Agricultural prairies : natural resources and crop productivity / / K.R. Krishna, PhD
| Agricultural prairies : natural resources and crop productivity / / K.R. Krishna, PhD |
| Autore | Krishna K. R (Kowligi R.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.974 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural geography
Prairies Natural resources Crop yields Agricultural productivity |
| ISBN |
0-429-15315-5
1-4822-5806-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Agricultural Prairies: Natural Resources And Crop Productivity; About The Author; Contents; List Of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 The Great Plains Of North America: Natural Resources,prairie Crops, And Agricultural Productivity; Chapter 2 The Cerrados Of Brazil: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop Production; Chapter 3 The Pampas Of South America: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop Production; Chapter 4 European Plains And Russian Steppes: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop Productivity
Chapter 5 Savannahs Of West Africa: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop ProductionChapter 6 Prairies Of South Asia: Natural Resources, Environment And Crop Production; Chapter 7 Steppes Of Northeast China: Natural Resources, Environment, Crops, And Productivity; Chapter 8 Agricultural Prairies And Man-wither Bound; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787968803321 |
Krishna K. R (Kowligi R.)
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| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agricultural prairies : natural resources and crop productivity / / K.R. Krishna, PhD
| Agricultural prairies : natural resources and crop productivity / / K.R. Krishna, PhD |
| Autore | Krishna K. R (Kowligi R.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.974 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural geography
Prairies Natural resources Crop yields Agricultural productivity |
| ISBN |
0-429-15315-5
1-4822-5806-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Agricultural Prairies: Natural Resources And Crop Productivity; About The Author; Contents; List Of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 The Great Plains Of North America: Natural Resources,prairie Crops, And Agricultural Productivity; Chapter 2 The Cerrados Of Brazil: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop Production; Chapter 3 The Pampas Of South America: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop Production; Chapter 4 European Plains And Russian Steppes: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop Productivity
Chapter 5 Savannahs Of West Africa: Natural Resources, Environment, And Crop ProductionChapter 6 Prairies Of South Asia: Natural Resources, Environment And Crop Production; Chapter 7 Steppes Of Northeast China: Natural Resources, Environment, Crops, And Productivity; Chapter 8 Agricultural Prairies And Man-wither Bound; Back Cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910800192403321 |
Krishna K. R (Kowligi R.)
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| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agriculture / Richard Huggett, Iain Meyer
| Agriculture / Richard Huggett, Iain Meyer |
| Autore | HUGGETT, Richard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Harper e Row publishers, 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica | 136 p. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Meyer, Iain |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural geography |
| ISBN | 0063181665 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNICAS-RML0301607 |
HUGGETT, Richard
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| London, : Harper e Row publishers, 1980 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale | ||
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Campo-território : revista de geografia agrária
| Campo-território : revista de geografia agrária |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Uberlândia/MG, : Universidad Federal de Uberlândia |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural geography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Classificazione | 910766 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | por |
| Altri titoli varianti | Revista de geografia agrária |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146868503321 |
| Uberlândia/MG, : Universidad Federal de Uberlândia | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Campo-território : revista de geografia agrária
| Campo-território : revista de geografia agrária |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Uberlândia/MG, : Universidad Federal de Uberlândia |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural geography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Classificazione | 910766 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | por |
| Altri titoli varianti | Revista de geografia agrária |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996198724503316 |
| Uberlândia/MG, : Universidad Federal de Uberlândia | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Fennia
| Fennia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Helsinki, : Geographical Society of Finland |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography
Agricultural geography - Finland Physical geography - Finland Géographie Géographie agricole - Finlande Géographie physique - Finlande geography Agricultural geography Physical geography Geografie |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1798-5617 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bulletin de la Société geographique de Finlande |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996321476303316 |
| Helsinki, : Geographical Society of Finland | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Fennia
| Fennia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Helsinki, : Geographical Society of Finland |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography
Agricultural geography - Finland Physical geography - Finland Géographie Géographie agricole - Finlande Géographie physique - Finlande geography Agricultural geography Physical geography Geografie |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1798-5617 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Bulletin de la Société geographique de Finlande |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137636403321 |
| Helsinki, : Geographical Society of Finland | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geographies of agriculture : globalisation, restructuring and sustainability / / Guy M. Robinson
| Geographies of agriculture : globalisation, restructuring and sustainability / / Guy M. Robinson |
| Autore | Robinson G. M (Guy M.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (889 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/09 |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural geography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-138-83762-8
