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The first point to clarify is: ‘What is agriculture?’ Of course, there is general agreement about the sorts of things, people, plants and animals that can be called agricultural, but this is not good enough if we are seriously interested in topics such as the role of science in agriculture, the role and importance of agriculture in the world and how agricultural efficiency can be improved.
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Further Reading
The Biology of Agricultural Systems, C. R. W. Speeding, 1975. Academic Press.
An Introduction to Farming Systems. Michael Haines, 1982. Longman.
Managing Agricultural Systems. G. E. Dalton, 1982. Applied Science Publishers.
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Spedding, C.R.W. (1988). The Purposes of Agriculture. In: An Introduction to Agricultural Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6408-5_1
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