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We need global actions focusing on local solutions that integrate sectors and at scales capturing synergies and engaging people. Agriculture and food production, volume 2 1st edition. Production means growing the plants we harvest or raising the animals we use for food. It takes several steps to get food from the farm or fishery to the dining table. Hard covercompletely revised and updated, details advances that have taken place in this field since the publication of the previous edition in 2001. The biggest challenge for global agriculture today is producing enough food to meet the demands of the worlds exploding population. Firstly, it negatively affects our environment on a large scale.
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