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| Other authors / contributors: | Uphoff, Norman Thomas.
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| ISBN: | 9781849770446
1849770441
9781853838576
1853838578
9781853838569
185383856X
1280476419
9781280476419
1853838578
185383856X
1136571981
9781136571985
9786610476411
6610476411
6000002440
9786000002442
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | The world's food supply needs to rise significantly, yet both arable and water supplies per capita are decreasing. Not only are modern agricultural methods beyond the reach of those suffering the greatest food insecurity but they are also ecologically damaging, relying upon fossil energy and chemical inputs. This volume offers a collection of innovative and diverse approaches to agricultural development.; Documented in 12 case studies, these approaches are reliant upon greater knowledge, skill and labour input, rather than larger capital expenditure. They are shown to increase yield substantially, sometimes doubling or tripling output. This volume presents the concepts and operational means for reorienting agricultural efforts towards these more environmentally friendly and socially desirable approaches in the developed as well as developing world.
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| Other form: | Print version: Agroecological innovations. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2002
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