Agriculture: A Very Short Introduction - Brassley Paul
Agriculture: A Very Short Introduction - Brassley Paul Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to…
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Agriculture: A Very Short Introduction - Brassley Paul
Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Yet how many of us understand what is happening in the fields that we see as we drive through the countryside? Without it we would starve.
Beginning with the most basic resource, the soil, they show why it is important, and how farmers can increase its productivity, before turning to the plants and animals that grow on it, and tracing the connections between their biology and the various ways in which farmers work with them. How often do we think about the origins of the food in our trolley?In this Very Short Introduction Paul Brassley and Richard Soffe explain what farmers do and why they do it. The authors conclude by looking at some of the controversial issues facing contemporary agriculture: its