h. ryan ,  Dr rui-peng yu ,  Professor li long ,  Dr wen-feng cong ,  Professor kadambot siddique ,  Emeritus prof hans lambers ,  Dr mutez ali ahmed ,  Dr doris vetterlein ,  Prof andrea carminati ,  Prof. roberto tuberosa ,  Dr elisabetta frascaroli ,  Dr marco maccaferri ,  Dr silvio salvi ,  Dr melissa m. larrabee ,  Prof louise nelson ,  Dr tom thirkell ,  Dr grace hoysted ,  Dr ashleigh elliott ,  Dr katie field ,  Dr tim daniell ,  Dr john kirkegaard ,  Dr julianne lilley ,  Dr francisco pérez-alfocea ,  Dr stephen yeboah ,  Dr ian c. dodd ,  Dr richard j. simpson ,  Dr rebecca e. haling ,  Dr phillip graham

    Part 1 in this collection reviews recent research on understanding root system architecture and growth together key interactions in the rhizosphere. Parts 2 and 3 assess how roots respond to biotic and abiotic stresses whilst Part 4 explores how this understanding can be used to optimise root fun...

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  • Understanding and improving immune function in sheep
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    Understanding and improving immune function in sheep

    Gary entrican ,  Sean wattegedera

    The prevention and control of infectious diseases of sheep can be achieved in a number of ways, including disease screening programmes, implementation of biosecurity measures, chemotherapeutics and vaccination. This chapter describes common diseases of sheep and some commonly used vaccines, and e...

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  • Instant Insights: Cover crops
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    Instant insights: cover crops

    Dr rob myers ,  Peter von fragstein und niemsdorff ,  Dr ademir calegari ,  Dr t. tiecher ,  Dr e. b. wutke ,  Dr l. b. dos s. canalli ,  Dr r. bunch ,  Dr d. dos s. rheinheimer ,  John r. teasdale

    This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on cover crops in agriculture.

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  • The use of genomic information to improve selection response while controlling inbreeding in dairy cattle breeding programs
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    The use of genomic information to improve selection response while controlling inbreeding in dairy cattle breeding programs

    Professor christian maltecca ,  Dr christine baes ,  Dr f. tiezzi

    This chapter discusses the use of genomic information to improve selection response in dairy cattle breeding programs. It assesses population size and inbreeding, as well as discussing how genetic information can be used to reduce inbreeding. The chapter also provides an understanding of the gene...

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  • Advances in ensuring the microbiological safety of fresh produce
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    Advances in ensuring the microbiological safety of fresh produce

    Professor karl r. matthews ,  Professor karl r. matthews ,  Dr shirley a. micallef ,  Dr xinyi zhou ,  Prof wei zhang ,  Dr kannappan arunachalam ,  Prof chunlei shi ,  Dr panagiotis n. skandamis ,  Prof donald w. schaffner ,  Dr marina girbal ,  Dr matt igo ,  Dr kaitlyn casulli ,  Dr alexis omar ,  Dr manan sharma ,  Prof kalmia e. kniel ,  Dr thomas p. saunders ,  Dr elizabeth a. bihn ,  Dr silvia vanessa camacho martinez ,  Dr mahdiyeh hasani ,  Dr lara jane warriner ,  Prof keith warriner ,  Dr jinhe bai ,  Dr gabriela maria olmedo ,  Dr xiuxiu sun ,  Prof carol ann wallace ,  Dr jan m. soon-sinclair ,  Dr shingai p. nyarugwe ,  Prof jennifer quinlan ,  Dr melissa kavanaugh

    This collection reviews the wide range of research on preventing microbial contamination of fresh fruit and vegetables, from understanding key pathogens to ways of detecting and preventing contamination across the supply chain.

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  • Mycotoxins in cocoa: causes, detection and control
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    Mycotoxins in cocoa: causes, detection and control

    Mary a. egbuta

    Mycotoxins are produced as secondary metabolites by various species of filamentous fungi, and may affect many agricultural crops and products. The potential health risks associated with these chemical compounds mean that significant attention has been given to their detection and control. However...

