Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Forging a Partnership for Survival Shridath S. Ramphal. INDUSTRIALIZED agriculture in OECD countries delivers some of the fiercest ecological blows . High agricultural productivity has fed industrial growth by supplying cheap food and ...
Forging a Partnership for Survival Shridath S. Ramphal. INDUSTRIALIZED agriculture in OECD countries delivers some of the fiercest ecological blows . High agricultural productivity has fed industrial growth by supplying cheap food and ...
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... agricultural land every year . The rate of desertification is accelerating in parts of the Sahel , the Middle East ... agriculture there too . In arid and semi- arid areas , where wind rather than water is the main agent of erosion ...
... agricultural land every year . The rate of desertification is accelerating in parts of the Sahel , the Middle East ... agriculture there too . In arid and semi- arid areas , where wind rather than water is the main agent of erosion ...
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... agriculture , and the economies dependent on agriculture , grow more vigorously . Agricultural growth will be increasingly con- strained by rapid population growth . ( p . 18 ) ( A concerted attack on poverty and underdevelopment ...
... agriculture , and the economies dependent on agriculture , grow more vigorously . Agricultural growth will be increasingly con- strained by rapid population growth . ( p . 18 ) ( A concerted attack on poverty and underdevelopment ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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