Agricultural and forest pests lead to many plant diseases resulting in poor yield and productivity. Traditionally, chemical pesticides have been used to control these pests. However, the adverse health impacts of chemical pesticides have triggered parallel research in safe biological options. Nevertheless, biocontrol has come a long way ever since the commercialisation of the first Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticide (sporeine) in the 1940s, however, still there are research gaps

This user’s manual assumes that there is an overarching national agricultural policy. Such a policy informs the mission, direction or mandate of organisations, both large government organisations, such as government ministries and small non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that comprise a national agricultural sector.

This Facilitator’s Guide has been developed to meet a need expressed by agriculture and rural development organisations in African, Pacific and Caribbean (ACP) countries highlighted in the needs assessment studies conducted from 2003-2012 by CTA (The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation). In response to this need, CTA has embarked on developing this guide and training selected professionals from ACP countries who in turn train more professionals in their home countries.

Global climate change is a natural process that currently appears to be strongly influenced by human activities, which increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG), in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Agriculture contributes about 20% of the world’s global radiation forcing from CO2, CH4 and N2O, and produces 50% of the CH4 and 70% of the N2O of the human-induced emission.

This bestselling reference bridges the gap between the introductory and highly specialized books dealing with aspects of food biochemistry for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the fi elds of food science, horticulture, animal science, dairy science and cereal chemistry.

The role of nutrition has moved beyond the food pyramid and the importance of a balanced diet in maintaining a healthy weight, and is now also recognized as a significant contributing factor in addressing age and disease-specific conditions. As research advances into these areas, students approach nutrition from a wide range of perspectives that continue to change and evolve.

Plant Tissue Culture, Third Edition builds on the classroom tested, audience proven manual that has guided users through successful plant culturing A.tumefaciens mediated transformation, infusion technology, the latest information on media components and preparation, and regeneration and morphogenesis along with new exercises and diagrams provide current information and examples.

Sur le milliard de personnes les plus pauvres de la planète, les trois quarts vivent dans des zones rurales et une large majorité d’entre eux sont tributaires de l’agriculture pour leur subsistance et leur survie. Encourager la croissance du secteur agricole est donc l’un des moyens les plus efficaces de lutter contre la pauvreté et de réduire la faim et la malnutrition.

At a time when the world's food supplies are increasingly unable to meet the needs of a burgeoning population, the subject matter of this book has never been more relevant.

This bilingual CD-ROM features a compilation of analyses published on the Agritrade website (http://agritrade.cta.int) in 2011.