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11 produkter
Geopolitics and the Green Revolution
Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War
Inbunden, 1998
1848 kr
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Cereal grains like wheat and rice are important, because they are the basis of most food supplies. Yields of such crops have increased dramatically during the past 100 years and especially since 1950, leading to what was often called the Green Revolution. This book examines why the United States, …
Geopolitics and the Green Revolution
Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War
E-bok, 1997
972 kr
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During the last 100 years, the worldwide yields of cereal grains, such as wheat and rice, have increased dramatically. Since the 1950s, developments in plant breeding science have been heralded as a "Green Revolution" in modern agriculture. But what factors have enabled and promoted these technical …
Pest Control: Cultural And Environmental Aspects
Av David Pimentel, John H. Perkins
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods …
Pest Control: Cultural And Environmental Aspects
Av David Pimentel, John H. Perkins
Häftad, 2022
647 kr
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The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods …
Changing Energy
The Transition to a Sustainable Future
Inbunden, 2017
1156 kr
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Changing Energy outlines how humanity came to its current energy economy through three previous energy transitions and now stands poised for a necessary fourth one. Despite the immense benefits conferred by a global energy economy based primarily on coal, oil, gas, and uranium, societies must now …
Changing Energy
The Transition to a Sustainable Future
Häftad, 2017
262 kr
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Changing Energy outlines how humanity came to its current energy economy through three previous energy transitions and now stands poised for a necessary fourth one. Despite the immense benefits conferred by a global energy economy based primarily on coal, oil, gas, and uranium, societies must now …
Changing Energy
The Transition to a Sustainable Future
E-bok, 2017
420 kr
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Changing Energy outlines how humanity established the current energy economy through three previous transitions, and how we now stand poised for a necessary fourth transition. Human societies around the globe have received immense benefits from uses of coal, oil, gas, and uranium sources, yet we …
Pest Control: Cultural And Environmental Aspects
Av John H. Perkins, David Pimentel
E-bok, 2019
762 kr
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The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods …
Pest Control: Cultural And Environmental Aspects
Av John H. Perkins, David Pimentel
E-bok, 2019
746 kr
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The field of pest control research, of increasing importance in a world short of food, has been plagued for many years by a variety of problems, among them (1) the instability (including pesticide resistance) of many control techniques, (2) the continuing need for improved pest management methods …
Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis
The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies
E-bok, 2012
734 kr
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Science and technology are cultural phenomena. Expert knowledge is generated amid the conflicts of a society and in turn supplies fuel to fire yet further change and new clashes. This essay on economic entomology is a case study on how cultural events and forces affected the creation of scientific …
Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis
The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies
Häftad, 2013
550 kr
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Science and technology are cultural phenomena. Expert knowledge is generated amid the conflicts of a society and in turn supplies fuel to fire yet further change and new clashes. This essay on economic entomology is a case study on how cultural events and forces affected the creation of scientific …
