History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic to the Contemporary Crisis

Why did man become a farmer? What forms of agriculture did he develop around the world? What unprecedented heights of productivity did a few million motorized, mechanized, and specialized farmers achieve at the end of the 20th century?
By tracing the prodigious epic that goes from the first domestications of plants and animals to today's differentiated agricultures, this book shows that the current crisis of the global economy is rooted in the unconsidered competition between the agrarian heritages of different regions of the world. The authors propose a global strategy capable of developing the poor peasant economy and reviving the economy.