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Today is the International Day of Rural Women! Today (and every other day), we celebrate the fantastic work and dedication of millions of women around the world working tirelessly to enhance rural development and agriculture. We're working with Professor Carolyn E. Sachs of Penn State University and Dr Paige Castellanos (Davis) of Oxfam America to develop a book which showcases the integral work rural women do and how key stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain can better support them. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/ejNGpT5G #InternationalDayofRuralWomen

Finally, and thanks to the great work of Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, here it is... giving some light into soil erosion, and how to mitigate it! https://lnkd.in/d9fQSErv

September has been an extremely busy month for us...we've just signed up another book! Professor Donagh Berry has agreed to edit our forthcoming collection: 'Optimising breeding of dairy cows: Leveraging genetics for more sustainable production'. Professor Berry is a Senior Principal Research Officer in quantitative genetics at Teagasc, Ireland and has published over 370 journal publications mostly relating to dairy cow breeding. Find out more about our new editor here: https://lnkd.in/esJgd3Yd #dairybreeding #dairycattle #dairycows

More exciting news coming from the Burleigh Dodds camp today! We're delighted to announce that Professor María Cambra-López of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and Dr Yang Zhao of University of Tennessee have agreed to edit our forthcoming collection: 'Advances in precision poultry farming technologies'. This new book will be a great addition to our existing title on 'Advances in precision livestock farming' which we published in 2022. Find out more about our new editors here: https://lnkd.in/eh5BHkZk #precisionlivestockfarming #PLF #sustainableagriculture

We're extremely delighted to announce that Dr Regiane R Santos has agreed to edit our forthcoming title: 'Advances in improving animal feed safety'. Dr Regiane Santos is an Innovation Coordinator and Research Scientist based at Schothorst Feed Research, The Netherlands and specialises in mycotoxins and their effects on gut health and reproduction. She is member of the World’s Poultry Science Association, International Society for Mycotoxicology and the Society for Mycotoxin Research. Find out more about our new editor here: https://lnkd.in/eHPcVAxK #animalfeed #mycotoxins

Really excited to be supporting the Biostimulants Europe 2025 Conference as a Media Partner! The conference serves as a platform for knowledge exchange, networking, and discussions on the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the field. Interested in attending? See a sneak peek of the conference agenda here: https://lnkd.in/e_fut6r5 #biostimulants #crops #sustainableagriculture

Delighted to have worked with Julian on this new book: 'Advances in pig nutrition'. (This is the third book Julian has edited with us!) The book addresses recent advances in understanding feed intake and feed formulation, focussing on advances in understanding pig nutritional requirements and ensuring feed safety. Find out more about this new book here: https://lnkd.in/gyFCGSKB #pignutrition #sustainableagriculture #pigproduction

We're delighted to announce that Professor Bob Rees and Professor Jørgen E. Olesen have agreed to edit our forthcoming collection: 'Agriculture, land use and the path to net zero'. Dr Bob Rees is Professor in Agriculture and Climate Change and Head of the Carbon Management Centre at SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College), UK. With over 150 published papers, Professor Rees is internationally renowned for his research on soil carbon sequestration, agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, nutrient cycling and ways agriculture can adapt to climate change. Dr Jørgen Eivind Olesen is Professor in Climate Change and Agriculture and Head of the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Professor Olesen has an international reputation for his research on the effect of agriculture on the environment and how environmental change affects agroecosystems. Find out more about our new editors here: https://lnkd.in/eKG4J93J #netzero #agriculture #sustainableagriculture

*NEW EPISODE* In this final episode of Season One of 'Agriculture 2050', we're joined by Emeritus Professor Robert Zimdahl from Colorado State University. In this week's episode, the focus remains on agricultural ethics, however we discuss the impact of omitting the study of ethics from the curriculums of agricultural degree programmes in the United States, as well as whether we can increase food production both sustainably and ethically. Listen to the episode now on: - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eNqWEWYA - Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/ezEAq3nN - Acast: https://lnkd.in/e9qNJCmN #Agriculture2050