Record rainfall and extreme weather has become a common occurrence around the world. The television news shows farmers standing in front of their flooded fields; the ground too wet to harvest one season's crop, or to plant the next. Our climate is changing, but agriculture is not just the victim of climate change - it is one of the major drivers too. Our food systems are responsible for around a third of all greenhouse gases.
In this book, Sarah Bearchell explores how agriculture is using targeted breeding, automation and precision inputs to produce more with less. She considers how we can reduce our impact by addressing problems in our food system, from packaging and transport to the incredible quantities of waste. As consumers, we can make small changes straight away and push for long-term change in the wider system. Agriculture can become a force for good, but it needs our help.
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Höhe: 199 mm
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Dicke: 15 mm
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978-1-83773-175-6 (9781837731756)
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Sarah Bearchell is a science writer and educator who has created educational activities for charities, learned societies and science centres and writes regularly for Aquila. The Future of Agriculture is her first book.
