Australian agriculture : its history and challenges /
Despite having one of the driest landscapes in the world, Australia has been successful in adapting agricultural practices to the land, and these innovations in farming are explained in this well-researched volume. Focusing on the technologies that the farmers and graziers actually used, this book f...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Pub.,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Despite having one of the driest landscapes in the world, Australia has been successful in adapting agricultural practices to the land, and these innovations in farming are explained in this well-researched volume. Focusing on the technologies that the farmers and graziers actually used, this book follows the history of each of the major commodities or groups of commodities to the end of the 20th century: grain crops, sheep and wool, beef and dairy, working bullocks and horses, sugar, cotton, fruit and vegetables, and grapes and wine. Major issues facing the various agricultural enterprises as. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780643094659 0643094652 1283154889 9781283154888 9780643993426 0643993428 |