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Author Gardner, Gary T., 1958-

Title Shrinking fields : cropland loss in a world of eight billion / Gary Gardner ; Jane A. Peterson, editor.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Worldwatch Institute, c1996.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.7616 G173s    ---  Available
Description 56 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series Worldwatch paper ; 131
Note "July 1996."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-55)
Contents Introduction -- Trends: from surplus to scarcity -- Expanding cities -- Evaporating irrigated land -- Degrading our future -- Changing tastes -- A land-scarce world -- Land for the next generation.
Subject Farms.
Land use, Rural.
Agricultural conservation.
Crop yields.
Conservation of natural resources.
Food conservation.
Added Author Peterson, Jane A.
ISBN 1878071335

 
    
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