Toward a More Sustainable Agriculture
Raymond P. . Ed(S): Poincelot
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Paperback. Editor(s): Poincelot, Raymond P. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GB; PD; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Our nation's grandest enterprise is our agricultural industry. It is second to none in terms of assets, workers, and exports. Agricultural success has be come an accepted fact and is taken for granted by the majority of the American public. Few believe or are even willing to consider that the con tinued future success of this industry is threatened. Yet threatened it is. The resource base of agriculture is becoming dimin ished through overuse and environmental misuse. A further complication is the competition for agricultural resources by other users. The energy, soil, and water resources cannot sustain agriculture into the ... Read more
Our nation's grandest enterprise is our agricultural industry. It is second to none in terms of assets, workers, and exports. Agricultural success has be come an accepted fact and is taken for granted by the majority of the American public. Few believe or are even willing to consider that the con tinued future success of this industry is threatened. Yet threatened it is. The resource base of agriculture is becoming dimin ished through overuse and environmental misuse. A further complication is the competition for agricultural resources by other users. The energy, soil, and water resources cannot sustain agriculture into the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468415087
SKU
V9781468415087
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99-15
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