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Oxford University Press Agriculture A Very Short Introduction by Brassley And Soffe
From the large corporation using enormous machines in the USA, to the woman with her hoe and her plot of cassava in Mozambique, to a Chinese collective farm worker in the rice fields, agriculture is essential for humanity to eat. This book looks at the many different types of agriculture and considers the challenges facing farmers today.Introduces readers to the vast range of global agriculture, covering both industrial and developing countriesConsiders both livestock and crop farming, and the multiple issues facing the different forms of farmingExplains the principles of local and international agricultural markets, and how they determine what farmers produceIdentifies the universally applicable principles of farmingPart of the Very Short Introductions series - over seven millions copies sold worldwide