Maintaining soil health in dryland areas

Maintaining soil health in dryland areasDrylands cover 40% of the global terrestrial space and are home for 2 billion people, often the most vulnerable. Land use is dominated by rangelands and much less by croplands, while barren areas with sparse vegetation mixed with rock outcrops are widespread. In spite of their hostile nature, drylands host 50% of global livestock and 30% of all present grown crops originate from them. This chapter addresses critical research issues needed to maintain

The chapter includes three detailed case studies of common fruit pests as examples of how optimization of insecticide applications could be implemented within a framework of an integrated management of fruit insect pests

discussions and questions to consider

underlying influences on biological indicators should inform both selection of indicators to study and interpretation of results

focusing on the role of a number of significant actors as well as those who have been marginalised by the process

This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice

Portrait of a Serial Killer

lodging in someone else’s home was commonplace

This chapter presents ‘conventional’ breeding technologies that have been applied in tomato breeding

Decolonizing images focuses on Egypt’s local visual heritage and continues the urgent process of decolonizing the canon of photography

This is an invaluable overview of one of the most important phenomena of our age

• How do different plays reflect human consciousness

Do It Yourself is a practical guide for artists