00811nam a22001577a 4500020001800000082000800018100003600026245007600062250000800138260004400146300003400190490002900224505003800253520034600291650001600637  a9780198725961  a630  aBrassley, Paul and Soffe, R. J.  aAgriculture: A Very Short IntroductioncPaul Brassley and Richard Soffe  a1st  aNew YorkbOxford University Pressc2015  axviii,127 Pagesb17x11 cmbPB  aVery Short Introductions  aIncludes Index and Illustrations.  a

From the large corporation using enormous machines in the USA, to the woman with her hoe and her plot of cassava in Mozambique, to a Chinese collective farm worker in the rice fields, agriculture is essential for humanity to eat. This book looks at the many different types of agriculture and considers the challenges facing farmers today.  aAgriculture