[PDF] Population And Land In World Agriculture eBook

Author : Joginder Kumar
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780243308859

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Excerpt from Population and Land in World Agriculture: Recent Trends and Relationships In the fourth and final part, a general theory of the growth of the agricultural labor force is presented. Three hypotheses to explain the growth of the agricultural population are developed on the basis of the material presented in the earlier sections and other evidence, and then tested by means of regression analysis. A substantive discussion of the regres sion results leads us to a generally satisfactory explanation of the growth of the agricultural labor force. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,73 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309048389

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This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.

Author : J. Perry Gustafson
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0826274404

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This timely collection of 15 original essays written by expert scientists the world over addresses the relationships between human population growth, the need to increase food supplies to feed the world population, and the chances for avoiding the extinction of a major proportion of the world's plant and animal species that collectively makes our survival on Earth possible. These relationships are highly intertwined, and changes in each of them steadily decrease humankind’s chances to achieve environmental stability on our fragile planet. The world population is projected to be nine to ten billion by 2050, signaling the need to increase world food production by more than 70 percent on the same amount of land currently under production—and this without further damaging our fragile environment. The essays in this collection, written by experts for laypersons, present the problems we face with clarity and assess our prospects for solving them, calling for action but holding out viable solutions.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 32,42 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309048385

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This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.

Author : Jessica Eise
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 37,46 MB
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1610918843

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By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How will we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering population, water, land, climate change, technology, food systems, trade, food waste and loss, health, social buy-in, communication, and equal access to food, the book reveals a complex web of challenges. Contributors unite from different perspectives and disciplines, ranging from agronomy and hydrology to economics. The resulting collection is an accessible but wide-ranging look at the modern food system.