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Farming for Health describes the use of farms, farm animals, plants and landscapes as a base for promoting human mental and physical health and social well-being.

In Western societies the incidence and prevalence of respiratory and food-related allergies have increased rapidly over the past decades.

Proceedings of the Frontis workshop on Bayesian Statistics and quality modelling in the agro-food production chain, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1-14 May 2003

In Western societies the incidence and prevalence of respiratory and food-related allergies have increased rapidly over the past decades.

This multi-author book deals with 'resource ecology', which is the ecology of trophic interactions between consumers and their resources. This makes the book ideal for teaching and course work, because it highlights the fact that ecology is a living and active research field.

This multi-author book deals with 'resource ecology', which is the ecology of trophic interactions between consumers and their resources. This makes the book ideal for teaching and course work, because it highlights the fact that ecology is a living and active research field.

Life sciences have huge controversial social implications. This title discusses topics and theories like the relationship between ethics, professional ethics and business ethics, the public responsibility of researchers and communicating, organizing, teaching and discussing ethical issues.

Life sciences have huge controversial social implications. Drawing from a workshop at Wageningen University and Research Centre, this book discusses topics and theories, such as the relationship between ethics, professional ethics and business ethics, the public responsibility of researchers and communicating, and discussing ethical issues.

Agro-food chains and networks are increasingly important to producers in developing countries, where they become integrated into geographically dispersed supply networks linking producers, traders and processors from the South with retailers and consumers in urban centres and in the North.

Contemporary research on genetic control of disease-transmitting insects knows two kinds of scientists: those that work in the laboratory and those known as 'field people'.

Contemporary research on genetic control of disease-transmitting insects knows two kinds of scientists: those that work in the laboratory and those known as 'field people'.

This book offers the contributions of active researchers and leading experts in the field of grassland management and grass utilization. Rather than focus separately on soil-plant interactions, plant production, animal nutrition, animal production or product quality issues, this book takes a more integrated approach.

This book offers the contributions of active researchers and leading experts in the field of grassland management and grass utilization. Rather than focus separately on soil-plant interactions, plant production, animal nutrition, animal production or product quality issues, this book takes a more integrated approach.

About the book The contents of most of the chapters included in this volume were originally presented and discussed during the academic workshop 'High-tech Valleys and Research Triangles in the East of the Netherlands and elsewhere', held on 30 November and 1 December 2005 at the Wageningen International Congress Centre (WICC) in the Netherlands.

About the book The contents of most of the chapters included in this volume were originally presented and discussed during the academic workshop 'High-tech Valleys and Research Triangles in the East of the Netherlands and elsewhere', held on 30 November and 1 December 2005 at the Wageningen International Congress Centre (WICC) in the Netherlands.

This book provides an overview of chemical ecology related to different ecosystems. The book addresses aboveground and belowground terrestrial systems as well as aquatic systems, and the organisms involved are micro- and macro-organisms, such as plants, arthropods and mammals.