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When combined with a textbook, Capstone provides activities for a complete high school economics course. 45 exemplary lessons, over half of which are completely new, help students learn to apply economic reasoning to a wide range of real-world subjects - ranging from personal finance to global issues. The economic way of thinking helps students bring logic and meaning to all high school economics courses. Lessons cover: Markets Supply and demand Personal finance Macroeconomics The role of government The global economy ...and more Capstone is correlated to the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics. The two-book set contains a teacher's guide and student activities book with a complete glossary of economic terms. Multiple-choice and essay questions are built into each lesson.
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When combined with a textbook, Capstone provides activities for a complete high school economics course. 45 exemplary lessons, over half of which are completely new, help students learn to apply economic reasoning to a wide range of real-world subjects - ranging from personal finance to global issues. The economic way of thinking helps students bring logic and meaning to all high school economics courses.
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Capstone is correlated to the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics. The two-book set contains a teacher's guide and student activities book with a complete glossary of economic terms. Multiple-choice and essay questions are built into each lesson.
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Nurturing Change through Your Human Assets: Optimising Organisational Challenges in the New Millennium (Response Books)
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The key theme of this timely book is the inevitability and desirability of change. The author emphasises that change can be an opportunity, not a threat and it is for organizations to nurture change and give shape to it on their own terms with optimum use of their human assets.
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Nurturing Change is really an ASSET.......2001-03-20
"This book compels attention; and it can be really beneficial for managers wishing to become effective in the fast-changing scenario of the new millennium. Not only because it deals with very relevant issues but also because it offers a very down-to-earth approach and drives home subtle view points in a very lucid language. The basic theme of Nurturing Change Through Your Human Assets is the inevitability and desirability of change. The author offers a strategic perspective for
managers to reorient their attitudes and values in consonance with the changes that are churning our current environment. Although the scenario of the book is India and the situations typical of a developing economy, the lessons drawn are definitely universal in their appeal and application. All through its eleven chapters, the book emphasizes that the instrument of HRD and role crystallization, combined with the pursuit of ethical practices, can provide the keys to excellence - both for the manager and his organization. The book includes several interesting and instructive examples, caselets as well as anecdotes and reflections featured in boxes. These features not only make a very interesting reading, but they also add up to making the book convincingly persuasive. Above all, a very practical approach permeates the entire book. The book will appeal to CEOs, HR managers, change agents and consultants. It can also be used in management development programs as also a reference for courses on change management."
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While every farming system is unique, the principles of ecological pest management apply universally. Manage Insects on Your Farm highlights ecological strategies that improve your farms natural defenses and encourage beneficial insects to attack your worst pests. Learn about the principles of ecologically based pest management and the strategies of farmers around the world to address insect problems. Minimize insect damage with wise soil management and identify beneficial insects to put these good bugs to work for you. Examples of successful pest management strategies sprinkled throughout the book will stimulate your imagination to address insect problems and develop a more complex, more diverse ecosystem on your farm.
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Integrated Pest Management: Potential, Constraints and Challenges (Cabi Publishing)
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Although the concept and philosophy of integrated pest management have been largely accepted for some time, its implementation is complex and faces numerous potential problems. If IPM is to enjoy widespread approval and adoption, it must be clearly defined and economically and socially acceptable. This book addresses many of the key issues surrounding IPM, particularly of insects, in a number of specially commissioned chapters. Contributors, mainly from the USA, are internationally recognizes experts on their subjects. Topics covered include: the pesticide paradox in IPM, a risk-benefit analysis; transgenic crops in IPM; manipulation of host finding and acceptance behavior in insects; the relevance of modelling IPM implementation; IPM and sustainable development; consumer response to IPM.
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Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable (Biocontrol Potential and Its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture)
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Plant based biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty-first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer plants. One of the most successful , non-chemical approaches to pest management and disease control is biological control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to regulate the incidence of pests and pathogens, providing a natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with the ecosystem.
This volume, (the first of two), addresses the different types of biocontrol for different pests, namely, crop diseases, weeds and nematodes, and details the biology of both the pest and its enemies, which is vital for efficient use of biological control. The book has numerous contributors who are authorities in their fields, and would be an asset to those who have interest in sustainable agriculture and crop productivity.
