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Agriculture and Food Michael Raw

Agriculture and Food By Michael Raw

Agriculture and Food by Michael Raw


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Summary

This text covers the following themes: types of agriculture; energy and nutrient flows, limits and efficiency; influence of soils, slop, altitude and climate; landscape modifications and sustainability; economic, social, political and cultural factors; nutrition; and food processing and marketing.

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Agriculture and Food by Michael Raw

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Table of Contents

Agriculture and food. Agricultural systems and regions: Tamil Nadu, India; East Durham, England; North Korea; agriculture as an economic system. Managing biological systems: energy efficiency of agricultural production; the law of diminishing returns. Climatic limits to crop growth: Yorkshire Dales; Tamil Nadu, India; East Tanzania; optima-and-limits for crop growth; soil moisture budgets. Soil and agriculture: Tadcaster, England; Java; classifying soils. Agricultural impacts on the environment: UK; global warming. Factors of production and decision-making: Bola Island, Bangladesh; Northern Karelia, Finland; Colorado, USA; Pred's behavioural matrix. Transport markets and agribusiness: Unilever; Sinclair's; Ricardo's; Von Thunen's. Food - wholesale and retail: potato process in the UK; Sainsbury's. Nutrition disease and famine: Ireland; Bangladesh; explanations of famines. Some solutions to food problems: Nigeria; India; the Green Revolution. Agricultural policy and food supply: the EC; China; Malthus'; Boserup's.

Additional information

GOR002482912
9780003266665
0003266664
Agriculture and Food by Michael Raw
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
1997-07-18
192
N/A
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