Ideal for a seminar course, this book, provides a broad, but in-depth description of the issues, concepts, methods of analysis, and empirical results related to the sustainable development of agriculture and rural communities. Specifically, it examines the relationships between sustainability and topics such as technology, information, population, gender, land use, community, and public policy. Intended for students in production agriculture, rural sociology, economics and public policy, environmental sciences, geography, and land use planning, and other social sciences. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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