Globalization and the Rural Environment - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674005317 ISBN 13 : 9780674005310

Editeur : Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2001

Synopsis

As the world transitions from an industrial society to an information society, agriculture has undergone a dramatic transformation. Food production in the twentieth century was transformed by three revolutions: first mechanical, then genetic, and finally chemical. Now, in the twenty-first century, agriculture is going through at least two more revolutions: an information technology revolution leading to precision farming, and a biotechnology revolution leading to genetically engineered crops.

Organized by Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies with the collaboration of the Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environment, this interdisciplinary volume examines the impact of a variety of new technological, social, and economic trends on the rural environment.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Otto T. Solbrig is Bussey Professor of Biology, Harvard University.

Robert Paarlberg is Betty F. Johnson Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College.

Francesco Di Castri is former Associate Director General of UNESCO and Director-Founder of its Man and Biosphere Programme.

John H. Coatsworth is Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and former Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.

Merilee Grindle is the Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Emerita, at Harvard University and the former director of its David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. She served as president of the Latin American Studies Association and has written or contributed to over a dozen scholarly books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674005317
• ISBN 13: 9780674005310
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 551
• Éditeur: Solbrig Otto T., Paarlberg Robert, Di Castri Francesco
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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