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Biotechnology for Solving Agricultural Problems: Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research
by Augustine, Patricia C., Danforth, Harry D., Bakst, Murray R
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- 1986
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Dordrecht, Holland: Martinus Nijhoff, 1986. Comprehensive scholarly text presents detailed techniques and research strategies in the advances in biotechnology which include genetic manipulation, nutrition, health and disease, and natural resource management. Topics covered include: germline modifications, gene mapping, monoclonal antibody production, gene transposition, biocontrol of insects, vaccinia virus vectors, pesticide environmental research, molecular biology of zinc, molecular response of plants… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Elisa Guidebook
by Crowther, John R
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- 2001
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- 9780896037281
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Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001. Highly sensitive, precise, and versatile, Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) is now the predominant assay used in biomedical and agricultural research, as well as in applied science. In The ELISA Guidebook, John R. Crowther provides todays premier practical guide to the understanding and application of ELISA. Updating and greatly expanding his widely appreciated earlier publication,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Japanese Colonialism In Taiwan: Land Tenure, Development, And Dependency In Taiwan, 1895-1945
by Ka, Chih-Ming
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- 1995
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- 9780813389226
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1995. Exploring the dynamics of development and dependency, this book traces the experience of Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule. Chih-ming Ka shows how, unlike in other sugar-producing colonies, Taiwan was able to sustain its indigenous family farms and small-scale rice millers, who not only survived but thrived in competition with Japanese sugar capital. Focusing on Taiwans… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 325.59
Beef Cattle Science Handbook: Volume 20
by Baker, Frank H. & Miller, Mason E
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- 1984
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- 9780865316720
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Comprehensive text includes interdisciplinary presentations made at the International Stockman's School, January 8-13, 1984 by national and international respected leaders in the field. Topics covered include: genetics and selection for the tropics and subtropics; world livestock feed relationships; impact of climactic variabilities on livestock; concepts affecting agriculture and the industry; energy sources and animal wastes;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beef Cattle Science Handbook: Volume 19
by Baker, Frank H
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- 1983
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- 9780865315099
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1983. Comprehensive text includes interdisciplinary presentations made at the International Stockman's School, January 2-6, 1983 by national and international respected leaders in the field. Topics covered include: global cattle production systems; genetics and selection; world livestock feed relationships; impact of climactic variabilities on livestock; concepts affecting agriculture and the industry; water management; physiology and reproduction; animal… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Transformation of Mexican Agriculture: International Structure and the Politics of Rural Change
by Sanderson, Steven E
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- 1986
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- 9780691076935
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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the problems of Mexican agriculture and its inability to feed its own population, due to the internationalization of the food system promoted by the Mexican state. Text examines the role of national and international factors in structuring rural development in global patterns. 324 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Golden Years of Agriculture in Nevada
by Bohmont, Dale W
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- 1989
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Reno, Nevada: Nevada Agricultural Foundation, 1989. Detailed text examines the history of the College of Agriculture in Nevada, including topics covering the power and politics that have continuously entwined into the history of the College of Agriculture since it was first formed by the Land Grant College Act; a review of the primary components of the College- notable staff… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 227.91
Dynamics and Metabolism of Insecticides in Biological Substrates and Their Selectivity
by Novozhilov, Kapiton V. & Petrova, T.M
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- 1988
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Karachi, Pakistan: Saad Publications, 1988. Classic comprehensive text translated from the original Russian edition, presents detailed topics covering dynamics and metabolism of insecticides in plants; mechanism and selective toxicities of insecticides against insects; determination methods of insecticides and acaricides in biological substrata; etc. 247 pgs. Illustrated. Small publisher stamp on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. Minimal shelfwear.. First English Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 455.82
Policy for Agricultural Research
by Ruttan, Vernon W. & Pray, Carl E
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- 1987
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- 9780813373690
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1987. Scholarly text examines the role of government, multinationals, and the emerging private sector (in both domestic and international contexts) in determining agricultural research policy. Topics covered include global perspectives; crisis and reform in the U.S. agricultural research system; research organization and reform in developing countries; global private sector agricultural research; etc. 558 pp. Illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Postharvest Losses, Technology, and Employment: The Case of Rice in Bangladesh
by Greeley, Martin
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- 1987
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- 9780813373713
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1987. Scholarly text examines the proposition that food availability can be increased cost-effectively by technological change to reduce farm-level postharvest food losses. A social benefit-cost analysis of the two major technological innovations in postharvest rice processing- pedal threshers and rice mills- shows that there is an adverse income distribution effect associated with the new machines, but… Read more about this item Item Price
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Farm Policy Analysis
by Tweeten, Luther
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- 1989
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- 9780813377452
