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Environment for Development eBook Series

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  • Agricultural Investment and Productivity

    Building Sustainability in East Africa

    Edited by Randall Bluffstone, Gunnar Köhlin ...
    Series series Environment for Development
    Agricultural Investment and Productivity provides a deep and systematic look at the opportunities for and constraints to investments in sustainable agriculture in East Africa, offering important insights into what works and how to analyze agricultural investments in one of the poorest regions of the world. The book critically examines the reasons behind East Africa's stagnant agricultural ... Read more

    PHP4,496.06

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  • The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture

    Creating an Edible Ecosystem

    by Christopher Shein ...
    “A useful and a wonderful resource whether you grow on a balcony, rooftop or in the ground.” —Yolanda Burrell, owner of Pollinate Farm and Garden SupplyOnce a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as organic gardeners discover the wisdom of a simple system that emphasizes the simple idea that by taking care of the earth, the earth takes care of you. The Vegetable Gardener's Guide ... Read more

    PHP785.39

  • The Book of Bee-Keeping - A Practical and Complete Manual on the Proper Management of Bees

    by W. B. Webster ...
    Specially written for amateurs, beginners, cottagers and others who are desirous of keeping two or three hives of bees so as to yield the best results. This complete guide to bee-keeping provides information on hive constructions and management, the natural history of bees, harvesting, swarming, and all other related aspects. Highly accessible and full useful tips, “The Book of Bee-Keeping” will ... Read more

    PHP584.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Changing the Food Game

    Market Transformation Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

    by Lucas Simons ...
    By 2050, the world’s population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, to produce more food in the next 40 years than in the whole of the last 6,000. Changing the Food Game shows how our unsustainable food production system cannot support this growth. In this prescient book, Lucas Simons argues that the biggest challenge for our generation ... Read more

    PHP3,202.50

  • First Lessons in Beekeeping

    by C. P. Dadant ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to beekeeping, with information on starting a hive, hive management, swarming, harvesting honey, seasonal preparations, and much more. Profusely illustrated and full of invaluable information, this timeless volume is highly recommended for the modern beekeeper, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents ... Read more

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  • Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables & Herbs

    From Planting to Harvesting and More

    by Kim Pezza ...
    Series Book 2 - Backyard Farming
    Start your own backyard vegetable garden with this easy-to-use guide for beginner gardeners and new homesteaders!Growing Vegetables & Herbs takes you from start to finish—from garden planning to planting and nurturing, to enjoying your first home harvest. This guide shows you:• How to design the best gardening layout for your space• The ins and outs of weeding, watering, and pest control• Ways to ... Read more

    PHP440.79

  • Greenhorns

    50 Dispatches from the New Farmers' Movement

    by Zoe Ida Bradbury, Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Paula Manalo ...
    The Greenhorns are a community of more than 5,000 young farmers and activists committed to producing and advocating for food grown with vision and respect for the earth. This book, edited by three of the group’s leading members, comprises 50 original essays by new farmers who write about their experiences in the field from a wide range of angles, both practical and inspirational. Funny and sad, ... Read more

    PHP554.39

  • Learning Native Wisdom

    What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality

    by Gary Holthaus ...
    Series series Culture of the Land
    Scientific evidence has made it abundantly clear that the world's population can no longer continue its present rate of consuming and despoiling the planet's limited natural resources. Scholars, activists, politicians, and citizens worldwide are promoting the idea of sustainability, or systems and practices of living that allow a community to maintain itself indefinitely. Despite increased ... Read more

    PHP1,515.39

  • Mycelial Mayhem

    Growing Mushrooms for Fun, Profit and Companion Planting

    by David Sewak, Kristin Sewak ...
    "A comprehensive and personal tome on the production, business, promotion, and problem solving for the independent mushroom grower." —Taylor Lockwood, renowned mushroom expert & photographerMost supermarket mushrooms are bland and boring; products of an industrial process which typically relies on expensive equipment and harmful pesticides. Many people would like to add more flavorful and diverse ... Read more

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  • The Emergent Agriculture

    Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy

    by Gary S. Kleppel ...
    Local, diverse and resilient – the new culture of foodLong embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, exacerbating climate change and threatening the very earth and water on which we depend. However, this dominant system, from which Americans ... Read more

    PHP796.09

  • Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Planning

    Edited by Rob Roggema ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
    As urban populations rise rapidly and concerns about food security increase, interest in urban agriculture has been renewed in both developed and developing countries. This book focuses on the sustainable development of urban agriculture and its relationship to food planning in cities.It brings together the best revised and updated papers from the Sixth Association of European Schools of Planning ... Read more

    PHP4,249.67

  • The Principles of Agriculture - A Text-Book for Schools and Rural Societies

    by L. H. Bailey ...
    "Not only do we need to know what agriculture is, but the relative importance of its parts". The Principles of Agriculture is an extensively comprehensive handbook covering absolutely everything necessary for success in agriculture, written by one of the most knowledgeable practitioners of his time: Liberty Hyde Bailey. This text starts by outlining the intrinsic roles of science and business in ... Read more

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