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Feeding a Hungry Planet: Rice, Research, and Development in Asia and Latin America
James Lang
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Description for Feeding a Hungry Planet: Rice, Research, and Development in Asia and Latin America
Paperback. Demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. The book describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. The text focuses on Asia and Latin America. Num Pages: 204 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; KNAC; RNU; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Rice is the food crop the world depends on most. In Feeding a Hungry Planet , James Lang demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. He describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. Focusing on Asia and Latin America, Lang explores lowland and upland rice systems, genetics, sustainable agriculture, and efforts to narrow the gap between yields at research stations and those on working farms. Ultimately, says Lang, the ability to feed growing populations and protect fragile ecologies depends ... Read more
Rice is the food crop the world depends on most. In Feeding a Hungry Planet , James Lang demonstrates how research has benefited rice growers and increased production. He describes the life cycle of a rice crop and explains how research is conducted and how the results end up growing in a farmer's field. Focusing on Asia and Latin America, Lang explores lowland and upland rice systems, genetics, sustainable agriculture, and efforts to narrow the gap between yields at research stations and those on working farms. Ultimately, says Lang, the ability to feed growing populations and protect fragile ecologies depends ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807845936
SKU
KEX0228294
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About James Lang
James Lang, associate professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Vanderbilt University, is author of Inside Development in Latin America: A Report from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil.
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