Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farmingDiscusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop productionParticular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world

Twenty superb new crime stories have been commissioned specially to celebrate the final CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as 'one of the fifty best festivals in the world'.Sixteen years of murder, mystery, and mayhem – CrimeFest stands as a cornerstone of crime fiction, uniting the genre's finest minds. Now the most distinguished names in crime writing have collaborated to commemorate this milestone with an exceptional anthology of meticulously crafted short stories.Feat...

Die Politikwissenschaftler Sean Müller und Adrian Vatter legen die erste umfassende Darstellung des Ständerats vor. Sie zeigen das Stöckli im institutionellen Gefüge der Schweizer Politik, zwischen nationaler Gesetzgebung, Europapolitik und Regionalismus. Der Ständerat stand bislang weit weniger im Fokus politikwissenschaftlicher Forschung als der Nationalrat, obwohl er als die einflussreichere Kammer gilt. Die Autorinnen und Autoren der verschiedenen Beiträge analysieren das Abstimmungsve...

With the publication of The Raw Food Detox Diet, Natalia Rose popularized the concept of “detox dieting.” Her principles for cleansing and revitalizing the body by emphasizing living foods and proper food combinations caught the attention of Doris Choi, personal chef and caterer to New York’s cognoscenti—and inspired a whole new culinary approach. Rose and Choi teamed up to create The Rose Program Culinary Institute and Detox Delivers, an innovative cooking school and foo...

Imagine experiencing the same unshakable joy Jesus had while he walked this earth. Feeling for yourself his inherent sense of love and belonging, peace and assurance, purpose and fulfillment, despite life’s sufferings. All this can indeed be yours!Take a journey through God’s Great Embrace and explore the wonder and mystery of the believer’s union with Christ. Come to know true freedom through sharing in the life of Abba’s Son, Jesus. Full of stories, rich...

This journal subline serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating innovative research ideas, theories, emerging technologies, empirical investigations, state-of-the-art methods, and tools in all different genres of edutainment, such as game-based learning and serious games, interactive storytelling, virtual learning environments, VR-based education, and related fields. It covers aspects from educational and game theories, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, artificial int...

Since the 1980's, market-based instruments for environmental policy have become increasingly important. Focusing on environmental taxation in practice, this volume collects key contributions on a wide range of topics, including comparisons of environmental taxation schemes in different countries, political economy issues and key aspects of concrete implementation. It presents a wealth of ex-ante and ex-post analyses, intended as a source of guidance for policy implementation and research. ...

This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with developed countries. It covers market-oriented approaches and challenges for OA as part of high value chains and as an agro-ecologically based development for improving food security. It demonstra...

How Many Cats Have You Killed? by Mick Herron and Strangers in a Pub by Martin Edwards from Ten Year Stretch are longlisted for the CWA Short Story DaggerTwenty superb new crime stories have been commissioned specially to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Crimefest, described by The Guardian as 'one of the fifty best festivals in the world'.A star-studded international group of authors has come together in crime ...