THE FOOD RESOURCE
Written by John T. Pierce
Published by Longman Scientific & Technical
in 1990
ISBN: 0582305373
- Categorised in:
- FARMING
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
THE FOOD RESOURCE
Written by John T. Pierce.
Stock no. 683974
1st.
1990.
Softcover.
Very good condition.
Themes in resouce management series. A core textbook for advanced undergraduate courses in development and agricultural geography and resource analysis. Cardwraps. 334 pages. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0582305373. Slight rubbing to corners. Light fading to spine. Light vertical crease to centre of front cover.
Front cover
Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface
- Themes and Issues
- Resouces available for agriculture
- Trends in world food production
- Prospective studies of food and agriculture
- Population pressures and the demand for land resources
- Water resources and agriculture
- Land degradation
- Climatic variations and food production
- Role of energy in agricultural development
- Sustainable food systems
- References
- Index