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Food S Frontier
Richard Manning
其他書名
The Next Green Revolution
出版University of California Press, 2001-10-29
主題Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Natural FoodsScience / Environmental ScienceScience / Life Sciences / Genetics & GenomicsSocial Science / Agriculture & FoodTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / Sustainable AgricultureTechnology & Engineering / Pest Control
ISBN05202326319780520232631
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nAAf2OqPYDUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Food's Frontier provides a survey of pioneering agricultural research projects underway in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, China, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru by a writer both well-grounded technically and sensitive to social and cultural issues. The book starts from the premise that the "Green Revolution" which averted mass starvation a generation ago is not a long-term solution to global food needs and has created its own very serious problems. Based on increasing yields by extensive use of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and monoculture--agribusiness-style production of single crops--this approach has poisoned both land and farm workers, encouraged new strains of pests that are resistant to ever-increasing amounts of pesticides, and killed the fertility of land by growing single crops rather than rotating crops that can replenish nutrients in the soil. Solutions to these problems are coming from a reexamination of ancient methods of agriculture that have allowed small-scale productivity over many generations. Research in the developing world, based on alternative methods and philosophies, indigenous knowledge, and native crops, joined with cutting edge technology, offer hope for a more lasting solution to the world's increasing food needs.