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Farming : Growing the Food That Feeds Us by Chris. McNab (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmber Books LTD
ISBN-101838862552
ISBN-139781838862558
eBay Product ID (ePID)8058378349
Product Key Features
Book TitleFarming : Growing the Food That Feeds Us
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndustries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Agriculture / General
Publication Year2023
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Photography, Business & Economics
AuthorChris. Mcnab
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight50.6 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width11.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal630.2022
Table Of ContentContents include: Europe * Livestock farming, cows and sheep - Germany, France * Dairy farming - everywhere * Fruit farming - Kent * Hop farms and oast houses - Kent * Hill farming - Wales * High tunnel greenhouses * Wind farms * Oranges, apricots, lemons - Spain * Wineries and vineyards - France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece * Champagne, France - largest farms in France North America * Cattle ranches * Arable crops - Midwest * Peanut farms - Georgia * Aquaponics * Fruits, vegetables, and nuts -Salinas valley, California * Corn belt - Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, southern Michigan, western Ohio * Wheat belt - from Alberta tocentral Texas * Cotton and tobacco farming - Deep South * Catfish farm, Mississippi * Scallop farms, Vancouver Island * Cattle, grains and oilseeds - Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan * Wild berries, caribou, musk, ox - Nunavut Central & South America * Sugarcane, coffee, soybeans - Brazil * Cattle ranches - Argentina * Cocoa - Ecuador * Coffee, cocoa, plantation - Columbia * Vineyards - Chile, Argentina * Andean farming - maize, potatoes Africa and the Middle East * Nomadic herding - Saharan Africa (Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Algeria) * Farming around the Nile - crop rotation, corn (maize), rice, wheat, sorghum, and fava * Citrus, wine, table grapes, corn and wool - South Africa * Tea, coffee - Kenya * Cocoa - Ivory Coast and Ghana * Maize and cassava - Nigeria Asia and the Pacific * Poppy farms - Afghanistan * Fruit farms - Afghanistan * Dry farming - India, Iran * Tea plantations - India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia * Rubber plantations - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia * Rice cultivation - China, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam * Bali - subak irrigation system and water temples * Sugarcane, cassava (manioc), corn (maize), sweet potatoes - Vietnam * Sorghum farming - China * Fish farms - Fujian coast, China * Tilapia pens in Laguna de Bay, Philippines * Slash-and-burn - Indonesia * Subsistence farming - China, India, Nepal * Fish farms - India, Bangladesh, Thailand * Cocoa - Indonesia * Palm oil - Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo * Coconut farming - Malaysia, Thailand * Vertical farming - Japan * Sugarcane - Queensland * Stock farming - Australia * Wheat, barley, chickpeas - Australia
Synopsis180 superb photographs of farms and farming from around the globe Concise text explains different farming methods used in different types of environment and for varying purposes The book ranges from the cattle ranches of Midwestern America to the densely cultivated rice fields of the Yangtze River Valley in China, Arranged geographically, Farming explores the many types of farm and farming that exist today. Presented in a landscape format and with more than 180 outstanding photographs of farming from every part of the planet, the book offers a pictorial celebration of mankind's deep connection with the land that sustains us., Presented in a landscape format and with outstanding photographs of farming from every part of the planet, Farming offers a pictorial celebration of mankind's deep connection with the land that sustains us. Arranged geographically, Farming explores the many types of farms and farming that exist today. See how farmers in Malaysia extract milky latex from the bark of rubber trees, used to make everything from protective gloves to vehicle tires; be amazed at the gorgeous stepped rice fields of Bali, where the traditional subak irrigation system is created around "water temples" and managed by Hindu priests; marvel at the vast corn and soybean fields of Ontario, much of it used for animal feed to support Canada's beef industry; learn about nomadic pastoralism in low rainfall areas such as Somalia, where herders move camels, cattle, sheep, and goats in search of grazing; explore the wineries and vineyards in Bordeaux, where more than 700 million bottles of wine are produced each year; and see how freshwater prawns are harvested for export in the watery deltas of Bangladesh.
LC Classification NumberS520
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