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  • Maintaining soil health in Africa
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    Maintaining soil health in africa

    Dr a. o. ogunkunle ,  V. o. chude

    Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a wide variety of natural ecosystem resources, including soils, vegetation, water and genetic diversity. However, land degradation in SSA is intensifying at an alarming rate, and this region has the lowest agriculture and livestock yields of any region in the world. T...

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  • The role of liming in improving soil health
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    The role of liming in improving soil health

    Dr richard c. hayes ,  Dr jason r. condon ,  Dr guangdi d. li

    Soil acidity is a threat to a healthy soil with far-reaching consequences, both direct and indirect, on soil chemical and physical properties, impacting the growth, health and composition of organisms growing in a soil and with potential for negative off-site impacts. All agricultural production ...

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  • Using models to optimize poultry nutrition
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    Using models to optimize poultry nutrition

    R. m. gous ,  C fisher

    Today’s commercial poultry production is about making decisions and implementing them, the main objective being to maximize profit for the enterprise. Alternative courses of action should be thought of and the consequences of these actions need to be predicted. Animal nutritionists face various p...

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  • Challenges and initiatives in reducing food loss and waste in Europe
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    Challenges and initiatives in reducing food loss and waste in europe

    Dr camelia bucatariu

    This chapter has 3 parts: the first introduces the topic from a regional and global perspective; the second is focused on data availability and quality; and the third discusses on enabling factors for policy development and provides resources for further information.

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  • Advances in automatic milking systems
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    Advances in automatic milking systems

    Dr bernadette o'brien ,  Dr deirdre hennessy

    Technology is becoming embedded in different aspects of agriculture. Specifically, automation of the milking process within dairy production systems represents fundamental change for the operator, the cow herd and indeed the whole farm operation. Adoption of automatic milking requires new thinkin...

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  • The sustainability and ‘carbon footprints’ of conventional and alternative beef production systems
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    The sustainability and ‘carbon footprints’ of conventional and alternative beef production systems

    Dr jude l. capper

    The beef industry faces a significant challenge in producing sufficient food to supply the requirements of the growing population, while maintaining a culture of continuous improvement and reducing environmental impacts per unit of beef produced. Since the late 1970’s, the US beef industry made s...

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  • Precision agriculture for sustainability
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    Precision agriculture for sustainability

    Dr john stafford ,  Prof richard b. ferguson ,  Dr r. gebbers ,  Dr chenghai yang ,  Dr chunhua zhang ,  Dr john m. kovacs ,  Dr dan walters ,  Dr spyros fountas ,  Dr evangelos anastasiou ,  Dr zisis tsiropoulos ,  Dr aristotelis tagarakis ,  Dr athanasios balafoutis ,  Dr nicolas tremblay ,  Dr kenneth a. sudduth ,  Dr aaron j. franzen ,  Dr heping zhu ,  Dr scott t. drummond ,  Dr paul miller ,  Dr qin zhang ,  Dr joseph dvorak ,  Dr timo oksanen ,  Dr diogenes antille ,  Mr tim chamen ,  Dr jeff n. tullberg ,  Dr bindi isbister ,  Dr t. a. jensen ,  Dr craig p. baillie ,  Dr john k. schueller ,  Prof. pedro andrade-sanchez ,  Dr shrinivasa k. upadhyaya ,  Professor john fulton ,  Dr dan s. long ,  Dr amir haghverdi ,  Dr brian g. leib ,  Dr e. c. oerke ,  Prof. roland gerhards ,  Dr mark trotter ,  Prof jess lowenberg-deboer ,  Dr guangnan chen

    By using resources more efficiently, precision agriculture can make farming more productive and sustainable. This collection reviews current research on key technologies in precision agriculture and its applications.

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  • Soil management practices and benefits in Conservation Agriculture systems
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    Soil management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems

    Prof michele pisante ,  Dr angelica galieni ,  Professor gottlieb basch ,  Dr theodor friedrich ,  Dr fabio stagnari

    Conservation Agriculture (CA) is known to deliver ecosystem services, maintain the soil potential productivity and improve the resource-use efficiency as well as the natural resources. It adapts to and mitigates climate change and leads to a more efficient use of inputs hence reducing production ...

