Human needs of agricultural and food products are increasing rapidly due to fast increase in world population. Urbanization has put a further challenge to increase in agricultural production. People are in general for removed from direct involvement in agriculture and there is also increasing concern with the ability of the land to sustain the levels of output required and to supply the needs of a growing world population.
In the modern context of technical ability to produce food, there exists a complex background of changing climates, not only meteorological, but also social and economic. This book tries to set the basic principles of agriculture with the aim of helping a wide range of readers to understand agriculture in global context. Principals are internationally relevant. The language is simple and matter is explained through numerous figures. In addition, glossary of terms will help in easy grasping of the subject.
About Author :
Archana Ruhela is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Punjab where he taught for 36 years in the Departments of Botany and Genetics and Cell Biology as well as the Conservation Biology Programme at the Institute for Social, Economics and Ecological Sustainability, the Centre for Environmental Learning and Leadership, and the McArthur Programme in Global Change. She received her masters degree in botany and her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Texas. At various times, she was a visiting scholar in Sweden, Indonesia, and China, as well as several universities and research institutes in the United States.
Her research interests varied from isolation and characterization of cell organelles (especially Mitochondria and the Golgi apparatus), the effects of air pollution on plant tissues, and land use planning and environmental policy. She has published approximately 60 scientific articles in different magazines and scientific journals. She has also authored books on Environmental Science. A Global Concern and Principles of Environmental Science, and also served as managing editor for the Environmental Encyclopaedia.
Contents :
Contents
Preface
1. The Food Chain in Developed and Developing Countries
2. Meeting Human Needs
3. World Agriculture
4. The Principles of Crop Production
5. The Principles of Animal Production
6. The Principles of Grazing Management
7. The Inputs to Agriculture
8. The Principles of Processing of Products
9. The Principles of Farm Business Management and Marketing
10. Feeding the World in the Future
Glossary
Index
Abbreviation