Strong focus on conserving and exploiting genetic resources for breeding improved varietiesDetailed review of specific diseases such as witches broom as well as insect pests and nematodesCovers key aspects of sustainability such as agro-forestry, organic cultivation and measures to support smallholders

Particularly strong focus on understanding dairy cattle behaviour as the foundation for improving welfare in such areas as cognition and learning, pain and stress as well as social behaviourCovers developments in more animal/outcome-based welfare indicators as well as advanced sensor, acoustic and video techniques for monitoring behaviour and welfareComprehensive review of welfare issues across the value chain, from calves and heifers to culling

Social tourism - the practice of offering programmes, events and activities to enable disadvantaged population groups to enjoy tourism - is of increasing interest to academia. Beginning with an introduction to the social tourism concept, its relevance and target groups, this book then provides reflections about emerging topics case studies of programmes in action across Europe, Oceania and the Americas. It considers the tourism experience from the point of view of young people, families, s...

Heidi Kühn’s lifelong commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force—from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter in Juneau, Alaska, covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis that threatened everything she held dear, Heidi became determined to rid the world of another form of cancer that has plagued the world for decades—landmine...

Covers key advances in breeding, including conventional, marker-assisted and transgenic breeding techniquesSummarises key advances in understanding bacterial, fungal and viral diseases of sugarcaneAssesses best practice in integrated disease, pest and weed management

Die junge Strafverteidigerin Alice Logan kann ihrem Vater nicht verzeihen, dass er nie für sie da war und ständig ihre Mutter betrogen hat. Doch ist er auch ein Mörder? Als er für einen viele Jahre zurückliegenden Mordfall zum Tode verurteilt wird, muss sie sich entscheiden. Erst will sie seinen Unschuldsbeteuerungen gar nicht zuhören, doch dann tauchen ähnliche Fälle auf, zwischen denen es einen Zusammenhang zu geben scheint. Ist ihr Vater tatsächlich unschuldig Opfer einer Verschwörung g...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The AGI ChroniclesAn Anthology of the Protocol AE-4.1 SeriesIn a world being remade by artificial general intelligence, productivity will soon be optimized, decision-making logical—and human relevance will quietly slip away.This powerful anthology collects all three volumes of the Protocol AE-4.1 series into one gripping novel of near-future realism and ethical reckoning. Th...