Food for all: The need for a new agriculture
by Madeley John
Series: Global issues series. Published by : Zed Books (London) Physical details: 191p. ISBN:1-84277-019-5.
Subject(s):
Environmental aspects
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Alternative agriculture
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Agricultural systems
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Sustainable agriculture
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Historical perspectives, problem with western style agriculture, BES, third world agriculture, crops for food and export, intercropping v/s monocropping, hungry, world food summit
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New agriculture, sustainable agriculture, permaculture, getting technologies right, international agricultural research centers, GM technology, water spring, irrigation, harvesting water, floods, drainage , productivity and pricing, land tenure, women food producers, credit line, microcredit, rural development, services needed, new sources of energy
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Role of trade, WTO agreement on agriculture's impact on poor, how transnational corporations dominate agriculture, food v/s export crops, environmental impacts, global warming, soil, desertification, mono culture, deforestation, livestock connections, animal traction, animal species in decline, meat problem, overfishing, official agencies, world bank, united nations agencies, agriculture matters, economic environment that does not hinder
Year: 2002
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