Agricultural technologies have long been promoted by governments and development organizations as effective ways to increase farm productivity and reduce poverty. However, adoption of many seemingly beneficial technologies ...

India is one of the fastest growing G20 economies, largely reflecting an ambitious reform agenda under implementation since 2014. Against this background, agriculture is a key sector in terms of its contribution to ...

This chapter focuses on the effects that agricultural wastes can have on water, air, and animal resources. Special emphasis is placed on the reactions of particu lar contaminants within the aquatic environment (how ...

Agriculture in the NA is rain fed as well as irrigated. There is a general scarcity of irrigation water, hence a lot of culturable waste cannot be brought under cultivation. The components of food security are crops, ...

This new monograph series is intended to provide a point of convergence for high quality, original work on various aspects of international economic and WTO law, ranging from established subject matter, such as international ...

Even though the intensive crop production practices adopted in achieving green revolution (using heavy doses of fertilizers, indiscriminate use of pesticides and herbicides) led to enormous gains in food production and ...

The main pathogens associated with poultry farming and production are various serotypes of Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter jejuni. These enteric pathogens are the most common causes of diarrhea ...

The economic and environmental costs of the heavy use of chemical N fertilizers in agriculture are a global concern. Sustainability considerations mandate that alternatives to N fertilizers must be urgently sought. ...