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  • Assessing the effects of crop residue retention on soil health
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    Assessing the effects of crop residue retention on soil health

    Dr hero t. gollany

    Crop residues are the most accessible form of plant residues. Conventional agricultural cropping systems rely on synthetic fertilizer; however, these systems also require regular organic inputs from crop residue, root biomass, and rhizodeposition to maintain soil organic matter (SOM), improve soi...

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  • Physiological and behavioral responses to disease in pigs
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    Physiological and behavioral responses to disease in pigs

    Dr m. d. pairis-garcia ,  Dr b. k. wagner

    This chapter provides critical information on the physiological and behavioral responses common to pigs experiencing disease and describe animal-based outcomes directly impacted during a disease state. In addition, timely tools to prevent and monitor disease at the herd level are discussed and di...

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  • Instant Insights: Mycotoxin detection and control
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    Instant insights: mycotoxin detection and control

    Prof. naresh magan ,  Dr esther garcia-cela ,  Dr carol verheecke-vaessen ,  Dr angel medina ,  Dr zhao jin ,  Prof paul schwarz ,  David jordan ,  Rick brandenburg ,  Gary payne ,  David hoisington ,  Nick magnan ,  James rhoads ,  Mumuni abudulai ,  Koushik adhikari ,  Jinru chen ,  Richard akromah ,  William appaw ,  William ellis ,  Maria balota ,  Kumar mallikarjunan ,  Emeritus professor ken boote ,  Greg macdonald ,  Kira bowen ,  Boris bravo-ureta ,  Jeremy jelliffe ,  Agnes budu ,  Hendrix chalwe ,  Alice mweetwa ,  Munsanda ngulube ,  Awere dankyi ,  Brandford mochia ,  Vivian hoffmann ,  Amade muitia ,  Agnes mwangwela ,  Sam njoroge ,  David kalule okello ,  Nelson opoku ,  Mary a. egbuta ,  Prof f. ascencio ,  Dr t. sandoval-contreras

    This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on mycotoxin control in agriculture.

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  • Advances in optimising nitrogen-use efficiency in crop production
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    Advances in optimising nitrogen-use efficiency in crop production

    Prof j. f. angus

    Globally, the quantity of nitrogen (N) fertilizer applied to crops is growing rapidly as it replaces the shrinking contribution of soil organic N and meets the demand by higher-yielding crops. On average, crops recover close to half the applied N, so its inefficient management is an increasing pr...

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  • Advances in understanding and managing insect pests of forest trees
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    Advances in understanding and managing insect pests of forest trees

    Dr barbara bentz ,  Dr pierluigi bonello ,  Dr horst delb ,  Dr christopher fettig ,  Dr therese poland ,  Dr deepa pureswaran ,  Dr steven seybold

    Boreal and temperate forests comprise half of all forested land globally and are a major source of timber and other ecosystem services. Disturbances caused by native and invasive insects are among the most important mediators of forest mortality. The interacting effects of climate change on insec...

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  • Developing effective welfare measures for cattle
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    Developing effective welfare measures for cattle

    Dr ute knierim ,  Dr christoph winckler ,  Dr luc mounier ,  Dr isabelle veissier

    This chapter focuses on the performance characteristics a welfare measure should possess in order to be considered valid for the assessment of animal welfare. It presents a choice of validation measures that can be used to assess the welfare of cattle and discusses ways they can be collected in p...

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  • Optimizing the microbial shelf-life of fresh beef
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    Optimizing the microbial shelf-life of fresh beef

    Declan j. bolton

    Beef spoilage is primarily caused by bacteria, and maximizing shelf-life is dependent on a multiple hurdle approach to generate conditions that inhibit microbial growth. This chapter begins by reviewing the factors that affect beef spoilage and microbial shelf-life, and the bacteria and processes...

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  • Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve resistance to claw disorders/lameness
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    Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve resistance to claw disorders/lameness

    Dr christa egger-danner ,  Dr b. heringstad

    Foot and claw disorders are, along with reproductive and udder health problems, major reasons for involuntary culling in dairy cattle. Culling due to lameness accounts for 8-15% of all culls. This chapter describes the key factors needed to achieve genetic improvement of claw health and discusses...

