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Family Agriculture by David G. Francis (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Throughout the world, and throughout history, the family unit has been at the heart of ag systems. Working together, families not only furnish their own needs, but form the basis for society itself. They provide the labor, population, resources, and the market to maintain the world's economic and social development.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCRC Press LLC

ISBN-101853831999

ISBN-139781853831997

eBay Product ID (ePID)1586211

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFamily Agriculture

Publication Year1995

SubjectAgriculture / General, Electrical

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid G. Francis

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal338.1

Table Of ContentIntroduction Family Agriculture Around the World The Social Role of Family Agriculture Ecology and Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Family Agriculture and Family Values Food Security Land Consolidation for Production or for Power? Agricultural Policy: Shell and Pea Games An Enemy Within Information Systems and Survival Techniques Earth Husbandry, an International Soil Building Program for the Next Century The Future of Family Agriculture in the Developing Nations The Future of Family Agriculture in the Developed Nations Index

SynopsisThroughout the world, and throughout history, the family unit has been at the heart of agricultural systems. Working together, families not only furnish their own needs, but form the basis for society itself: they provide the labor, population, resources and the market to maintain much of the world's economic and social development. But the global race for financial prosperity, with its large-scale intensive farming techniques, is increasingly undermining the family's role in food production and social cohesion. In this book, David Francis examines the importance of family agricultural systems in both the developed and the developing worlds. He explores both traditional and modern farming techniques, and looks at their different consequences for national agricultural resources and for rural societies. Finally, he suggests ways in which technology can be harnessed to meet the needs of the family rather than undermine it, in order to achieve a viable and sustainable agriculture for the future.