D. Hogg

Gebundenes Buch

Technological Change in Agriculture

Locking in to Genetic Uniformity

Beschreibung

Why do modern agricultural techniques, which are environmentally damaging, continue to be used? This path-breaking book seeks the answer to that question in an understanding of evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context.

Autor

DOMINIC HOGG is currently Senior Consultant with ECOTEC Research and Consulting where he works exclusively on environment policy issues. He was awarded a MacArthur Studentship from the University of Cambridge in 1991, from where he obtained his Ph.D. Following a period in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, he was a consultant for Friends of the Earth, working on the linkages between tropical rainforest destruction and IMF/World Bank structural adjustment programmes. He has campaigned on environmental issues for many years and has been active in many aspects of the use and exploitation of genetic resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-75139-8
• 2000.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9780333751398
• ISBN-10: 0333751396
• Artikelnr.: 44374403