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1: Studies the high level of hunger and malnutrition in Sudan. 2: Looks at the relationship between the Western farmer and the peasants of the Third World and examines how decisions made in the US and Europe...
Barley beef, bull beef, traditional beef, dairy beef, the Charolais cross are all terms which should be understood in order to distinguish butcher from butcher or supermarket from supermarket. Explains these...
Looks at the ‘economic miracle’ brought about in Brittany chiefly as a result of the co-operative organisation of Brittany farmers. Considers the effects of the social history of Brittany, the effects of...
Traces the development of a group of insecticides - the synthetic pyrethroids. Pyrethrum is a naturally occuring substance with insecticidal activity, although it is unstable in sunlight.In the 1940s,...
Six farmers in different parts of Scotland and working on different kinds of land explain why they have taken up tree planting and how it fits with their farmimg.
Deforested areas in the wet tropics have been farmed in a variety of ways with different ecological and economic consequences. The programme was filmed in south-east Mexico in an area that until recently was...
Investigates some of the recent biochemical and genetic advances in the understanding of biological nitrogen fixation. Experiments at Rothamsted in the mid-19th century proved that nitrogen was essential for...
In Nepal, the Central American rain forests of Costa Rica and in Nigeria, slash-and-burn farming methods are showing long-term harmful effects. Where trees have been cleared the top soil becomes eroded and...
Two-part documentary about the importance of soil and water. Part 1: Shows how mismanagement of land can lead to soil erosion and drought. Part 2: Shows methods of alleviating the problem and demonstrates...
Examines why many of the rural population in the Third World face a perpetual struggle to provide enough food, due partly to the an adverse climate and unsuitable agricultural land. The problem is compounded...
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