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As human populations grow and resources are depleted agriculture will need to use land water and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing longterm sustainability Darwinian Agriculture presents an entirely new approach to these challenges one that draws on the principles of evolution and natural selectionR Ford Denison shows how both biotechnology and traditional plant breeding can use Darwinian insights to identify promising routes for crop genetic improvement and avoid costly dead ends Denison explains why plant traits that have been genetically optimized by individual selectionsuch as photosynthesis and drought toleranceare bad candidates for genetic improvement Traits like plant height and leaf angle which determine the collective performance of plant communities offer more room for improvement Agriculturalists can also benefit from more sophisticated comparisons among natural communities and from the study of wild species in the landscapes where they evolvedDarwinian Agriculture reveals why it is sometimes better to slow or even reverse evolutionary trends when they are inconsistent with our present goals and how we can glean new ideas from natural selections marvelous innovations in wild species
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Contrasting the prevailing theories of the evolution of agriculture the author argues that the practice of smallholding is more efficient and less environmentally degrading than that of industrial agriculture which depends heavily on fossil fuel chemical fertilizers pesticides and herbicides He presents a convincing case for his argument with examples taken from Africa Asia Europe and the Americas and demonstrates that there are fundamental commonalities among smallholder cultures Smallholders Householders is a detailed and innovative analysis of the agricultural efficiency and conservation of resources practiced around the world by smallholders
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Large scale socioeconomic political and structural changes characterize contemporary agriculture and food today This Handbook provides an essential overview to help readers understand the future evolution of agrifood through an analysis of the economy in key regions around the world Along with chapters that investigate agrifood in North America Europe Latin America Asia and Oceania the book includes contributions that cover topics such as labor science and technology the financialization of agrifood and supermarketsThis Handbook will be required reading for researchers scholars and students in the social sciences looking to learn more about agriculture and food Policy makers and industry leaders interested in agrifood will also find this to be an insightful readContributors G Aboites C Bain JS Barbosa Cavalcanti M Belo Moreira B Bock A Bonanno B Brandl L Busch I Cucco T Dandachi M del Rosario Castro Bernardini J Dixon M Etxezarreta M Fairbairn M Fonte L Glenna L Horlings K Jones EE Krone G Lawrence F Martinez M Miele G Otero A PatelCampillo G Pechlaner E Ransom J Rosell C Sachs K Sekine L Viladomiu
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In Delta Empire Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War IIAfter his fathers death in 1870 Robert E Lee Wilson inherited 400 acres of land in Mississippi County Arkansas Over his lifetime he transformed that inheritance into a 50000acre lumber operation and cotton plantation Early on Wilson saw an opportunity in the swampy local terrain which sold for as little as fifty cents an acre to satisfy an expanding national market for Arkansas forest reserves He also led the fundamental transformation of the landscape involving the drainage of tens of thousands of acres of land in order to create the vast agricultural empire he envisionedA consummate manager Wilson employed the tenancy and sharecropping system to his advantage while earning a reputation for fair treatment of laborers a reputationWhayne suggestsnot entirely deserved He cultivated a cadre of relatives and employees from whom he expected absolute devotion Leveraging every asset during his life and often deeply in debt Wilson saved his company from bankruptcy several times leaving it to the next generation to successfully steer the business through the challenges of the 1930s and World War IIDelta Empire traces the transition from the laborintensive sharecropping and tenancy system to the capitalintensive neoplantations of the postWorld War II era to the portfolio plantation model Through Wilsons story Whayne provides a compelling case study of strategic innovation and the changing economy of the South in the late nineteenth century
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Large scale socioeconomic political and structural changes characterize contemporary agriculture and food today This Handbook provides an essential overview to help readers understand the future evolution of agrifood through an analysis of the economy in key regions around the world Along with chapters that investigate agrifood in North America Europe Latin America Asia and Oceania the book includes contributions that cover topics such as labor science and technology the financialization of agrifood and supermarketsThis Handbook will be required reading for researchers scholars and students in the social sciences looking to learn more about agriculture and food Policy makers and industry leaders interested in agrifood will also find this to be an insightful readContributors G Aboites C Bain JS Barbosa Cavalcanti M Belo Moreira B Bock A Bonanno B Brandl L Busch I Cucco T Dandachi M del Rosario Castro Bernardini J Dixon M Etxezarreta M Fairbairn M Fonte L Glenna L Horlings K Jones EE Krone G Lawrence F Martinez M Miele G Otero A PatelCampillo G Pechlaner E Ransom J Rosell C Sachs K Sekine L Viladomiu
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One farms decadeslong journey into regenerative agricultureand how these methods enhance biodiversity pollinators and soil health Northern Vermonts Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horsepowered organic vegetable and livestock operation into an agroecological regenerative biodiverse organic fruit farm fruit nursery and pollinator sanctuary In Farming on the Wild Side they explain the philosophical and scientific principles that influenced them as they phased out sheep and potatoes and embraced apples pears stone fruits and a wide variety of uncommon berry crops turned much of their property into a semiwild state and adapted their marketing and sales strategies to the new century As the Haydens pursued their goals of enhancing biodiversity and regenerating their land they incorporated agroforestry and permaculture principles into perennial fruit polycultures a pollinator sanctuary repurposed greenhouses for growing fruit hügelkultur and ecological pest management Beyond the practical techniques and tips this book also inspires readers to develop greater ecological literacy and respect for the mysteries of the global ecosystem Farming on the Wild Side tells a story about new ways to manage small farms and homesteads about nurturing land about ecology about economics and about things that we can all do to heal both the land and ourselves
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