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From Dearth to Plenty
The Modern Revolution in Food Production
This 1995 book tells the absorbing story of scientific discovery and its exploitation in agriculture.
Kenneth Blaxter (Author), Noel R. Robertson (Author)
9780521041959, Cambridge University Press
Paperback / softback, published 24 September 2007
316 pages
22.9 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.479 kg
'This compact but readable book will be an invaluable source for specialists, agricultural students, political researchers and the curious laity.' Colin Leakey, The Times Higher Education Supplement
During the fifty-year period from 1936\u201386 the modern agricultural revolution occurred, in which, for the first time, science was properly harnessed to the improvement in agricultural productivity. The authors of this 1995 book quantify this improvement and identify the work of scientists which was seminal to the scientific and technological advances on which the revolution was founded. The topics covered include th]
From Dearth to Plenty The Modern Revolution in Food Production Blaxter Robertson
From Dearth to Plenty
The Modern Revolution in Food Production
This 1995 book tells the absorbing story of scientific discovery and its exploitation in agriculture.
Kenneth Blaxter (Author), Noel R. Robertson (Author)
9780521041959, Cambridge University Press
Paperback / softback, published 24 September 2007
316 pages
22.9 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.479 kg
'This compact but readable book will be an invaluable source for specialists, agricultural students, political researchers and the curious laity.' Colin Leakey, The Times Higher Education Supplement
During the fifty-year period from 1936\u201386 the modern agricultural revolution occurred, in which, for the first time, science was properly harnessed to the improvement in agricultural productivity. The authors of this 1995 book quantify this improvement and identify the work of scientists which was seminal to the scientific and technological advances on which the revolution was founded. The topics covered include th]
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