The One Duck Revolution

The One Duck Revolution
Author: Takao Furuno
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2012
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 130007633X

A renowned world authority on organic rice farming makes his 2007 Ph.D. dissertation available in English. The integrated rice and duck farming system is described and compared with European farming systems and other traditional Asian systems using ducks.

Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change

Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change
Author: Wanglin Yan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2017-03-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319501712

This book contributes to the literature on resilience, hazard planning, risk management, environmental policy and design, presenting articles that focus on building resilience through social and technical means. Bringing together contributions from Japanese authors, the book also offers a rare English-language glimpse into current policy and practice in Japan since the 2011 Tohoku disaster. The growth of resilience as a common point of contact for fields as disparate as economics, architecture and population politics reflects a shared concern about our capacity to cope with and adapt to change. The ability to bounce back from hardship and disaster is essential to all of our futures. Yet, if such ability is to be sustainable, and not rely on a “brute force” response, innovation will need to become a core practice for policymakers and on-the-ground responders alike. The book offers a valuable reference guide for graduate students, researchers and policy analysts who are looking for a holistic but practical approach to resilience planning.

Goddess Rudra

Goddess Rudra
Author: Ignatius Variath
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2018-11-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1644296195

Goddess Rudra – The Protector Vishnudathan opposes a ferocious invisible power when he reaches Alangatu Mana for the job as Caretaker. In the first night itself ‘she’ came by disturbing his sleep... thirst of blood seen in her burning eyes! On the wooden tree, the owl wept. With a scary wing-swing, a bat flew past the window... Vishnu fluttered in front of her mesmerised and powered vision. He nervously knew the waves of fear spreading over the body when her blood-stained lips approach...! The importance of keeping the job for him tries to create his mind to make firm to face anything... She came near to him, looked at him for moments... Her right hand stretched out in front of him and the glow of the stone-ring that she wore on her finger spread multi-colours in his eyes. The finger that reached out touched his forehead and passed electric waves through his body. She looked at his frightened face...! “I am Rudra; this Mana is under my guard. I will not allow anyone to come here illegally. Anyone who entered this Mana before, as a trespasser did not go back.” Her voice echoed around Vishnu like the murmur of wind...!

Beyond the Rice Fields

Beyond the Rice Fields
Author: Naivo
Publisher: Restless Books
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1632061325

The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo’s magisterial Beyond the Rice Fields delves into the upheavals of the nation’s precolonial past through the twin narratives of a slave and his master’s daughter. Fara and her father’s slave, Tsito, have shared a tender intimacy since her father bought the young boy who’d been ripped away from his family after their forest village was destroyed. Now in Sahasoa, amongst the cattle and rice fields, everything is new for Tsito, and Fara at last has a companion to play with. But as Tsito looks forward toward the bright promise of freedom and Fara, backward to a twisted, long-denied family history, a rift opens that a rapidly shifting political and social terrain can only widen. As love and innocence fall away, their world becomes defined by what tyranny and superstition both thrive upon: fear. With captivating lyricism and undeniable urgency, Naivo crafts an unsentimental interrogation of the brutal history of nineteenth-century Madagascar as a land newly exposed to the forces of Christianity and modernity, and preparing for a violent reaction against them. Beyond the Rice Fields is a tour de force about the global history of human bondage and the competing narratives that keep us from recognizing ourselves and each other, our pasts and our destinies.

Sustainable Urban Transitions

Sustainable Urban Transitions
Author: Zaheer Allam
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9819926955

This book aims to explore how sustainability transitions can be explored in current and future cities and how research and policy approaches can be applied to change urban life as we know it, hence aligning the two thematic of urban science and future science, for achieving deep decarbonization. On this, the discourse on philosophy, ethics, and morality appertaining to sustainable cities and urban transitions, across disciplines, are also welcomed as it provides a deeper understanding of humanity in future scenarios. Chapter 08 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

(English) JADAM Organic PEST and DISEASE CONTROL

(English) JADAM Organic PEST and DISEASE CONTROL
Author: Youngsang Cho
Publisher: JADAM
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 8989220475

JADAM Natural Pesticide (JNP) SIMPLE DIY solution can reduce pesticide costs by more than 95%! You no longer have to rely on commercial pesticides. It is a powerful DIY solution that you have never experienced before. JNP is an organic pesticide that complies with USDA Organic Regulations. You can wash and eat immediately after spraying. You can also see amazingly clear and detailed photos from this book. JADAM developed several core natural pesticide technologies manufacturing methods so that farmers can solve natural pesticides themselves and all technologies disclosed without patents. The use of self-manufacturing technology can dramatically reduce costs while increasing the control effect. Furthermore, it can completely replace chemical pesticides. Farmers have been relying on agricultural input wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now it is time to escape from the helpless high-cost agriculture dragged by giant agricultural corporations. You will find the practical possibility of Ultra-Low-Cost organic farming that can reduce the cost of pesticides by more than 95%. I shout to farmers around the world through this book. Free yourself from the subordination of agricultural chemicals and agricultural materials companies that you have had to be bound for a lifetime. All farmers who are left destitute and desperate, losing the initiative of technology by commercial enterprises and falling into a level of a mere consumer, take the initiative again. I declare that JADAM raised the flag for the liberation of agricultural technology.