Handbook on the human impact of agriculture. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Harvey S. James, Jr.
• Editors: Jr, James, Harvey S (Harvey Stanley)
• Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on the Human Impact of Agriculture 1 Harvey S. James, Jr. PART I IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS 2 How farm consolidation affects farmers and farmworkers 13 James M. MacDonald 3 The real game of chicken: the tournament, broiler contracts and integrator power 31 Douglas H. Constance and Anthony Rainey 4 Input industry influence on farmer decision-making: an example of negative impacts to the environment and farmers 51 Diana Stuart 5 Identities on the family farm: agrarianism, materiality and the 'good farmer' 65 Jérémie Forney and Lee-Ann Sutherland PART II IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6 Impacts of GE crop technologies on farmers 86 Leland L. Glenna and Elizabeth Ransom 7 Agricultural mechanization and farm labor development 102 Amer Ait Sidhoum, Maria Vrachioli and Johannes Sauer 8 The human impact of data bias and the digital agricultural revolution 119 Kelly Bronson, Sarah Rotz and Adrian D'Alessandro 9 Modernizing agriculture through digital technologies: prospects and challenges 138 Emily Duncan, Abdul-Rahim Abdulai and Evan D.G. Fraser PART III IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURE ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS AND FARM LABORERS 10 'Modern' agriculture and its impact on smallholder farmer livelihoods 163 Katherine A. Snyder 11 The impacts of private standards on smallholder well-being 179 Agni Kalfagianni 12 Fair trade's impact on smallholders 194 Sarah Lyon 13 The human impact from Indian farmers' productive but damaging use of pesticides 218 Geoff Kuehne 14 The social protection function of agriculture 233 Damilola Giwa Daramola and Harvey S. James, Jr. 15 Entrenched exploitation: temporary foreign agricultural worker programs in North America 256 Leigh Binford and Janet McLaughlin 16 The impacts of agroecology training within and beyond farmer training 275 Julia M.L. Laforge and Charles Z. Levkoe PART IV BROADER IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURE ON SOCIETY 17 The effects of agrochemicals on humans 297 Ryan E. Galt and Lauren Asprooth 18 How agrarian values affect society 333 Chad L. Christensen 19 How biodiversity loss affects society 352 Roland Ebel, Fabian Menalled, Selena Ahmed, Simone Gingrich, Giulia Maria Baldinelli and Georges F. Félix 20 Ethical issues arising from modern agriculture 377 Harvey S. James, Jr. 21 Finding alternatives in our broken food system: the illusion of choice 399 Lydia Zepeda Index 416.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.349; Agriculture -- Social aspects; Agriculture -- Environmental aspects; Agricultural innovations; Farmers -- Social conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839101748
• Related ISBNs: 9781839101731
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