World Agriculture And The Environment
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Author | : Jason Clay |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 2013-02-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 161091015X |
World Agriculture and the Environment presents a unique assessment of agricultural commodity production and the environmental problems it causes, along with prescriptions for increasing efficiency and reducing damage to natural systems. Drawing on his extensive travel and research in agricultural regions around the world, and employing statistics from a range of authoritative sources including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the author examines twenty of the world’s major crops, including beef, coffee, corn, rice, rubber, shrimp, sorghum, tea, and tobacco. For each crop, he offers comparative information including: • a “fast facts” overview section that summarizes key data for the crop • main producing and consuming countries • main types of production • market trend information and market chain analyses • major environmental impacts • management strategies and best practices • key contacts and references With maps of major commodity production areas worldwide, the book represents the first truly global portrait of agricultural production patterns and environmental impacts.
Author | : Jason Clay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
"The first truly global portrait of agricultural production patterns and environmental impacts, including maps of the production areas for each of 22 major commodities".--BOOKJACKET.
Author | : Jelle Bruinsma |
Publisher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Agricultural estimating and reporting |
ISBN | : 1844070077 |
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Martin L. Parry |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2019-10-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1000692779 |
Originally published in 1990, this book analysed the sensitivity of the world food system and looked at the variety of ways in which it would be affected by climate change. It describes the effects of climate change on agriculture, estimates the impacts on plant and animal growth and looks at the geographical limits to different types of farming. It also considers the range of possible ways to adapt agriculture and so to mitigate the disastrous consequences of climate change.
Author | : Jules N. Pretty |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2012-06-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1136529276 |
Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.
Author | : PETER H.. ROSENBERG LEHNER (NATHAN A.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-12-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781585762378 |
Farming for Our Future examines the policies and legal reforms necessary to accelerate the adoption of practices that can make agriculture in the United States climate-neutral or better. These proven practices will also make our food system more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Agriculture's contribution to climate change is substantial--much more so than official figures suggest--and we will not be able to achieve our overall mitigation goals unless agricultural emissions sharply decline. Fortunately, farms and ranches can be a major part of the climate solution, while protecting biodiversity, strengthening rural communities, and improving the lives of the workers who cultivate our crops and rear our animals. The importance of agricultural climate solutions can not be underestimated; it is a critical element both in ensuring our food security and limiting climate change. This book provides essential solutions to address the greatest crises of our time.
Author | : Ernst Lutz |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780821342497 |
Agriculture in developing countries has been remarkably productive during the last few decades; however, the production levels were achieved at the cost of placing more stress on natural resources and the environment. This volume brings together state-of-the-art applied, practical research related to agriculture, development, and the environment in the developing world. It attempts to distill current knowledge and to summarize it in readable form for development practitioners. Where possible, authors use specific examples to indicate which approaches have worked and which have not, under which conditions, and why.
Author | : Martin L. Parry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Agricultural ecology |
ISBN | : |
After describing the effects of climate change on agriculture, estimating the impacts on plant and animal growth and looking at the geographical limits to different types of farming, the author considers a range of possible ways to adapt agriculture and so to mitigate what could otherwise become a disaster
Author | : Vandana Shiva |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2016-01-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0813166810 |
The Green Revolution has been heralded as a political and technological achievement—unprecedented in human history. Yet in the decades that have followed it, this supposedly nonviolent revolution has left lands ravaged by violence and ecological scarcity. A dedicated empiricist, Vandana Shiva takes a magnifying glass to the effects of the Green Revolution in India, examining the devastating effects of monoculture and commercial agriculture and revealing the nuanced relationship between ecological destruction and poverty. In this classic work, the influential activist and scholar also looks to the future as she examines new developments in gene technology.
Author | : Ronald E. Hester |
Publisher | : Royal Society of Chemistry |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1849733856 |
This volume examines the factors currently affecting agriculture on a global scale. Land use, soil quality, and the inherent production of greenhouse gasses by agriculture each receive their own chapters.