1-315-83950-4 1-317-88006-4 1-317-88007-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Agricultural systems; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The agri-ecosystem; 1.3 Climate and agriculture; 1.3.1 Temperature; 1.3.2 Water; 1.4 Agricultural soils; 1.4.1 Soil classification; 1.5 Energy; 1.6 Climatic change and agriculture; 1.7 Classifying agricultural systems; 1.7.1 Land classification; 1.7.2 Land use classification; 1.7.3 Type-of-farming regions; 1.8 Conclusion; 2. The changing focus of agricultural geography
2.1 'Traditional' agricultural geography2.2 Behavioural approaches; 2.2.1 Actor networks; 2.3 Political economy approaches; 2.3.1 Critiques of the political economy approach; 2.4 New theories to explain agricultural change; 2.4.1 Food regimes; 2.4.2 Regulation theory; 2.4.3 The agrarian question; 2.5 Conclusion; 3. Globalisation of agricultural production; 3.1 The nature of globalisation; 3.2 Globalisation and agri-food production; 3.3 From productivist to post-productivist agriculture?; 3.3.1 Agricultural restructuring; 3.3.2 Productivism; 3.3.3 Post-productivism and its critique 4. Agri-food networks4.1 Food retailing and consumption; 4.2 The corporate retailers; 4.3 The alternative food economy; 4.3.1 The nature of the alternative food economy; 4.3.2 Local connections and identities; 4.4 Conclusion; 5. Government and agriculture in the Developed World; 5.1 The goals of agricultural policy; 5.2 The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union; 5.2.1 Overview; 5.2.2 Increased production; 5.2.3 Environmental disbenefits; 5.3 Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy; 5.3.1 The American experience of set-aside 5.3.2 Regulation 1094/88: voluntary set-aside in the European Union5.3.3 The Arable Area Payments Scheme; 5.3.4 Milk quotas; 5.3.5 Agenda 2000; 5.4 Agriculture and the expansion of the European Union; 5.4.1 Land reforms in the Central and East Europe Countries; 5.4.2 Land reforms in Poland; 5.4.3 Land reforms in Hungary; 5.5 Macro-level change; 5.5.1 Challenges to traditional farmer-state relations; 5.5.2 Coloured boxes and multifunctionality; 5.5.3 Some comparisons with US policy; 6. Specialisation and diversification; 6.1 Specialisation; 6.1.1 Crop production; 6.1.2 Livestock production 6.2 The survival of family farming6.2.1 The agrarian question revisited; 6.2.2 The decline of the farm workforce; 6.3 Farm diversification and pluriactivity; 6.3.1 Defining farm diversification; 6.3.2 Motives for and impacts of diversification; 6.3.3 The role of women in farm diversification; 6.3.4 Diversification into farm-based tourism and recreation; 6.4 Conclusion; 7. The 'other side' of globalisation: farming in Developing Countries; 7.1 Differential impacts of globalisation; 7.2 The dual economy; 7.3 The 'advancing wave' of commercialisation; 7.3.1 The retreat of subsistence production 7.3.2 The impacts of colonialism on indigenous farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453548603321 |
Robinson G. M (Guy M.)
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geographies of agriculture : globalisation, restructuring and sustainability / / Guy M. Robinson
| Geographies of agriculture : globalisation, restructuring and sustainability / / Guy M. Robinson |
| Autore | Robinson G. M (Guy M.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (889 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/09 |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural geography |
| ISBN |
1-138-83762-8
1-315-83950-4 1-317-88006-4 1-317-88007-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Agricultural systems; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The agri-ecosystem; 1.3 Climate and agriculture; 1.3.1 Temperature; 1.3.2 Water; 1.4 Agricultural soils; 1.4.1 Soil classification; 1.5 Energy; 1.6 Climatic change and agriculture; 1.7 Classifying agricultural systems; 1.7.1 Land classification; 1.7.2 Land use classification; 1.7.3 Type-of-farming regions; 1.8 Conclusion; 2. The changing focus of agricultural geography
2.1 'Traditional' agricultural geography2.2 Behavioural approaches; 2.2.1 Actor networks; 2.3 Political economy approaches; 2.3.1 Critiques of the political economy approach; 2.4 New theories to explain agricultural change; 2.4.1 Food regimes; 2.4.2 Regulation theory; 2.4.3 The agrarian question; 2.5 Conclusion; 3. Globalisation of agricultural production; 3.1 The nature of globalisation; 3.2 Globalisation and agri-food production; 3.3 From productivist to post-productivist agriculture?; 3.3.1 Agricultural restructuring; 3.3.2 Productivism; 3.3.3 Post-productivism and its critique 4. Agri-food networks4.1 Food retailing and consumption; 4.2 The corporate retailers; 4.3 The alternative food economy; 4.3.1 The nature of the alternative food economy; 4.3.2 Local connections and identities; 4.4 Conclusion; 5. Government and agriculture in the Developed World; 5.1 The goals of agricultural policy; 5.2 The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union; 5.2.1 Overview; 5.2.2 Increased production; 5.2.3 Environmental disbenefits; 5.3 Reforming the Common Agricultural Policy; 5.3.1 The American experience of set-aside 5.3.2 Regulation 1094/88: voluntary set-aside in the European Union5.3.3 The Arable Area Payments Scheme; 5.3.4 Milk quotas; 5.3.5 Agenda 2000; 5.4 Agriculture and the expansion of the European Union; 5.4.1 Land reforms in the Central and East Europe Countries; 5.4.2 Land reforms in Poland; 5.4.3 Land reforms in Hungary; 5.5 Macro-level change; 5.5.1 Challenges to traditional farmer-state relations; 5.5.2 Coloured boxes and multifunctionality; 5.5.3 Some comparisons with US policy; 6. Specialisation and diversification; 6.1 Specialisation; 6.1.1 Crop production; 6.1.2 Livestock production 6.2 The survival of family farming6.2.1 The agrarian question revisited; 6.2.2 The decline of the farm workforce; 6.3 Farm diversification and pluriactivity; 6.3.1 Defining farm diversification; 6.3.2 Motives for and impacts of diversification; 6.3.3 The role of women in farm diversification; 6.3.4 Diversification into farm-based tourism and recreation; 6.4 Conclusion; 7. The 'other side' of globalisation: farming in Developing Countries; 7.1 Differential impacts of globalisation; 7.2 The dual economy; 7.3 The 'advancing wave' of commercialisation; 7.3.1 The retreat of subsistence production 7.3.2 The impacts of colonialism on indigenous farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790985503321 |
Robinson G. M (Guy M.)
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin / / United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
| Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin / / United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| Edizione | [[3rd edition].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Natural Resources Conservation Service, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 669 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Disciplina | 333.73/130973 |
| Collana | United States Department of Agriculture handbook |
| Soggetto topico |
Land use - United States
Land use - Caribbean Area Agricultural resources - United States Agricultural resources - Caribbean Area Agricultural geography - United States Agricultural geography Agricultural resources Land use |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694129803321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : Natural Resources Conservation Service, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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