Handbook on the Human Impact of Agriculture

Edited by Harvey S. James, Jr., Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, US

This timely Handbook synthesizes and analyzes key issues and concerns relating to the impact of agriculture on both farmers and non-farmers. With a unique focus on humans rather than animals or the environment, the book is interdisciplinary and international in scope, with contributions from sociologists, economists, anthropologists and geographers providing case studies and examples from all six populated continents.

‘This Handbook provides wide-ranging insights into the impact of agriculture on humans. Bringing together authors from multiple disciplines and perspectives, the collection provides fresh understandings of long-standing and up-to-the-minute impacts of agriculture and the broader agrifood system on farmers, farmworkers, and consumers. Readers will encounter new ways of understanding agrarianism, biotechnology, consumer choice, and ethical dilemmas in agriculture.’
– Carolyn E. Sachs, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, US

“章在e Handbook on the Human Impact of Agriculture emphasize the impact that industrial technology, trade policy and the growing influence of finance capital are having on the practice of farming, and on the social institution of the household farm. It would be difficult to imagine a work that explores this topic with greater perspicuity or completeness. I will be returning to the book again and again for enlightenment on the future of our food system.’
– Paul B. Thompson, Michigan State University, US