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A revolution down on the farm : the transformation of American agriculture since 1929 /
Agriculture is the most fundamental of all human activities. Today, those who till the soil or tend livestock feed a world population of approximately 6.5 billion. Fifty years ago, the planet could not have sustained such a large population, and according to present projections, farmers will have to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Agriculture is the most fundamental of all human activities. Today, those who till the soil or tend livestock feed a world population of approximately 6.5 billion. Fifty years ago, the planet could not have sustained such a large population, and according to present projections, farmers will have to feed nine billion people by 2050. The greatest agricultural revolution in history has occurred in the last fifty years, with farmers in the United States leading the way. America's declining number of farms, however, comes as a surprise to many and may have dramatic implications. Paul K. Conkin's. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813173153 0813173159 9780813138688 081313868X 1282937413 9781282937413 |