Effects of Agriculture on Ecosystem and Human Health

For most of the 20th century the American farm has performed at Herculean production levels. From time to time these production levels have been presumed to be at their limits; however, with new discoveries those limits were pushed well beyond what contemporaries thought achievable. En route the Ame...

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Published inManaging for Healthy Ecosystems pp. 793 - 797
Main Authors Gunderson, Paul D., Young, Nancy B., Stueland, Dean T.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom CRC Press 2003
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
CIVIL ENGINEERING, SURVEYING & BUILDING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Public Drinking Water Systems
Vernal Pools
Beneficial Insect Populations
Codling Moth
Rothamsted Experimental Station
Specie Specific Characteristics
Prairie Ecozone
CALFED Bay Delta Program
Yellow Star Thistle
Vice Versa
North American Agriculture
Conservation Tillage
Langat Basin
Zoonotic Disease
Salton Sea
Putra Jaya
Rigorous Risk Assessment
Free Enterprise Model
Forest Health Monitoring
Sharp Tailed Grouse
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Summary:For most of the 20th century the American farm has performed at Herculean production levels. From time to time these production levels have been presumed to be at their limits; however, with new discoveries those limits were pushed well beyond what contemporaries thought achievable. En route the American farmer has been characterized as extraordinarily productive and resilient, as an early adapter of technological change, and a master at integrating signals from the world marketplace with individual agricultural enterprises. Described since the inception of our nation in heroic and generous terms (Jefferson, 1785), the American farmer pursues the objective of remaining competitively productive and capable of feeding the world (Pedraza, 1996).
ISBN:1566706122
9781566706124
DOI:10.1201/9781420032130-93