Farmers' Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World
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- Synopsis
- Over the course of generations, pre-industrial human agriculture left a bounty of crop diversity across the earth. Bringing together a quarter century of research on the subject and his own field work in the Peruvian Andes, Mexico, and Turkey, Brush (agricultural and environmental science, U. of California at Davis) investigates questions related to patterns of agricultural crop diversity, the impact of farming changes such as industrialization, and methods of conserving diversity. He looks at the questions through lenses of evolutionary science and anthropological ethnobiology. Central to the discussion is the notion of genetic erosion, and Brush discusses both likely causes and possible policy solutions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 327 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300100495
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/28/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephen B. Brush
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Technology, Earth Sciences
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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