Family Agriculture: Tradition and Transformation (Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use #9)

Synopsis

Originally published in 1994, this book examines the importance of family agricultural systems in both the developed and the developing worlds. Throughout 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 labour, 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. This book explores both traditional and modern farming techniques and looks at their different consequences for national agricultural resources and for rural societies. Finally, it 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.

Copyright:

1994

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781000868234

Related ISBNs:

9781003385554, 9781032473116, 9781032473215

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/26/23

Copyrighted By:

David G. Francis

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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