Due to increasing problems occurring from massive applications of pesticides, such as insect resistance to pesticides, the use of biotechnological tools to minimize losses from…

The Use and Fate of Pesticides in Vegetable-based Agro-ecosystems in Ghana reviews current knowledge on pesticides use in vegetable farming in Ghana and establishes the…

Although ending world hunger remains the most important goal, increasingly the focus is on simultaneously improving world malnutrition. Paradoxically, nutritionally important trace elements essential for…

Whilst many books on the European economy have focused on the analysis of its industrial sectors, this book draws attention to the often ignored contribution…

Most of the world’s supply of legumes is cultivated under…

Long-term security of the global food supply requires a balance between increasing production and environmental…

Food touches everything important to people: it marks social difference and strengthens social bonds. Common to all people, it can signify very different things from…