Title: Sustainability in agriculture /
Authors: Hester, R. E.; Harrison, Roy M.,
Date: 2005
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry,
Physical description: xii, 130 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC class: S
Abstract: "Sustainability in Agriculture presents an authoritative and balanced overview of many of the key factors that impact upon world agricultural practices. The aim is to throw light on the subject and so generate informed and rational discussion of the topics which so often generate powerful emotions." "The timeliness of this book, discussing as it does many hotly debated issues, make it essential reading for all those having an interest in the future of agriculture worldwide, but especially farmers and students of farming, environmental scientists, government agencies and policy makers."--Jacket.
Contents: Sustainability in agriculture : recent progress and emergent challenges / Jules Pretty -- Ecological risks of transgenic plants : a framework for assessment and conceptual issues / Paul B. Thompson -- GM pest-resistant crops : assessing environmental impacts on non-target organisms / A.N.E. Birch and R.E. Wheatley -- Sustainable land management : a challenge for modern agriculture / Daniel Osborn -- UK environmental-economic consequences of decoupled CAP payments / Ian Dickie and Anna Shiel -- Globalising vulnerability : the impacts of unfair trade on developing country agriculture / James Smith -- Free trade in food : moral and physical hazards / Colin D. Butler.