The agricultural dilemma : how not to feed the world
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The agricultural dilemma : how not to feed the world
（Earthscan food and agriculture）（Earthscan from Routledge）
Routledge, 2022
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
provides a new analysis of population and agricultural growth.
argues that we can't make sense of population and food production without recognizing the drivers of three fundamentally different types of agriculture: Malthusian (expansion), industrialization (external-input-dependent) and intensification (labour-based).
upends entrenched misconceptions such as that we are running out of land for food production and that our only hope is development of new agricultural technologies
written in an engaging style, containing vignettes, short histories and global case studies
will not only be of interest to students and scholars of agriculture, land management and development, but also those more widely interested in learning about agri-food systems and the challenges of feeding a growing population.
Table of Contents
Preface Chapter 1: Three Agricultures Chapter 2: Population Malthus Chapter 3: Industrial Agriculture Chapter 4: Fertilizer and the "Natural Grounds" Chapter 5: Heroes of the Harvest Chapter 6 : The Green Revolution and Industrializing Developing World Farms Chapter 7: The Third Agriculture Epilogue References Index
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