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Few concepts in recent years have so sharply reinforced my view of high-yield agriculture as Dennis Avery`s presentation of the twenty-first century food and wildlife challenge, and the environmental benefits of producing more from the best acres. It means that we urgently need more ways to achieve high yields for all the world`s farmers. This is a compelling, optimistic book that challenges the conventional wisdom about how to save the environment, and outlines policies that will allow farmers to feed the world`s growing, more affluent population while preserving wildlife and wild lands. It tells the story that environmentalists and news media usually neglect to tell: cancer risks in the industrialized national are decreasing; the world`s temperature rises and falls naturally; governments, not agribusinesses, have been encouraging people to cut down rain forests; industrial nations pollute less than other countries; and widespread use of organic farming threatens the world`s wildlife. Avery advocates more agricultural research, particularly in biotechnology, to build upon the advances of the Green Revolution and global trade in farm products to help supply the world`s food needs by using the best and most productive acreas and technologies to feed the world`s people with as little environmental and economic cost as possible.
ISBN - 9788172332408
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