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Economic, Environmental, and Health Tradeoffs in Agriculture: Pesticides and the Sustainability of Andean Potato Production
. Ed(S): Crissman, Charles C.; Antle, John M.; Capalbo, Susan M.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Crissman, Charles C.; Antle, John M.; Capalbo, Susan M. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNAC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
Today the goal of designing highly productive, sustainable agricultural produc tion systems is at the forefront of the agricultural research agenda around the world. The key to designing sustainable agricultural production technologies is in understanding their economic, environmental, and human health impacts. This volume presents a methodology designed to quantify such impacts and to represent them as tradeoff's. We propose this tradeoff' methodology as an approach to accomplish two essential elements in achieving agricultural sustainability. First, the tradeoff's method is a key to the design of successful interdisciplinary research projects to assess sustainability of production systems. Second, the tradeoff's method ... Read more
Today the goal of designing highly productive, sustainable agricultural produc tion systems is at the forefront of the agricultural research agenda around the world. The key to designing sustainable agricultural production technologies is in understanding their economic, environmental, and human health impacts. This volume presents a methodology designed to quantify such impacts and to represent them as tradeoff's. We propose this tradeoff' methodology as an approach to accomplish two essential elements in achieving agricultural sustainability. First, the tradeoff's method is a key to the design of successful interdisciplinary research projects to assess sustainability of production systems. Second, the tradeoff's method ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Series
Natural Resource Management and Policy
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401060332
SKU
V9789401060332
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99-15
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