World agriculture and the environment
Subtitle: a commodity-by-commodity guide to impacts and practices
By: Jason Clay.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
Subjects: Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
Description: World Agriculture and the Environment is the first truly global portrait of agricultural production patterns and environmental impacts, including maps of the production areas for each of 22 major commodities. The book presents a unique assessment, as well as prescriptions for increasing efficiency and reducing damage to natural systems.--COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Agricultural trends and realities; title: Agriculture and the environment; title: Coffee; title: Tea; title: Cocoa; title: Orange juice; title: Sugarcane; title: Soybeans; title: Palm oil; title: Bananas; title: Cashews; title: Cotton; title: Wood pulp; title: Rubber; title: Tobacco; title: Wheat; title: Rice; title: Corn (maize); title: Sorghum; title: Cassava; title: Beef; title: Shrimp; title: Salmon.