Buku ini mengeksplorasi evolusi sistem pertanian karet, dari metode tradisional "jungle rubber" hingga agroforestri modern yang berkelanjutan. Ditulis oleh peneliti CIRAD berdasarkan studi lapangan dari Asia dan Afrika.
Buku ini merupakan panduan dasar mengenai agroforestri, yaitu sistem penggunaan lahan yang menggabungkan pepohonan dengan tanaman pertanian dan/atau peternakan dalam satu lahan yang dikelola secara terpadu. Buku ini membahas prinsip-prinsip desain dan manajemen agroforestri yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat sekaligus menjaga keberlanjutan lingkungan. Materi disajikan se…
This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible methods used to catch large spawners in the Strait of Gibraltar thousands of years ago and describes the much more recent overfishing that led to a grea…
This open access book discusses urban agriculture initiatives integrated in public space of dense inner-city neighbourhoods, thereby ensuring its accessibility for large and diverse segments of urban populations. It specifically focuses on the potential impacts of urban agriculture on human well-being (both on individual and community levels), and how planning, design, policy and management pra…
The objective of this open access book is to present protocols, methodologies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) used for the identification of sources, transport, and fate of agro-contaminants and illustrate them with several case studies of successful applications. The Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition (SWMCN) Subprogramme of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/I…
The aim of this open access book is to facilitate the identification and description of the different organs as well as pathogens and diseases affecting the most representative species of cephalopods focussed on Sepia officinalis, Loligo vulgaris and Octopus vulgaris. These species are valuable ‘morphotype’ models and belong to the taxonomic groups Sepioidea, Myopsida and Octopoda, which in…