| Titre : |
Roots of the crises |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Importance : |
p 51-83 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES AGRICOLES
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| Mots-clés : |
AGRIBUSINESS CONFLIT AGRICOLE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIALISEE CRISE AGRICOLE |
| Résumé : |
The twentieth century has seen revolutionary changes in the way agriculture is practiced. Farming has moved from a cultural art, handed down from generation to generation, to an industry, taught as a profession by expert specialist who may have farmed a day in their lives. Along with the rise in production that accompanied the change to industry have come the environmental problems of industry, a drastic reduction in the number of farmers and economic instability.
As the world itself implies, agriculture is a part of culture and the roots of the current problems in agriculture can be traced directly to basic cultural values. Both scientific and economic choices effect these values, though they rarely acknowledged outright. This chapter traces the roots of the problems described in chapter 1 to the different phases of agricultural industrialization and it explores the scientific setting of agriculture for the philosophical and practical reasons behind the choice of specific research problems and the types of solutions obtained. Next comes an examination of cultural values that have shaped the modern perspective on agriculture and produced the current unsustainable system. Finally, the discussion moves to the concept of sustainability, what this means in agricultural systems and what changes in cultural values and in scientific and economic choices are necessary to accommodate a goal of sustainable agriculture.
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| Numéro du document : |
A 10266/A00 |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
AGRICULTURE EN GENERAL |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
AGRICULTURE-CONSIDERATIONS GENERALES |
Roots of the crises [texte imprimé] . - [s.d.] . - p 51-83. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES AGRICOLES
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| Mots-clés : |
AGRIBUSINESS CONFLIT AGRICOLE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIALISEE CRISE AGRICOLE |
| Résumé : |
The twentieth century has seen revolutionary changes in the way agriculture is practiced. Farming has moved from a cultural art, handed down from generation to generation, to an industry, taught as a profession by expert specialist who may have farmed a day in their lives. Along with the rise in production that accompanied the change to industry have come the environmental problems of industry, a drastic reduction in the number of farmers and economic instability.
As the world itself implies, agriculture is a part of culture and the roots of the current problems in agriculture can be traced directly to basic cultural values. Both scientific and economic choices effect these values, though they rarely acknowledged outright. This chapter traces the roots of the problems described in chapter 1 to the different phases of agricultural industrialization and it explores the scientific setting of agriculture for the philosophical and practical reasons behind the choice of specific research problems and the types of solutions obtained. Next comes an examination of cultural values that have shaped the modern perspective on agriculture and produced the current unsustainable system. Finally, the discussion moves to the concept of sustainability, what this means in agricultural systems and what changes in cultural values and in scientific and economic choices are necessary to accommodate a goal of sustainable agriculture.
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| Numéro du document : |
A 10266/A00 |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
AGRICULTURE EN GENERAL |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
AGRICULTURE-CONSIDERATIONS GENERALES |
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Roots of the crises
