Agriculture and Environmental Change: Temporal and Spatial Dimensions

Agriculture and Environmental Change: Temporal and Spatial Dimensions

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The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
After defining the complex nature of agriculture in the context of environmental constraints, social stimuli and its temporal dimension, Mannion describes the centres of plant and domestication and the subsequent spread of agricultural systems worldwide. Discusses the environmental impact of agriculture on low, middle and high latitudes and new developments in agriculture including biotechnology, genetic engineering and the potentialities for creating sustainable agriculture.

Agriculture and Environmental Change: Temporal and Spatial Dimensions,A. M. Mannion,John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Import),0471954780,Agricultural History,Agricultural ecology,Agricultural systems,Agriculture,Anthropology - Cultural,Environmental Archaeology,Environmental aspects,Science/Mathematics,Sociology,Agriculture & Farming,Applied ecology,Management of land & natural resources

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