Midwest Maize

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Midwest Maize

Author	: Cynthia Clampitt
File Size	: 45,6 Mb
Publisher	: University of Illinois Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 28 February 2015
ISBN	: 9780252096877
Pages	: 296 pages

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Midwest Maize by Cynthia Clampitt Book PDF Summary

Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.

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Some commodities command massive economic, social, and political influence. This title examines the business around corn, the most ubiquitous crop in the United States. It explores corn's many uses, complex supply chain, and attendant environmental debates. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index.

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"Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past century, crop varieties standardized for industrial agriculture have increasingly dominated farm fields. Concerned about what this transition means for the future of food, scientists, farmers, and eaters have sought to protect crop plants they

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Global crop production must substantially increase to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population. This is constrained by the availability of nutrients, water, and land. There is also an urgent need to reduce the negative environmental impacts of crop production. Collectively, these issues represent one of the greatest challenges

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Maize is among the most widely spread and widely used crops of the world, used for cereals for over 4 billion humans, as food for farm animals, and as a source material for biofuel production. Yet there are relatively few books on the cropping system of this important crop. This book,

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Climate Smart Agriculture by Leslie Lipper,Nancy McCarthy,David Zilberman,Solomon Asfaw,Giacomo Branca

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Maize Genetics And Breeding In The 20th Century by Peter A Peterson,Angelo Bianchi

This book provides the biographies, and a related summary, of geneticists and breeders of maize who have contributed to the major discoveries in the 20th century. Their relationships to one another, as well as the general developments in maize genetics and breeding growth, are included. Photographs of events and related

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Toward Insect Resistant Maize for the Third World by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Download or read online Toward Insect Resistant Maize for the Third World written by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, published by CIMMYT which was released on 1989. Get Toward Insect Resistant Maize for the Third World Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle.

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