Farm Knowledge

Farm Knowledge
Author: Edward Loomis Davenport Seymour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 584
Release: 1919
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Agricultural Knowledge and Knowledge Systems in Post-Soviet Societies

Agricultural Knowledge and Knowledge Systems in Post-Soviet Societies
Author: Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2016-02-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 303432006X

This volume addresses the crucial role of knowledge and innovation in coping with and adapting to socio-economic and political transformation processes in post-Soviet societies. Unique are the bottom up or micro-sociological and ethnographic perspectives offered by the book on the processes of post-Soviet transformations in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus. Three thematic fields form the structuring frame: cultures of knowledge production and sharing in agriculture; local governance arrangements and knowledge production; and finally, the present situation of agricultural advisory services development.

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2012-02-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9264167447

This conference proceedings from the OECD Conference on Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS), held in Paris inJune 2011, discusses experiences and approaches to AKS explores how to foster development and adoption of innovation to meet global food security and climate change challenges.

Farming for Us All

Farming for Us All
Author: Michael Mayerfeld Bell
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780271046327

Farming for Us All gives us the opportunity to explore the possibilities for social, environmental, and economic change that practical, dialogic agriculture presents.

Manage Weeds on Your Farm

Manage Weeds on Your Farm
Author: Charles L. Mohler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021
Genre: Weed control
ISBN: 9781888626209

Manage Weeds on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies provides you with in-depth information about dozens of agricultural weeds found throughout the country and the best ways of managing them. In Part One, the book begins with a general discussion of weeds: their biology, behavior and the characteristics that influence how to best control their populations. It then describes the strengths and limitations of the most common cultural management practices, physical practices and cultivation tools. Part Two is a reference section that describes the identification, ecology and management of 63 of the most common and difficult-to-control weed species found in the United States.