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Energy and Agriculture

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Gerald Stanhill

    1. Institute of Soils and Water Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

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Part of the book series: Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences (AGRICULTURAL, volume 14)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction to the Role of Energy in Agriculture

    1. Introduction to the Role of Energy in Agriculture

      • G. Stanhill
      Pages 1-7

  3. Principles and Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Economic Impacts of Energy Prices on Agriculture

      • E. O. Heady
      Pages 10-23

    3. Energy Analysis of the Environmental Role in Agriculture

      • H. T. Odum
      Pages 24-51

    4. Genetic Engineering to Modify Energy Flow in Agriculture

      • H. W. Woolhouse
      Pages 52-81

  4. Energy Sources for Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Energy in Different Agricultural Systems: Renewable and Nonrenewable Sources

      • R. M. Gifford
      Pages 84-112

    3. Agricultural Labour: From Energy Source to Sink

      • G. Stanhill
      Pages 113-130

  5. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Energy Use in the Food-Producing Sector of the European Economic Community

      • M. Slesser
      Pages 132-153

    3. Energy in Australian Agriculture: Inputs, Outputs, and Policies

      • R. M. Gifford
      Pages 154-168

    4. Energy Use and Management in US Agriculture

      • B. A. Stout, J. L. Butler, E. E. Gavett
      Pages 169-189

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 191-194
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About this book

Energy and agriculture are both extremely broad subjects and their interactions - the subject of this book - cover almost the full spectrum of the agricultural sciences. Yet the subject is a relatively new one whose importance first received widespread recognition barely a decade ago, following the dramatic increase in oil prices during 1973. The impact of this increase was such as to promote a world-wide debate on the future direction that agriculture should take. This debate was, and is, of particular concern in countries where agriculture plays a leading role in economic and social development. During the last half century many national agricultural systems have been transformed from almost closed, self-sufficient systems with few locally produced inputs geared to satisfy local requirements, to intensive, open systems, utilizing large quantities of energy-rich inputs such as fossil fuel for manufactured agro-chemicals, water distribution and imported animal feedstuffs to produce a range of sophisticated products, often for export, which in tum require many energy-rich inputs for their marketing. This industrialization of agriculture has proved to be very successful in many respects and indeed was accepted as a general model for agricultural development allowing increased productivity and efficiency per unit land, labor and water, even in areas with limited natural resources.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Soils and Water Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Gerald Stanhill

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Energy and Agriculture

  • Editors: Gerald Stanhill

  • Series Title: Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69784-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-69786-9Published: 11 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69784-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-4207

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 194

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental Economics

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