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Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture: Volume 2: Insect Pests
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Plant based Biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty first century. Products and processes in agriculture are increasingly becoming linked to science and cutting edge technology, to enable the engineering of what are in effect, designer plants. One of the most successful, non chemical approaches to pest management and disease control, which seeks a solution in terms of using living organisms to regulate the incidence of pests and and pathogens, providing a `natural control' while still maintaining the biological balance with the ecosystem. This volume, describes the various biological agents used to control insect pests of a variety of crops. Readers may also be interested in
Volume 1: Crop diseases, Weeds and Nematodes, published in December 2000, ISBN 0-306-46460-8.
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* Highly illustrated guide, written in plain language
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"Controlling Crop Pests and Diseases" covers pest and disease damage, causative agents, and methods of combatting them. As well as manual and cultural techniques, it describes the knapsack sprayer and its maintenance, showing that expensive chemicals are not necessary – the secrets of cheaply-available or improvised ingredients are revealed. The book also covers
protection against larger animals and wind, using hedges and ditches.
The examples are illustrated stories presented as strip cartoons for extension staff or teachers to show and hand out to farmers and students. Those who already use storytelling and drama in their work will know their value in extension; others for whom this method is new will find it fresh, stimulating and productive.
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Crop Protection and Sustainable Agriculture -No. 177 (CIBA Foundation Symposia Series)
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The increase in the world population and changes in welfare have led to an enormously expanding demand for food. In the industrialized world, food surpluses rather than shortages are a problem together with adverse environmental impacts from the overuse of chemicals and excessive exploitation of agricultural land. In the developing world, food production cannot keep up with population growth and the gap between demand and supply is growing. This book explores the theme of sustainable agricultural development in the developing world, with a particular focus on crop protection. Includes chapters on the ecology of food production, on sustainable agriculture and crop protection methods, on the economics of food production and more.
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Economic Thresholds for Integrated Pest Management (Our Sustainable Future)
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Integrated pest management (IPM) is an ecologically based approach for modifying the impact of pests to tolerable levels. Thresholds are based on the concept of economic injury level (EIL), which includes economic, management effectiveness, pest biology, and host stress considerations.
Economic Thresholds for Integrated Pest Management draws on scientific advances in entomology, plant pathology, and weed science. The book discusses the history of decision making in IPM, EILs, and approaches to developing economic thresholds. The seventeen contributors stress the importance of understanding the pest-host relationship and of taking into account such factors as environmental risk, pesticide resistance, and delayed and cumulative effects. With pressing challenges in pest science, including new pests, new governmental policies, and growing demands on agriculture, the need for better understanding of thresholds has never been greater.
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Future Harvest: Pesticide-free Farming (Our Sustainable Future)
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From his own farming experience in Weeping Water, Nebraska, Jim Bender addresses in Future Harvest the crucial issues involved in developing a viable commercial pesticide-free farm with emphasis upon soil and water conservation. He examines the context of contemporary alternative agriculture, provides a rationale for the goal of complete freedom from pesticides, and offers a detailed description of practical steps for farmers wishing to do the same.
Bender's comparative analysis of alternative and conventional farming systems focuses on convenience, management, conservation, productivity, and economic performance. He also identifies and responds to several central arguments against pesticide-free farming. A central objective throughout the book is to demonstrate both the practical and the conceptual plausibility of pesticide-free farming.
The author also addresses the crucial role of livestock in pesticide-free farming. The discussion combines practical and theoretical topics, such as whether alternative farming would require too much livestock.
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Wow! Someone who did something they believed in........1998-12-28
I am not a farmer and I do not know much about agriculture. I came across this book by accident, but after reading the book I want to know more about the pesticde-free farming. Why? First, Bender has a style that makes you feel like you are sharing your thoughts around the fireplace with a knowledgable friend. Second, how many real life stories are there about someone who had a good idea and made it happen? As Bender says at the end of the preface; "For me, one of the sweetest moments of my life came in 1980, when I eliminated all pesticide use on my field crops, thereby successfully matching my practice with my convictions." How many of us would like to say that? This is a great story even if you know nothing about farming.
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Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent: Where to Watch Mammals in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan (Ap Natural World)
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This book is a field guide to the mammals of this unique subcontinent and includes the best places to watch them. It describes each of the 100 plus species that can be recognized in the field, including identification, habitat, range, behavior, diet, breeding, status, and similar species. The Field Guide also contains color illustrations of each mammal as well as tracks of the more prominent species, and mammal lists and maps for each national park.