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  • The use of Trichoderma spp. to control plant diseases
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    The use of trichoderma spp. to control plant diseases

    Dr enrique monte ,  Dr rosa hermosa

    Trichoderma is one of the most studied genera of ascomycetous fungi due to the beneficial effects it has on plants. Trichoderma spp. are involved in the production of cell wall-degrading enzymes and metabolites with antimicrobial activity. It also produces volatile compounds that act together as ...

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  • The emergence of antibiotic resistance in poultry farms
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    The emergence of antibiotic resistance in poultry farms

    Issmat i. kassem ,  Yosra a. helmy ,  Isaac p. kashoma ,  Dr gireesh rajashekara

    The use of antibiotics in poultry farming has enhanced production via effectively controlling infectious diseases and promoting growth of birds, allowing the industry to cope with the increasing consumer demands and provide safe and affordable products. However, the use of antibiotics results in ...

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  • Grassland management to minimize the environmental impact of dairy farming
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    Grassland management to minimize the environmental impact of dairy farming

    Margaret e. graves ,  Ralph martin

    Minimizing the environmental impact of dairy farming with perennial forage systems management is a complex process. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (enteric methane, nitrous oxide from soil and carbon dioxide from equipment and fertilizer use), adapt to the effects of climate change...

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  • The nutritional value of red palm oil
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    The nutritional value of red palm oil

    Hélène delisle

    There is a great deal of confusion regarding the nutritional value and health effects of palm oil. The controversy and conflicting views still continue on whether or not palm oil is atherogenic. Based on current evidence, it would appear that palm oil has both favourable and unfavourable effects....

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  • Human–robot collaboration in agricultural robots
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    Human–robot collaboration in agricultural robots

    Professor yael edan

    Agricultural robots are being developed for many on-farm tasks; however, in practice, current working agricultural robotic systems are limited and fully robotized farms are not yet available. This chapter presents initial work carried out in the domain of human–robot collaboration in agriculture ...

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  • Beneficial compounds from coffee leaves
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    Beneficial compounds from coffee leaves

    Claudine campa ,  Arnaud petitvallet

    Leaves are the leading source of carbon for plant growth and reproduction, and possess a wide range of protection systems against environmental stress. The leaves of the coffee plant, characterized by a high antioxidant potential, have a significant impact on fruit quality, and identifying marker...

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  • Advances in molecular breeding techniques for barley: genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
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    Advances in molecular breeding techniques for barley: genome-wide association studies (gwas)

    Dr w. t. b. thomas

    Barley breeders cross complementary parents for desirable characters and use suitable screening systems to select superior recombinant lines. The advent of molecular markers, especially high throughput genome-wide systems, means that selection for characters, e.g. quality can be conducted indirec...

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  • Considerations with turfgrasses and pollinators
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    Considerations with turfgrasses and pollinators

    Dr michelle wisdom ,  Dr michael richardson ,  Dr paige boyle

    The global rise of the human population, increase in urbanization, and reliance on pesticide use has led to a decline in ecosystem services, pollinator habitat and forage sites, and pollinator abundance. Converting unused turfgrass ecosystems to pollinator-supporting plantings or incorporating fl...

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  • Microbial ecology and function of the gastrointestinal tract in layer hens
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    Microbial ecology and function of the gastrointestinal tract in layer hens

    Dr steven c. ricke

    With the introduction of next-generation sequencing, a more comprehensive identification of the laying hen gastrointestinal tract microbial population has emerged. There are several factors that can influence the composition and function of the layer hen gastrointestinal tract including age of th...

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  • Advances in the drought and heat resistance of soybean
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    Advances in the drought and heat resistance of soybean

    Dr heng ye ,  Dr babu valliyodan ,  Dr li song ,  Dr j. grover shannon ,  Dr pengyin chen ,  Prof. henry t. nguyen

    Drought combined with heat is the major abiotic stress that threatens crop production. Climate changes are anticipated to intensify the occurrence of irregular precipitation patterns worldwide, which will further negatively affect crop production and food security. The success of soybean improvem...

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  • Advances in managing wireworms in cereal crops: challenges and future directions
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    Advances in managing wireworms in cereal crops: challenges and future directions

    Dr arash rashed ,  Dr erik j. wenninger

    Wireworms are the immature stage of click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) species. Several species of wireworms are considered serious pests of agricultural crops, including small grains. Limited information with respect to objective species- and crop-specific economic injury levels, effective in...

