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Stephen R. Gliessman & Martha Rosemeyer
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With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the pasthigher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reductioncan be counted on to come to the rescue. In fact, these solutions are now part of the problem. It i

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 380 ● ISBN 9781420003598 ● Editor Stephen R. Gliessman & Martha Rosemeyer ● Publisher CRC Press ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4112964 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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