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Agriculture : a very short introduction / Paul Brassley and Richard Soffe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Very short introductions ; n.473 | Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xviii, 127 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780198725961
  • 0198725965
Uniform titles:
  • Very Short Introduction
  • Very short introductions.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 081
LOC classification:
  • R AC 5 V573
Contents:
Introduction ; Soils and crops ; Farm animals ; Feeding the food industry ; Inputs into agriculture ; Modern and traditional farming ; Farming futures ; Further reading ; Index
Summary: From the large corporation using enormous machines in the USA, to the woman with her hoe and her plot of cassava in Mozambique, to a Chinese collective farm worker in the rice fields, agriculture is essential for humanity to eat. This book looks at the many different types of agriculture and considers the challenges facing farmers today.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Referencia Referencia (1er. Piso) R AC 5 V573 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) n.473 1 Available 00000142713

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-122) and index.

Introduction ; Soils and crops ; Farm animals ; Feeding the food industry ; Inputs into agriculture ; Modern and traditional farming ; Farming futures ; Further reading ; Index

From the large corporation using enormous machines in the USA, to the woman with her hoe and her plot of cassava in Mozambique, to a Chinese collective farm worker in the rice fields, agriculture is essential for humanity to eat. This book looks at the many different types of agriculture and considers the challenges facing farmers today.

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