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Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Americans in Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith E. Sommer
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Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Diversity in U.S. Agriculture written by Judith E. Sommer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith E. Sommer
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Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Diversity in U.S. Agriculture written by Judith E. Sommer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Advocacy and Enterprise
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Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Ensuring Fairness, Fostering Diversity, and Promoting Enterprise at USDA written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Advocacy and Enterprise and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Americans in Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 183 pages
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Download or read book Americans in Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Framework for Change written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terri R. Jett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429684533
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Fighting for Farming Justice written by Terri R. Jett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed discussion of four class-action discrimination cases that have recently been settled within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and have led to a change in the way in which the USDA supports farmers from diverse backgrounds. These settlements shed light on why access to successful farming has been so often limited to white men and/or families, and significantly this has led to a change for opportunities in the way the USDA supports famers from diverse backgrounds. With chapters focusing on each settlement Jett provides an overview of the USDA before diving into a closer discussion of the four key settlements, involving African American farmers (Pigford), Native Americans (Keepseagle), Woman famers (Love) and Latino(a) farmers (Garcia), and the similarities between each. This title places and emphasis on what is happening in farming culture today, drawing connections between these four settlements and the increasing attention on urban farming, community gardens, farmers markets, organic farming and the slow food movement, through to the larger issues of food justice and access to food. Fighting for Farming Justice will be of interest to scholars of food justice and the farming arena, as well as those in the fields of Agricultural Economics, Civil Rights Law and Ethic Studies.
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Food and Agricultural Policy written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yearbook of agriculture (1990)
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Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)
Download or read book Americans in Agricultures written by Yearbook of agriculture (1990) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
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Total Pages : 183 pages
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Download or read book Americans in Agriculture written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Diversity in Crop Farming written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cary Fowler
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816511815
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Shattering written by Cary Fowler and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was through control of the shattering of wild seeds that humans first domesticated plants. Now control over those very plants threatens to shatter the world's food supply, as loss of genetic diversity sets the stage for widespread hunger. Large-scale agriculture has come to favor uniformity in food crops. More than 7,000 U.S. apple varieties once grew in American orchards; 6,000 of them are no longer available. Every broccoli variety offered through seed catalogs in 1900 has now disappeared. As the international genetics supply industry absorbs seed companies—with nearly one thousand takeovers since 1970—this trend toward uniformity seems likely to continue; and as third world agriculture is brought in line with international business interests, the gene pools of humanity's most basic foods are threatened. The consequences are more than culinary. Without the genetic diversity from which farmers traditionally breed for resistance to diseases, crops are more susceptible to the spread of pestilence. Tragedies like the Irish Potato Famine may be thought of today as ancient history; yet the U.S. corn blight of 1970 shows that technologically based agribusiness is a breeding ground for disaster. Shattering reviews the development of genetic diversity over 10,000 years of human agriculture, then exposes its loss in our lifetime at the hands of political and economic forces. The possibility of crisis is real; this book shows that it may not be too late to avert it.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309299594
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in research and discovery programs aimed at acquiring new knowledge needed to address the complex challenges of feeding a growing and hungry nation. Those policies, sustained over 125 years, have produced the most productive and efficient agricultural and food system in history. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the primary agency responsible for supporting innovations and advances in food and agriculture. USDA funds are allocated to support research through several mechanisms, including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). In 2008, Congress replaced USDA's National Research Initiative with AFRI, creating USDA's flagship competitive research grants program, and the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, known as the Farm Bill, outlined the structure of the new program. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture assesses the effectiveness of AFRI in meeting the goals laid out by Congress and its success in advancing innovations and competitiveness in the U.S. food and agriculture system. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture evaluates the value, relevance, quality, fairness, and flexibility of AFRI. This report also considers funding policies and mechanisms and identifies measures of the effectiveness and efficiency of AFRI's operation. The study examines AFRI's role in advancing science in relation to other research and grant programs inside of USDA as well as how complementary it is to other federal research and development programs. The findings and conclusions of this report will help AFRI improve its functions and effectiveness in meeting its goals and outcomes.
Author : Victor Sadras
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0124169791
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Crop Physiology written by Victor Sadras and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From climate change to farming systems to genetic modification of organisms, Crop Physiology, Second Edition provides a practical tool for understanding the relationships and challenges of successful cropping. With a focus on genetic improvement and agronomy, this book addresses the challenges of environmentally sound production of bulk and quality food, fodder, fiber, and energy which are of ongoing international concern. The second edition of Crop Physiology continues to provide a unique analysis of these topics while reflecting important changes and advances in the relevant science and implementation systems. Contemporary agriculture confronts the challenge of increasing demand in terms of quantitative and qualitative production targets. These targets have to be achieved against the background of soil and water scarcity, worldwide and regional shifts in the patterns of land use driven by both climate change and the need to develop crop-based sources of energy, and the environmental and social aspects of agricultural sustainability. Provides a view of crop physiology as an active source of methods, theories, ideas, and tools for application in genetic improvement and agronomy Written by leading scientists from around the world Combines environment-specific cropping systems and general principles of crop science to appeal to advanced students, and scientists in agriculture-related disciplines, from molecular sciences to natural resources management
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
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Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Biological Diversity/prospects and Problems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melinda Smale
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781441950680
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: written by Melinda Smale and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice responds to concerns about the loss of valuable genetic resources and crop vulnerability arising from widespread cultivation of genetically uniform varieties. It assembles a series of applied studies focusing on the fundamental economic issues related to genetic diversity in crop species, with special reference to developing countries. By presenting the results of initial economic investigations of diversity in the world's three major food crops (wheat, maize, and rice),this volume furthers the understanding of the economic context in which crop breeders make use of genetic resources and their diversity. Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice responds to current concerns about the loss of valuable genetic resources and crop vulnerability arising from the widespread cultivation of genetically uniform varieties. Previous work by economists in the study of biodiversity has been largely theoretical and has emphasized species diversity. In contrast, this book offers concrete steps in methods and conceptual development, providing an annotated catalog of the tools used to measure and value genetic diversity. The book will appeal to international agricultural research institutions, to international development organizations and NGOs, and to students and professors in departments of agricultural and resource economics who are concerned with the problem of biodiversity.
