Sugar replacement in food and beverage manufacture no longer has just an economic benefit. The use of ingredients to improve the nutritional status of a food product is now one of the major driving forces in new product development. It is therefore important, as options for sugar replacement continue to increase, that expert knowledge and information in this area is readily available.

In addition, the knowledge of the farmers should be strengthened to cope with environmental disasters that irreversibly affect their resource base and farming systems. The books which contain terminology that assist the students, researchers, extension workers, planners etc., are most useful and is the need of the hour. This book is improved over...

This book describes the major acheivements made in the RandD of transgenic insect pest-resistant cotton under the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Technology for the National High-Tech Program. This resulted in the development of Transgenic Bt cotton, the first biotechnology product applied in Chinese agriculture. Translated from the...

The European Union will begin accession negotiations with Turkey in October 2005. With over half of EU legislation devoted to agriculture and food, and about 70 percent of the EU budget going to agriculture and low-income regions, agriculture, food, and rural issues will play a major role in the negotiations. This context raises questions such as: what...

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice - a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational site - as an example of one such system that has been heavily affected by human activities...

In agricultural systems, a diversity of crops and varieties in essential to combat the risks farmers face from pests, diseases and variations in climate. Crop biodiversity also underpins the range of dietary needs and services that consumers demand as economies change. There is growing concern, however, about declining services that consumers demand as ecomomies change.

The Brassica crops provide the greatest diversity of products derived from a single genus. As vegetables they deliver leaves, flowers, stems and roots that are used either fresh or in processed forms. This book covers the Occidental crops derived from B. oleracea (cole or cabbage group) and Oriental types from B. rapa (Chinese cabbage and its relatives).

The diseases that affect vegetables are of great importance to grower, shipper, marketer, and consumer. This book will be useful to a range of professionals involved in the production of vegetable crops and focuses primarily on diseases that are caused by pathogens. Chapters dealing with the general principles of the causes, diagnosis and control of...

Based on original research by the Food and Resource Economic Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, this book addresses the controversial issue of the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. Written from the perspective of developing countries, it addresses the...