Sustainable agriculture and the environment : perspectives on growth and constraints / edited by Vernon W. Ruttan.

Other author Ruttan, Vernon W.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder : Westview Press, 1992.
Descriptionxvi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Concerns about resources and the environment / Vernon W. Ruttan -- Greenhouse gases and climate change / Dean E. Abrahamson -- Climate change models / Norman J. Rosenberg -- Global climate change and agricultural production / William C. Clark -- Forest response to climate changes / Margaret Bryan Davis -- Stipulations, conventional wisdom, and real issues / Paul E. Waggoner -- Agricultural impacts on climate change / William C. Clark -- Food systems approach / Robert Chen -- Modeling the social and economics effects / Steven Sonka -- Environmental change in Eastern Europe / Zbigniew Bochniarz -- Temperate region soil erosion / Pierre Crosson -- Tropical region soils management / Pedro A. Sanchez -- Soil fertility / Robert D. Munson -- Information system for soil management / William E. Larson and H. H. Cheng -- Pests and pathogens / Richard Jones -- Nature myths and policy design / Steve Rayner -- Research resource allocation / Stephen L. Rawlins and C. Eugene Allen -- Issues and priorities for the twenty-first century / Vernon W. Ruttan.
General note"Product of one of a series of consultations held at the University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs on November 27 and 28, 1989"--Pref.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-189).
LCCN 91043184
ISBN0813385075 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks S494.5.S86 S865 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold