Agriculture and the citizen
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TextPublication details: Netherlands Kluwer Academic Publ 1996Description: 312p., 246 x 189mm, 85 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index, paperbackISBN: - 0412715201
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 630.21 SPE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R03090KKRCT | |||
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 630.21 SPE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R02239PKRCT |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The purpose of Agriculture and the Citizen is to help people understand the way in which agriculture operates, providing the information necessary to enable them to arrive at an informed view on major issues: can the increasing world population be adequately fed without unacceptable pollution to the environment? Is the food and water we consume safe? Will we run out of natural resources such as land, fuel or water? Is the current use of agrochemicals necessary or dangerous? Is intensive farming sustainable or would organic farming be better? How can we help developing countries? Is food aid a good thing or not? How far should the genetic manipulation of plants and animals be allowed to go? This important book will appeal to all concerned with such issues, including all those studying and teaching agricultural and environmental sciences, research scientists, policy makers, and libraries, it is written in language that non-specialists can understand.
TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE WAY IN WHICH AGRICULTURE OPERATES, PROVIDING THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO ARRIVE AT AN INFORMED VIEW ON MAJOR ANIMAL WELFARE, FOOD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME A MATTER OF GREAT PUBLIC CONCERN
The main aim of this work is to help the reader to understand how agriculture operates and affects the environment, consumers and animal welfare. It covers food production, pollution, food and water safety, food surpluses and starvation, and the use of resources such as land, energy and water.
World agriculture; feeding the world; helping developing countries; the role of plants; the role of animals; agriculture as a system; energy and water in agriculture; the concept of efficiency; agriculture and the environment; sustainability; animal welfare; agriculture and human health; the concerned citizen; education of the citizen; the need for research; the future. Appendix: the proverbs.