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Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland



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Autore: Cleveland David Arthur Visualizza persona
Titolo: Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
Disciplina: 338.1
Soggetto topico: Food industry and trade
Agricultural industries - Environmental aspects
Sustainable agriculture - Economic aspects
Food supply
Soggetto non controllato: agriculture
agrifood system
breeders
cooking
country life
engaging
environmental impact
farm life
farms and farmers
food and ag
food lovers
food studies
food writing
food
gastronomy
global agrifood
interdisciplinary primer
natural settings
politics
rural
scientific agriculture
sociocultural roots
technology engineering
thorough analysis
traditional agriculture
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface: A Personal History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and Agriculture on Planet Earth -- 2. Agricultural Revolutions -- 3. Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems -- 4. Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases -- 5. Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology -- 6. Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The Critical Role of Diversity -- 7. Managing People: The Common Property Option -- 8. The Big Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet -- 9. The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems -- Appendix 1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols -- Appendix 2. Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book is an interdisciplinary primer on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system's biological and sociocultural roots. Key components of the book are a thorough analysis of the assumptions underlying different perspectives on problems related to food and agriculture around the world and a discussion of alternative solutions. David Cleveland argues that combining selected aspects of small-scale traditional agriculture with modern scientific agriculture can help balance our biological need for food with its environmental impact-and continue to fulfill cultural, social, and psychological needs related to food. Balancing on a Planet is based on Cleveland's research and engaging teaching about food and agriculture for more than three decades. It is a tool to help students, faculty, researchers, and interested readers understand debates about the current crisis and alternatives for the future.  
Titolo autorizzato: Balancing on a planet  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-27742-2
0-520-95708-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790823603321
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Serie: California studies in food and culture ; ; 46.