Monoculture and productivity: a study of private profit and social product on grain farms and livestock farms in Illinois [USA]
Extract: In large parts of Illinois, vast expanses of fertile farm land present a desolate impression because of the grain monoculture which has drained the rural landscape of other economic activity. The sparsity of people and animals is compounded by a paucity of trees and hedgerows and by the acc...
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| Published in | A.E. - Illinois University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics (USA) |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Publication |
| Language | English |
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01.07.1979
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| Summary: | Extract: In large parts of Illinois, vast expanses of fertile farm land present a desolate impression because of the grain monoculture which has drained the rural landscape of other economic activity. The sparsity of people and animals is compounded by a paucity of trees and hedgerows and by the accelerating soil erosion. The spreading of this "grain desert" in recent times is the subject of this study |
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| Bibliography: | 8224841 E10 F00 L00 |