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  • Nematodes associated with maize
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    Nematodes associated with maize

    T. l. niblack

    Plant-feeding, or plant-parasitic, nematodes are ubiquitous in soils that support plant growth, and at least one species is usually present in association with the roots or shoots of maize. However, the macro-effects of phytophagous nematodes are notoriously difficult to test and measure, and de...

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  • Fusarium diseases: biology and management perspectives
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    Fusarium diseases: biology and management perspectives

    Dr edward c. rojas ,  Dr hans j. l. jørgensen ,  Dr birgit jensen ,  Prof david b. collinge

    World cereal production faces the challenge of increasing productivity while reducing its environmental footprint. Diseases like Fusarium head blight that reduce yield and quality of the harvest are controlled mainly with agricultural practices and fungicides. These measures have been shown to be...

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  • Modelling biodiversity in agriculture
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    Modelling biodiversity in agriculture

    Professor g. r. squire

    Models have been widely used in agricultural science to understand complexity, predict the consequence of change and extend knowledge to new scales. ‘Crop modelling’ began in the 1960s and is now well advanced and applied globally, but is restricted to a few economic species. More recently, model...

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  • Advances in nutrient and water management in forestry: monitoring, maintaining, and restoring soil health
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    Advances in nutrient and water management in forestry: monitoring, maintaining, and restoring soil health

    Dr daniel g. neary

    A number of important advances in nutrient and water management in forestry have been made since the middle of the 20th Century to maintain and improve soil health. Many concerns have been expressed about the sustainability of forestry operations with intensification of management and harvesting ...

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  • Women and smallholder farming
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    Women and smallholder farming

    Emerita professor carolyn sachs ,  Dr paige castellanos ,  Caroline muchiri ,  Dr els lecoutere ,  Dr nicoline de haan ,  Ms rhiannon pyburn ,  Dr julie newton ,  Dr margaret alston ,  Dr zhaoen pan ,  Dr brenda boonabaana ,  Dr florence kyoheirwe muhanguzi ,  Dr losira nasirumbi sanya ,  Dr susan namirembe kavuma ,  Dr grace kyomuhendo bantebya ,  Dr pius okello ,  Dr laura meinzen-dick ,  Dr nargiza ludgate ,  Dr nozomi kawarazuka ,  Nguyen thi van anh ,  Vu xuan thai ,  Emerita professor janet momsen ,  Ms dina najjar ,  Dr angie carter ,  Dr prisca pfammatter ,  Dr michaela hoffelmeyer ,  Dr hannah whitley ,  Ms veronica kaitano ,  Dr vincent achikulire kaitano ,  Dr jemima nomunume baada ,  Prof. kathleen earl colverson ,  Arati joshi ,  Fallon y riaño j ,  Steven franzel ,  Dr girma gezimu gebre ,  Dr stefan sieber ,  Dr diana e. lopez ,  Dr ekaterina gualoto ,  Dr m. jahangir alam chowdhury ,  Dr krista jacobs ,  Dr caitlin kieran ,  Dr tatiana gumucio ,  Dr nayna jhaveri ,  Dr margaret alston ,  Dr stephanie buechler ,  Dr sandra nereida barrera galvis ,  Dr magnolia longo ,  Dr francis denisse mcclean ,  Arie sanders ,  Dr alissa bilfield ,  Dr marlène elias ,  Gloria adeyiga ,  Elisabeth simelton ,  Yovita ivanova ,  Ana maria paez valencia ,  Barbara vinceti ,  Tim pagella ,  Ms rosemirta birungi ,  Dr florence kyazze birungi ,  Dr frank b. matsiko ,  Dr justine nambi-kasozi ,  Dr maria jones ,  Dr woldegebrial zeweld ,  Dr dawit gebregziabher ,  Ms brigitte bagnol ,  Dr catherine kaluwa ,  Dr jemimah oduma ,  Dr tevin konde ,  Dr angela opondoh ,  Dr diana muta ,  Dr meghan stanley ,  Dr marieke rosenbaum ,  Dr hellen amuguni ,  Dr robyn alders

    There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.Women a...

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