World agriculture and the environment : a commodity-by-commodity guide to impacts and practices / / Jason Clay
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| Autore: |
Clay Jason W
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| Titolo: |
World agriculture and the environment : a commodity-by-commodity guide to impacts and practices / / Jason Clay
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (584 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Agriculture - Environmental aspects |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""About Island Press""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Ackowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Ch 1: Agricultural Trends and Realities""; ""Ch 2: Agriculture and the Environment""; ""Ch 3: Coffee""; ""Ch 4: Tea""; ""Ch 5: Cocoa""; ""Ch 6: Orange Juice""; ""Ch 7: Sugarcane""; ""Ch 8: Soybeans""; ""Ch 9: Palm Oil""; ""Ch 10: Bananas""; ""Ch 11: Cashews""; ""Ch 12: Cotton""; ""Ch 13: Wood Pulp""; ""Ch 14: Rubber""; ""Ch 15: Tobacco""; ""Ch 16: Wheat""; ""Ch 17: Rice""; ""Ch 18: Corn (Maize)""; ""Ch 19: Sorghum""; ""Ch 20: Cassava""; ""Ch 21: Beef""; ""Ch 22: Shrimp"" |
| ""Ch 23: Salmon""""Conclusion""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""; ""Island Press Board of Directors"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | World Agriculture and the Environment presents a unique assessment of agricultural commodity production and the environmental problems it causes, along with prescriptions for increasing efficiency and reducing damage to natural systems. Drawing on his extensive travel and research in agricultural regions around the world, and employing statistics from a range of authoritative sources including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the author examines twenty of the world's major crops, including beef, coffee, corn, rice, rubber, shrimp, sorghum, tea, and tobacco. For each crop, he offers comparative information including: • a "fast facts" overview section that summarizes key data for the crop • main producing and consuming countries • main types of production • market trend information and market chain analyses • major environmental impacts • management strategies and best practices • key contacts and references With maps of major commodity production areas worldwide, the book represents the first truly global portrait of agricultural production patterns and environmental impacts. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | World agriculture and the environment |
| ISBN: | 9781610910156 |
| 161091015X | |
| 9781597269506 | |
| 1597269506 | |
| 9781417539802 | |
| 1417539801 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910962957503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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