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The Fight for Food
Factors Limiting Agricultural Production
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Artikel-Nr:
9780367275891
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.03.2021
Seiten:
234
Autor:
Harold E Croxall
Gewicht:
277 g
Format:
216x140x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Harold E. Croxall, Lionel P. Smith
Originally published in 1984. This book describes a range of factors influencing agricultural productivity including weather, soil biology and ecology, and human, social, economic and political factors. The ways in which these operate and interact with each other to produce the circumstances in which farmers take decisions are discussed.
Preface. Introduction: The Types of Limiting Factor Part 1: The Meteorological Factor 1. Climate and the Effects of Weather 2. Cumulative Effects and Consequent Problems Part 2: The Land Factor 3. The Field and the Soil 4. Soil and Weather Interactions Part 3: The Biological Factor 5. The Allies 6. The Opponents 7. The Defences Part 4: The Human Factor 8. The Interested Parties 9. Technological Progress 10. The Farmer and The Farm 11. Knowledge 12. Information and Advice 13. Social, Political and Economic Factors Part 5: The Resultant Problem and Possible Solutions 14. Interactions Between Factors 15. The Important Decisions 16. The Way Ahead. Suggestions for Further Reading