Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- PART ONE The social, economic and political context of agricultural change
- PART TWO The science and technology of the modern agricultural revolution
- PART THREE How did the science-based revolution happen, and what is the way forward as support is withdrawn?
- Glossary
- Index
PART ONE - The social, economic and political context of agricultural change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- PART ONE The social, economic and political context of agricultural change
- PART TWO The science and technology of the modern agricultural revolution
- PART THREE How did the science-based revolution happen, and what is the way forward as support is withdrawn?
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
Throughout history and prehistory, the human race has had a major struggle to procure a safe and nutritionally adequate supply of food which is stable over time. There have been successes and failures in this struggle, and it continues, for the number of people in the world goes on growing while the land resource is fixed in amount. In this part, how change in agricultural practices came about in the past is described in the rather parochial context of United Kingdom farming. In addition it deals with the latest, and certainly the greatest, period of rapid change in agricultural production that has ever occurred in these islands.
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- From Dearth to PlentyThe Modern Revolution in Food Production, pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995