Pierre R Crosson, Sterling Brubaker

Resource and Environmental Effects of U.S. Agriculture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1982, this report explores long-term trends in demand for U.S. agricultural production, energy prices and agricultural technologies and their effect on natural resources such as land and water in the United States. Crosson and Brubaker also discuss possible policy modifications in order to lessen the environmental impacts expected to emerge from these trends. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781138961395
• ISBN-10: 1138961396
• Artikelnr.: 43026625

Autorenporträt

Pierre R. Crosson, Sterling Brubaker

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction 2. Projections of Production of
Grains, Soybeans, and Cotton in the United States 3. Factors Affecting
Farmers' Choices among Technologies: Prices of Inputs 4. Trends in
Productivity and Crop Yields in the United States 5. The Demand for and
Supply of Cropland Introduction 6. Projections of Fertilizers and
Pesticides 7. Environmental Impacts of Projected Production and Resource
Use 8. Policy Considerations; Appendixes to Chapter 2: Deprivation of
Projections Production; Appendix A to Chapter 4: Analysis of Trends in Crop
Yields; Appendix B to Chapter 4: Trends in Total Agricultural Productivity;
Appendix to Chapter 5: Material Relating to the Demand for and supply of
Cropland; Index