Earthscan Food and Agriculture: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
About the Book Series
This series includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary approaches to food and agriculture, integrating perspectives from both social and natural sciences. It includes textbooks, research monographs and titles aimed at professionals, NGOs and policy-makers. Authors or editors of potential new titles should contact Hannah Ferguson, Editor ([email protected]).
Dismantling Big Livestock: A Roadmap for Defunding Factory Farming
1st Edition
By Divya Narain
February 22, 2027
This book offers the first in-depth exploration of the finance behind Big Livestock — the mega-corporations that dominate the supply of meat and dairy — exposing its role as the food system’s biggest climate offender and the urgent need to dismantle this industry for a sustainable future. Over ...
Measuring Sustainable Agriculture
1st Edition
By Marty D. Matlock
February 15, 2027
Measuring Sustainable Agriculture explores how we define, measure, and apply sustainability in agriculture across diverse temporal and spatial scales. This comprehensive volume delves into the intricate web of metrics that underpin sustainable farming, offering clarity in a field often clouded by ...
Data Driven Smart Livestock Farming in Australia: From Design to Implementation
1st Edition
By Mahir Habib, Muhammad Ashad Kabir, Lihong Zheng
February 01, 2027
With the Australian red-meat industry on the brink of a digital revolution, this book offers a clear and practical roadmap to overcome long-standing challenges like disconnected systems and incompatible software. At its core is the Livestock Event Information (LEI) schema, a standardised way to ...
Agricultural Land Use: Structural Transformations, Environment Challenges, Planning and Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Jerzy Bański
October 16, 2026
This book presents contemporary trends and challenges in agricultural land use, drawing on an array of global case studies. This volume examines agricultural land use through a three-pronged approach: structural transformations, environmental challenges, and planning and policy. Reflecting the ...
Multiple Capitals Approach for Upland Agricultural Systems
1st Edition
By Lois Mansfield
October 16, 2026
This book focuses on upland agricultural systems and applies a multiple capitals approach to explain what they can provide at a time when many are struggling to survive. Marginal upland agricultural systems have been distorted and derailed by modern economics, politics, and the drive to ...
Sustainable Production of Root and Tuber Crops
1st Edition
Edited
By Ravinder Kumar, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Brajesh Singh
October 16, 2026
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research and developments in the field of root and tuber crops from a sustainable production and protection perspective. With a focus on sustainable production methods, the book offers valuable insights and perspectives on how to improve the...
Sustainable Cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon: Agricultural Transformations in an Extractivist Landscape
1st Edition
By Anke Kaulard
August 28, 2026
Set against a backdrop of national extractivist policies, this book explores the sustainable production of cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon to investigate the role of local communities and the impact of sustainability governance. Sustainable Cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon draws on extensive ethnographic ...
Black Farmers in America: Fighting for an Equitable Food System
1st Edition
By Mya O. Price
August 27, 2026
This book presents a captivating exploration of the often-overlooked experiences, challenges, and enduring triumphs of black farmers in America. This book examines the historical roots, present-day realities, and future possibilities of Black farming in the United States through the lens of equity,...
Sustainable Agriculture in Ukraine: From Resource-Intensive Farming to Agroecological Systems
1st Edition
By Sergiusz Pimenow, Olena Pimenowa, Lubov Moldavan
August 12, 2026
This book examines how Ukraine’s agricultural system can move from resource-intensive production toward more sustainable, resilient, and agroecological pathways. It shows why this transition matters not only for Ukraine, but also for global food security. Combining agricultural economics, ...
Agricultural and Climate Change Adaptation Law in Africa: Reflections from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa
1st Edition
By Habib Sani Usman
July 20, 2026
This book presents an analysis of climate change and agricultural laws in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa in order to determine whether they adequately addressed the concept of agricultural adaptation. Agriculture is one of the sectors of the economy that is contributing to climate change, and at ...
Nature-Based Solutions for European Vineyards: Solutions for Transformative Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
June 25, 2026
This transdisciplinary book explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in vineyards across a range of European countries. Most agricultural landscapes, including vineyards, have abandoned their traditional management practices, making them vulnerable to ...
Decolonising Seed Governance in the Andes: Lessons for Just and Sustainable Food Futures
1st Edition
By Juan Garzón
June 12, 2026
Focusing on the Latin American Andes region, this book examines how emerging decolonial narratives, practices, and rules have opened possibilities for structural change in agri-food systems. The book argues that the contemporary global agri-food crisis is the outcome of a modern and colonial ...