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SGD 267.33
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1989. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the problems of farm policy analysis, based on the assumption that farm policy can be studied only when it is placed within its social, economic, and political setting, recognizing the goals, values, and beliefs influencing policy. Problems of economic instability, poverty, environment and natural resources, cash-flow, loss of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Agricultural Policy Analysis Tools for Economic Development
by Tweeten, Luther
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- 1989
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- 9780813377469
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1989. Scholarly text presents a practical guide to methods of policy analysis. Includes discussions of the conceptual foundations and applications of regression analysis and statistical methods; the use of microcomputers in policy analysis; demand theory and elasticity matrix construction; supply theory and elasticity matrix estimation; classical welfare analysis; simulation and systems modeling; enterprise budgets; mathematical programming;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 267.33
Building Agricultural Institutions: Transferring the Land Grant Model to India and Nigeria
by Goldsmith, Arthur A
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- 1990
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- 9780813380735
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text compares and contrasts two attempts to replicate in the Third World the U.S. land-grant system of agricultural education, research, and extension. The author develops an interdisciplinary framework that incorporates theories of bureaucratic politics and political econony that gives special attention to the role of public sector entrepreneurs in building institutions. Drawing on unpublished… Read more about this item Item Price
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Competitive Strategy Analysis In The Food System
by Cotterill, Ronald W
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- 1993
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- 9780813386386
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. Comprehending the economic performance of large food firms is essential to assessing the overall performance of the food sector. Using diverse methods to analyze competitive strategy, contributors to this book examine competition in the US food market, and recent events in the food manufacturing industry, that have accelerated food-firm profitability. Includes topics covering market structure… Read more about this item Item Price
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Vegetable Farming Systems in China: Report of the Visit of the Vegetable Farming Systems Delegation to China
by Plucknett, Donald L. & Beemer, Halsey L
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- 1981
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- 9780891589990
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1981. Scholarly text describes vegetable production in the People's Republic of China as observed by members of the agricultural specialists delegation, each a specialist in an area of vegetable production in the U.S. and abroad. Text focuses on vegetable farming systems in communes, research institutions, agricultural colleges, and universities in the major suburban vegetable production regions… Read more about this item Item Price
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Potatoes: Production, Marketing, and Programs for Developing Countries
by Horton, Douglas
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- 1987
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- 9780813371979
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1987. Scholarly text addresses the issues of the potatoe's potential role in agricultural development and socioeconomic stability in developing countries, including topics covering potatoe production systems; potatoe nutrition and consumption; supply, demand, and marketing; world patterns and trends in potatoe production and use; the potatoe crop and its physical environment; levels of economic development and public… Read more about this item Item Price
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Agriculture & Economic Survival: The Role of Agriculture in Equador's Development
by Whitaker, Morris D. & Coyler, Dale
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- 1990
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- 9780813381183
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Comprehensive text presents a detailed analysis of the relationships and interactions among agriculture, economic development, and public policies during the past three decades- an era characterized by wild swings in economic, natural, and policy environments. Utilizing data on the environment, natural resources, human capital and gender, legal and illegal crops, production and subsistence agriculture, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Macroeconomics, Agriculture, and Exchange Rates
by Paarlberg, Philip L. & Chambers, Robert G
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- 1988
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- 9780813375625
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1988. Comprehensive text presents detailed papers on the linkages between macroeconomics and agricultural trade, including interaction between the money supply, exchange rate and interest rate. Topics covered include modern theories of exchange rate determination; financial constraints to trade and growth; macroeconomic-agriculture linkages in developing countries; U.S. price level and dollar exchange rate; overshooting of agricultural prices;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Crop Protection Strategies for Subsistence Farmers
by Altieri, Miguel A
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- 1993
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- 9780813386355
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SGD 716.30
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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. Comprehensive scholarly text presents strategies that rely on farmers' knowledge and participation, local resources, and alternative low-input methods as a sensitive approach to developing and implementing pest management schemes adjusted to farmers' needs and their socioeconomic and agroecological conditions. Topics explore knowledge systems that farmers apply to pest problems; traditional pest management techniques; methodologies on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nutrition of Herbivores
by Hacker, John Bryan & Ternouth, John Hardy
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- 1987
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- 9780127500522
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SGD 195.35
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Marrickville, NSW Australia: Academic Press, 1987. Comprehensive text deals with factors influencing the nutrition of grazing herbivores, including topics covering factors affecting the growth of plants; concentration of nutrients and secondary compounds in the aerial portion of the plant; how much and how readily the plants are consumed by herbivores; effectiveness of ingested nutrients in digestion, absorption, partitioning and utilization… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 195.35