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World Agriculture and the Environment:

A Commodity-By-Commodity Guide To Impacts And Practices
  • ISBN-13: 9781559633703
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Jason Clay
  • Price: AUD $143.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/05/2004
  • Format: Paperback 583 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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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: +óGé¼-ó a ""fast facts"" overview section that summarizes key data for the crop
+óGé¼-ó main producing and consuming countries
+óGé¼-ó main types of production
+óGé¼-ó market trend information and market chain analyses
+óGé¼-ó major environmental impacts
+óGé¼-ó management strategies and best practices
+óGé¼-ó key contacts and referencesWith maps of major commodity production areas worldwide, the book represents the first truly global portrait of agricultural production patterns and environmental impacts.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
 
PART I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Agricultural Trends and Realities
Chapter 2. Agriculture and the Environment
 
PART II. Commodities
Chapter 3. Coffee
Chapter 4. Tea
Chapter 5. Cocoa
Chapter 6. Orange Juice
Chapter 7. Sugarcane
Chapter 8. Soybeans
Chapter 9. Palm Oil
Chapter 10. Bananas
Chapter 11. Cashews
Chapter 12. Cotton
Chapter 13. Wood Pulp
Chapter 14. Rubber
Chapter 15. Tobacco
Chapter 16. Wheat
Chapter 17. Rice
Chapter 18. Corn (Maize)
Chapter 19. Sorghum
Chapter 20. Cassava
Chapter 21. Beef
Chapter 22. Shrimp
Chapter 23. Salmon
 
Conclusion
About the Author
Index
"...an essential reference."
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