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- The only current guide to mammals of the region
- Contains color pictures and full text on the 106 larger species likely to be encountered
- Includes drawings of tracks of key species to aid identification
- Presents full details of 23 parks and reserves, with location maps, visiting details and species lists for each
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Disappointed As Well.......2006-03-03
I have to concur with the first reviewer, this book was a big disappointment. I was looking for a resource that would allow me to identify mammals in the field. This book does not do that. If you have even the most rudimentary knowledge of animals (e.g. you can identify an elephant) then you can probably get by without this book.
The plates are few and of poor quality. Maybe the authors just tried to do too much, but the format leaves a lot to be desired and most of the material either needs to be removed or expanded upon (removal might be preferable: the 3 page list of what is on the 9 color plates is silly, a better index would work fine). While it is small and sturdy as a good field guide should be, the overall information probably won't help you much in identifying mammals. I saw three species of sheep in the Indian Himalaya and only one was listed in the guide. Similarly, I saw two species of pika and I am still not sure if they are the two described and illustrated.
I actually liked the section towards the back regarding where to look for animals. However, that this more of a reference or travel planning source, and it is only a brief overview at that. Allowing that it accounts for about 40% of the entire guide, it is a lot to carry around for little information.
The bottom line is that I would never carry this book into the field again.
Quite Disappointed.......2002-03-08
I found this book to be overall pretty disappointing. First off, the illustrations are horrible. They look like children's cartoon drawings. Why don't the editors of mammal-books hire the same artists who do bird guides? The latter are generally really good.
Secondly, there is a lot of important information lacking. For example the book states that it describes "almost all the species that can be identified in the field easily". I was hoping for a book to 'the mammals of the indian subcontinent' (ALL of them) not a book of 'the mammals of the indian subcontinent that can be easily identified'. The whole section at the end on 'Where to Watch mammals' is pretty useless. I'll get that info from the 'Lonely Planet', thanks. That space should have been spent instead on descriptions (and better illustrations) of more species.
Good field guide - bad entertainment.......2000-06-23
This book covers the land mammals of the Indian Subregion or in other words it cover: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. However, it also does exclude the smaller and often inconspicious mammals like baths, schrews, and most rodents. A number of small but often conspicious mammals are included. For instance both squirrels and pikas are included. In total it depicts and describes 106 species in deatail. It starts in the typical manner with an introduction to the region, mammals, and mammal observing. This section is highly usefull to the unexperienced reader, but will probably seem quite borring to most, as it is short and only mentiones the most bassal things. The next fourty pages is devoted to the mammal species themselves. This means that there is 2-3 species per page. About each species the book descibes identification, habitat, range (no range maps!), behavior, diet, breeding, status, and similar species. The text is not for pleasure reading, but it is highly usefull in the field. A thing to remember - not mentioned in the book - is that the status refers to subregion only, not the intire world. An example is the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) which is described as endangered. The next pages are assigned to 12 colour plates with drawings of the mammals. The drawings are not especialy beautiful, but all the important details usefull in identification are remembered. The next 12 plates are devoted to animal tracks. The last third of the book describes 23 national parks/reserves in the region including the famous Chitwan NP and Sunderbars NP. These pages are the highlight of the book. In this part there is a map of each park and a quite thorrow descibtion of acces, accomodation facilities, season to go there, larger mammals of the area etc. Sadly similar chapters in other books have been shown to go quickly out of date. At the end of the book there is a chapter called "futher reading" which obviously seems equal to bibliograpy.
In total the book seems to be good in the field, but there are quite a few large lacks. For instance a number of large species known in the area are not mentioned at all. An example is the Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica). The Slender Lori (Loris tardigrandus) is mentioned only briefly in "similar species" of the Slow Lori ( Nycticebus coucang). This seems strange as the Slende lori occurs in a much larger part of the subregion. Sadley this is also a fact with a number of other species. They also use a number of outdated latin names. An example is the use of the genus Felis for all the smaller cats. In the beginning of the book they mention that the reason for the use of "old names" is because they are more familiar to people! But they are still incorrect in my opinion (I know other people don't find them to be so). It is however still a very good and usefull companion when watching wildlife in the region.
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