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Description: In studies by international experts in anthropology, economics, geography, and rural sociology, this volume offers a comprehensive comparative examination of world agriculture. The 12 farming systems explored here encompass the broad range of conditions in which agriculture exists. Turner and Brush provide a classification of the systems based on output intensity, technology employed, and production goals. For each classification, case studies based on field research are presented, preceded by an examination of the nature of that particular farming type. Taken as a whole, the studies illuminate the forces of change acting on every form of agriculture.
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