Crop Protection in Medieval Agriculture: Studies in Pre-modern Organic Agriculture
Zadoks, Jan C.
Three medieval agronomists are at the heart of this book, but historical developments in crop protection from early Punic, Greek, and Roman authors to the first modern author are outlined. The readership of these writers was the privileged class of landowners but hints pointing to the exchange of ideas between them and the common peasant were found. Consideration is given to the pre-modern reasoning in matters of crop protection. Comparison of pre-modern crop protection and its counterpart in modern organic agriculture is difficult because of drastic changes in the relation between crop areas and non-crop areas, and because of the great difference in yield levels then and now, with several associated differences.
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Ano:
2013
Editora:
Sidestone Press
Idioma:
english
ISBN 10:
9088901880
ISBN 13:
9789088901881
Arquivo:
EPUB, 11.58 MB
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english, 2013