Agronomi & spannmålsproduktion

Årets Svenska Måltidslitteratur 2021 Bli inspirerad att göra som Selma Lagerlöf gjorde - börja varje ny dag med en skål nyttig skrädmjölsvälling! Följ med till Sveriges tre kvarnar som mal skrädmjöl: Stöpafors Kvarn, Björkaholm Qvarn och Femtå Qva...

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Författaren, Bengt Weidow, är agronom med växtodlingsinriktning och har mångårig erfarenhet som växtodlingslärare och som medverkande vid fortbildningskurser. Han har givit ut ett flertal läroböcker inom sitt ämnesområde.

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Gräsättlingar försörjer mänskligheten, ris, vete och majs är alla gräs. Rågen, från början ett turkiskt ogräs, blev så småningom nationalsymbol i Finland. Rågen har besjungits i dikten och svedjebruket har avbildats i konsten. Under ljusa sommarnä...

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"En bok som ställer de stora frågorna och ger stora svar." Yuval Noah Harari "Fascinerande lägger grunden för förståelsen av vår historia." Bill Gates Hur kommer det sig att framsteg, makt och rikedomar fördelats så ojämnt över...

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Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems. This bestselling textbook provides the essential foundation for understanding this transformation in all its components: agricultural, ecological, economic, social, cultural, and po...

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Följ med ut i de svenska rapsmarkerna och titta in i de böljande raps¿fältens hemliga vrår. Du får veta det mesta om fröer, pålrötter och träffa en och annan rapsbagge. Du kan både se och läsa om hur raps odlas, förädlas och hur det går till att p...

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Fröet är matens bortglömda huvudrollsinnehavare. Det är fröerna som ser till att sushiriset mognar på andra sidan jorden, som säkrar vetet i pastan och som ordnar morgonkaffet. Nästan allt vi äter b&ou...

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The Ecological Farm is a breakthrough resource for ecological fruit and vegetable growers at every scale who want to go beyond organic. Through a unique ecosystem-balancing approach focusing on reduced tillage, minimising farm and garden inputs an...

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Beskriver utförligt våra 53 vanligaste ogräsarter på åker och i trädgård. Visar ogräset i olika utvecklingsstadier, dess förekomst, biologi, kännetecken och förväxlingsrisker. Varje art beskrivs i text, teckningar och färgbilder på ett sådant sätt...

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Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pa...

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Principles and farm-tested practices for no-dig market gardeningfor healthier, more productive soil! From the host of the popular The No-Till Market Garden Podcast heard around the world with nearly one million downloads! Discovering how to meet t...

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Botanical Dyes features recipes and top tips on everything you need to know to make your own natural dyes. The process of turning plants into print can help you reconnect with nature, find a creative outlet and develop a mindful sense of presence....

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of plant diseases, including pathogens, plant-pathogen interactions, their management, and future perspectives. Plant diseases limit potential crop production and are responsible f...

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Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources...

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Often playing second fiddle to hops in the minds of craft beer drinkers, malt is the backbone of beer: No barley, no beer. Malt defines the color, flavor, body, and alcohol of beer and has been cultivated for nearly as long as agriculture has exis...

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'Dirt to Soil is the [regenerative farming] movements's holy text' The Observer Author and farmer Gabe Brown, featured in the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground 'A regenerative no-till pioneer' NBC News 'Dirt to Soil confirms my belief that anima...

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Geopolitics and the Green Revolution explores why four different countries (USA, India, Britain, and Mexico) each sought to develop high yielding wheat production. National security concerns and management of foreign exchange were prime motivators...

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Bränning av gräs i ängs- och betesmarker har en lång historia i Sverige. Bränning som skötselmetod var särskilt utbredd i sydvästra Sveriges ljunghedar, men även i andra delar av landet och i andra slags marker har man använt elden för att hålla m...

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Despite having been published about two years ago for the first time, the continuous demand for this book encouraged me to prepare this revised and enlarged edition. Many parts of the text have been rewritten, type errors traced and corrected, and...

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Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Fifth Edition addresses the increasingly important field of soil biota and their interactions in research and education. Soil biota are extremely important, and especially relevant to today's societal ...

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Healthy soil is key to sustaining life on Earth. While more and more people are starting to see the need for soil restoration, there is very little understanding of just how it can be accomplished. There is a rapidly emerging demand for a how to m...

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This book will teach you everything you need to know about feeding your garden, orchard or smallholding with homemade and chemical-free `teas'. It is packed with recipes for creating nutrient-rich, healthy soil, to give you healthy plants and ecos...

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Holistic management is a systems-thinking approach developed by biologist Allan Savory to restore the world's grassland soils and minimize the damaging effects of climate change and desertification on humans and the natural world. This third ...

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'This beautifully presented book gives readers the nitty-gritty guide for five diverse ways to nourish ourselves from stewarding nature's abundance.' David Holmgren, co-originator of Permaculture 'This book may change your life...

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Containing 500 full color photographs and illustrations, The Bench Grafters Handbook: Principles and Practice presents exhaustive information on all aspects of bench grafting. It details requirements of more than 200 temperate woody plant genera, ...

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Wine growers are converting to biodynamic viniculture in record numbers. Some of the world's best wines are now biodynamic. At its heart, biodynamic viniculture is about understanding the nature of vines and their relationship to the environment. ...

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'Fluent, persuasive and surely right.' Evening Standard The inside story of the fight for and against genetic modification in food. Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s working undercover with his colle...

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In recent years there has been a much greater appreciation of the enormous contribution that hedges make to the countryside. Today, their beauty, their ability to provide wind protection and contain livestock, their environmental importance and th...

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The revised edition of the bestselling textbook, covering both classical and molecular plant breeding Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding integrates theory and practice to provide an insightful examination of the fundamental principles and a...

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Since the dawn of agriculture, great civilizations have sunk into poverty after destroying their once fertile land. Today, few people realise how close we are to the same fate if we dont take action. In Growing a Revolution, David R. Montgomery le...

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