From dearth to plenty the modern revolution in food production
During the fifty-year period from 1936–86 the modern agricultural revolution occurred, in which, for the first time, science was properly harnessed to the improvement in agricultural productivity. The authors of this 1995 book quantify this improvement and identify the work of scientists which was s...
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Cambridge University Press
1995
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Inhaltsangabe:
- pt. 1. The social, economic and political context of agricultural change. 1. Revolutions of the past. 2. The modern revolution, its origins and accomplishments
- pt. 2. The science and technology of the modern agricultural revolution. 3. Problems of measurement. 4. Mechanisation. 5. Soils, fertilisers and water. 6. The control of weeds, pests and plant diseases. 7. Breeding more productive plants. 8. Integrations and innovations in crop husbandry. 9. Hunger in the midst of plenty. 10. Better and more productive animals. 11. Animal health and disease. 12. Integrations in animal husbandry
- pt. 3. How did the science-based revolution happen, and what is the way forward as support is withdrawn? 13. Science during the revolution