Intensive Agriculture and Sustainability: A Farming Systems Analysis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774811057)

Intensive Agriculture and Sustainability outlines the advantages of Farming Systems Analysis for understanding the implications of modern, intensive agriculture. This book describes some of the major environmental and social problems connected with intensive farming; outlines a framework for analyzing its sustainability; discusses key linkages among the environmental, economic, and social indicators; outlines modelling trade-offs between profitability and environmental sustainability; and then analyzes various farming systems using case studies.

Author: Glen Filson
ISBN-10: 0774811056
ISBN-13: 9780774811057
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2005
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.75d