Download or read book Histoire des agricultures du monde written by Marcel Mazoyer and published by Seuil. This book was released on 2002 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pourquoi l'homme est-il devenu agriculteur ? A quels sommets inouïs de productivité quelques millions d'agriculteurs motorisés, mécanisés et spécialisés, sont-ils parvenus à la fin du XXe siècle ? En retraçant la prodigieuse épopée qui va des premières domestications de plantes et d'animaux aux agricultures différenciées d'aujourd'hui, ce livre montre que la crise actuelle de l'économie mondiale s'enracine dans la mise en concurrence inconsidérée des héritages agraires des différentes régions du monde. Les auteurs proposent une stratégie mondiale capable de développer l'économie paysanne pauvre et de relancer l'économie
Download or read book A History of World Agriculture written by Marcel Mazoyer and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only once we understand the long history of human efforts to draw sustenance from the land can we grasp the nature of the crisis that faces humankind today, as hundreds of millions of people are faced with famine or flight from the land. From Neolithic times through the earliest civilizations of the ancient Near East, in savannahs, river valleys and the terraces created by the Incas in the Andean mountains, an increasing range of agricultural techniques have developed in response to very different conditions. These developments are recounted in this book, with detailed attention to the ways in which plants, animals, soil, climate, and society have interacted. Mazoyer and Roudart’s A History of World Agriculture is a path-breaking and panoramic work, beginning with the emergence of agriculture after thousands of years in which human societies had depended on hunting and gathering, showing how agricultural techniques developed in the different regions of the world, and how this extraordinary wealth of knowledge, tradition and natural variety is endangered today by global capitialism, as it forces the unequal agrarian heritages of the world to conform to the norms of profit. During the twentieth century, mechanization, motorization and specialization have brought to a halt the pattern of cultural and environmental responses that characterized the global history of agriculture until then. Today a small number of corporations have the capacity to impose the farming methods on the planet that they find most profitable. Mazoyer and Roudart propose an alternative global strategy that can safegaurd the economies of the poor countries, reinvigorate the global economy, and create a livable future for mankind.
Download or read book Histoire Des Agricultures Du Monde written by Marcel Mazoyer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agricultures et paysanneries du monde written by Bernard A. Wolfer and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Étudier des paysanneries du monde, leurs territoires et les politiques publiques qui s'y appliquent, c'est effectuer une analyse concrète des systèmes agraires et des systèmes politiques qui les soutiennent, de leurs évolutions possibles dans un système mondial de plus en plus ouvert et donc conflictuel. Cet ouvrage illustre la diversité des formes d'agricultures, la complexité des systèmes agricoles construits par des paysanneries aux histoires riches de savoir technique. Il s'interroge sur la place, ou les places, que l'agriculture et les paysanneries peuvent tenir dans nos sociétés.
Download or read book Une histoire des agricultures written by Christian Ferault and published by Campagne et compagnie. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La quatrième de couverture indique : "Des premières cueillettes aux jachères, jusqu'à l'agriculture moderne d'aujourd'hui, les auteurs retracent l'histoire des agricultures : leurs naissances, leurs révolutions, leurs évolutions. Christian Ferault et Denis Le Chatelier nous conduisent, à travers les temps, dans les campagnes du monde et de la France. Ils analysent les évolutions successives qui ont permis à l'homme de transformer les systèmes de culture et d'élevage en les adaptant à ses conditions de vie, à l'avancée des techniques, des technologies, des connaissances et des influences politiques. Ils ont puisé dans l'histoire de tous les pays du monde pour reconstruire le fil de ces évolutions et mettre en lumière les motivations et les conditions qui ont poussé et continueront immanquablement de pousser l'homme à faire évoluer les agricultures. Réalisées par Gaétan Nocq, les superbes illustrations que vous découvrirez vous replaceront dans la réalité des hommes et des techniques des différentes époques !"
Download or read book Les r volutions agricoles written by Pierre Barbe and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La première révolution agricole est la " révolution néolithique " : l'apparition de l'agriculture et de l'élevage à la fin de la préhistoire. L'histoire des agricultures du monde est jalonnée par une succession de systèmes agraires résultant de l'évolution des savoir-faire et des moyens mis en œuvre : culture des sols, innovations techniques, modes de consommation des produits et commercialisation des surplus... Chaque nouvelle révolution est marquée par un changement d'échelle économique et par une diminution du nombre des agriculteurs. Si elle ne réussit pas à concilier les besoins de subsistance d'une grande partie de la population mondiale et les exigences du marché, la mondialisation actuelle aboutira à une crise agraire majeure aux conséquences humaines incalculables.
Download or read book Histoire de l agriculture l re industrielle written by Henri Noilhan and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International. Main features of agriculture and its connection with the birth of industrialization. Use of agricultural machinery and application of agronomical science. Development of some agricultural products in the principal agricultural systems in the world. Agricultural structures, including the wage structure, and the influence of the UN and specialized agencies. Statistical tables. Bibliography pp. 793-797.
