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The Sustainability of Rice Farming
D.j. Greenland
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Description for The Sustainability of Rice Farming
Hardcover.
Rice has supported a greater number of people for a longer period of time than any other crop. Nearly half of the global population is dependent on rice as its major staple food. While Asia remains the main centre of production and consumption of rice, the importance of rice is increasing rapidly in Africa and Latin America, and exports of rice from the United States and Australia are of major importance to the world rice trade. This book explores the factors which have contributed to the sustainability of rice production over the eight or nine thousand years for which rice ... Read more
Rice has supported a greater number of people for a longer period of time than any other crop. Nearly half of the global population is dependent on rice as its major staple food. While Asia remains the main centre of production and consumption of rice, the importance of rice is increasing rapidly in Africa and Latin America, and exports of rice from the United States and Australia are of major importance to the world rice trade. This book explores the factors which have contributed to the sustainability of rice production over the eight or nine thousand years for which rice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851991634
SKU
V9780851991634
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99-50
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