The Precision Farming Revolution

Global Drivers of Local Agricultural Methods

James E. Addicott (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

237 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-9685-4 (ISBN)

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This book examines the precision farming revolution in Somerset, England. It reveals the reasons why local farmers invested in autonomous systems and traces the outcomes of adoption. It describes the local and global drivers of the fourth industrial revolution, from world population growth, climatic and ecological crises, profit driven farming and government agri-tech grants, to the Space Race era. A new cultural method of intelligence, ideas and thinking, new organisational and control powers, was precisely what precision farming offered farmers and off-farm firms, who were able to remotely monitor and control natural environments and aspects of on-farm activities. As a result of local farmers opting into precision farming systems the power dynamics of industrial agriculture were reorganised and this book will offer readers an understanding of how and why.

Dr. James E. Addicott is an independent sociologist, ethnographic researcher and author at jeaddicott.com.

1. The Precision Farming Revolution.- 2. Global Drivers.- 3. Economic Drivers.- 4. Cultural Methods.- 5. Society & Nature.- 6. Farming Futures.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.11.2019
Zusatzinfo	8 Illustrations, color; 4 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 237 p. 12 illus., 8 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Agriculture • Economics • Sociology • STS • Technology
ISBN-10	981-13-9685-X / 981139685X
ISBN-13	978-981-13-9685-4 / 9789811396854
Zustand	Neuware