Download or read book The Making of Feudal Agricultures written by Miquel Barceló and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Register of Laws of the Arabian Gulf offers a single, comprehensive source of key information in the field. No similar work exists in the English language. Drawing on original Arabic sources - invariably very difficult to find either individually or in series - this major loose-leaf work provides a complete database of all laws and regulations originating in each country of the Arabian Gulf.
Download or read book Comparative Agriculture written by Hubert Cochet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first section dedicated to theoretical thoughts on comparative agriculture, Hubert Cochet introduces the notion of “agricultural development”, the very subject of comparative agriculture, with a restored endogenous dimension. He then describes how this approach was slowly consolidated, around the concept of agrarian system in particular. The comparison of agricultural transformations in time and space highlights the importance of the comparatist approach to production processes, their trajectories and differentiation on a worldwide scale. The second section which focuses on the methods and expertise of comparative agriculture, tackles the issues of landscape analysis, field surveys and the historical approach underlying comparative agriculture. It sums up the economic tools mobilised as well as the evaluation perspectives opened up by comparative agriculture.
Download or read book The World s Challenge written by Marion Guillou and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art Farming and Food for the Future written by Barbara L. Benish and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the impact of artistic experiments in inspiring people to turn away from current food consumerism and take an active role in preserving, sustaining, and protecting the environment. As artists are expanding their practice into social justice and community concerns, erasing traditional forms of expression and integrating others, the culture around food and its production has been added to a new vocabulary of experiential art. The authors measure the impact of such experiments on local food consumption and production, focusing on education and youth, both in the surrounding community and culture at large. They suggest how these projects can be up-scaled to further encourage sustainable solutions for our environment and communities. The book explores the reflections and motivations of case study practitioners in urban and rural areas and, through interviews, engages with artists who are pioneering a new trend to create hubs of activity away from traditional art spaces in cities to follow a non-hierarchal practice that is de-centralized and communally based. This book will be of great interest to academic readers concerned with issues related to environmental aesthetics, eco-design, eco-criticism, culture, heritage, memory, and identity, and those interested in the current debates on the place of aesthetics and culture in sustainability.
Download or read book The Doubly Green Revolution written by Gordon Conway and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for addressing this situation. Initially published in 1997 in the United Kingdom, the book is now available in the first edition produced for the Western hemisphere. In it, the author has updated information to reflect current economic indicators. This volume includes a foreword written for the previous edition by Ismail Serageldin of the World Bank. The original Green Revolution produced new technologies for farmers, creating food abundance. A second transformation of agriculture is now required—specifically, Gordon Conway argues, a "doubly green" revolution that stresses conservation as well as productivity. He calls for researchers and farmers to forge genuine partnerships in an effort to design better plants and animals. He also urges them to develop (or rediscover) alternatives to inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, improve soil and water management, and enhance earning opportunities for the poor, especially women.
Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Agriculture written by David Hollander and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization—from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper. Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the Companion presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian subcontinent and prehistoric China while an insightful concluding section helps readers understand ancient agriculture from a modern perspective. Fills the need for a full-length biophysical and social overview of ancient agriculture Provides clear accounts of the current state of research written by experts in their respective areas Places ancient Mediterranean agriculture in conversation with contemporary practice in Eastern and Southern Asia Includes coverage of analysis of stable isotopes in ancient agricultural cultivation Offers plentiful illustrations, references, case studies, and further reading suggestions A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is a much-needed resource for advanced students, instructors, scholars, and researchers in fields such as agricultural history, ancient economics, and in broader disciplines including classics, archaeology, and ancient history.
Download or read book Economics and Ecology of Diversification written by François Ruf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monoculture systems that have been encouraged by governments since the 1960s have led to major socio-economic and environmental crises. Now the diversification of tree crop systems is advancing throughout the tropics. Why and when does diversification take place? What categories of farmers diversify? What obstacles do they have to overcome, and how do public and private policies interfere in this process? How do land use systems and landscapes evolve as a result of this diversification? According to the authors of this volume, diversification is certainly a response to market risks, but also to the depletion of environmental resources. Ecological changes such as declining soil fertility and increasing pressure from pests, diseases and weeds intensify at the end of monoculture cycles, driving crop change and diversification of farming systems. Through 15 case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, the authors provide us with in-depth insights into the economy and ecology of family agriculture and its recent developments.
Download or read book The International Handbook of Political Ecology written by Raymond L Bryant and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Handbook of Political Ecology features chapters by leading scholars from around the world in a unique collection exploring the multi-disciplinary field of political ecology. This landmark volume canvasses key developments, topics, iss
Download or read book Agriculture and Air Quality written by Carole Bedos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of the relationships between agriculture and air quality, which is an issue of increasing importance for practitioners and policy makers. It provides the keys to understand natural and anthropogenic mechanisms governing emission and deposition of pollutants produced by and/or impacting agricultural activities It identifies how management practices can help mitigating emissions and how public policies on air pollution progressively addressed the agricultural sector This book was written for students, researchers and agriculture actors as well as for public decision-makers
