| Energy and Agriculture Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Stanhill, G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642697860 ISBN-13: 9783642697869 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry - Nature | Plants - Trees |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| Series: Advanced Agricultural Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.77 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Energy and agriculture are both extremely broad subjects and their interactions - the subject of this book - cover almost the full spectrum of the agricultural sciences. Yet the subject is a relatively new one whose importance first received widespread recognition barely a decade ago, following the dramatic increase in oil prices during 1973. The impact of this increase was such as to promote a world-wide debate on the future direction that agriculture should take. This debate was, and is, of particular concern in countries where agriculture plays a leading role in economic and social development. During the last half century many national agricultural systems have been transformed from almost closed, self-sufficient systems with few locally produced inputs geared to satisfy local requirements, to intensive, open systems, utilizing large quantities of energy-rich inputs such as fossil fuel for manufactured agro-chemicals, water distribution and imported animal feedstuffs to produce a range of sophisticated products, often for export, which in tum require many energy-rich inputs for their marketing. This industrialization of agriculture has proved to be very successful in many respects and indeed was accepted as a general model for agricultural development allowing increased productivity and efficiency per unit land, labor and water, even in areas with limited natural resources. |