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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 August 2010
      07 September 1995
      ISBN:
      9780511752469
      9780521403221
      9780521041959
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752469
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.582kg, 316 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.479kg, 316 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Twentieth Century British History, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, History
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    Life Sciences, Twentieth Century British History, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, History
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    During the fifty-year period from 1936–86 the modern agricultural revolution occurred, in which, for the first time, science was properly harnessed to the improvement in agricultural productivity. The authors of this 1995 book quantify this improvement and identify the work of scientists which was seminal to the scientific and technological advances on which the revolution was founded. The topics covered include the advances in animal nutrition (in which the late Kenneth Blaxter was an acknowledged pioneer), animal and plant breeding, soil fertility, weed, pest, and disease control, veterinary medicine, engineering (including innovations in tractor design by Harry Ferguson), and statistical measurement. In addition, this book describes how these innovations were integrated into the practical business of food production and discusses the importance of the Government in setting the scene for scientific advance.

    Reviews

    ‘This compact but readable book will be an invaluable source for specialists, agricultural students, political researchers and the curious laity.’

    Colin Leakey Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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