The Ethics of Intensification Agricultural Development and Cultural
This volume was written in response to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Series of Ethics Papers that broached a series of previously neglected issues in international agricultural development. The volume contains a diverse collection of hi
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The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics 16
The Ethics of Intensification
Agricultural Development and Cultural Change
The Ethics of Intensification
The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
VOLUME 16
Editors Michiel Korthals, Dept. of Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Paul B. Thompson, Dept. of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A.
Editorial Board Andrew Brennan, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia Lawrence Busch, Dept. of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A. Avner de-Shalit, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Richard Haynes, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. Darryl Macer, The Eubios Ethics Institute, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Clare Palmer, Washington University, St Louis, U.S.A. Doris Schroeder, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kindgom
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Paul B. Thompson Editor
The Ethics of Intensification Agricultural Development and Cultural Change
Editor Paul B. Thompson Michigan State University East Lansing, MI USA
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8721-9
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8722-6
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Dedicated to Don Ihde, my Doktorvater, who escaped Kansas. It has been my lot to ensure that he does not entirely escape the farm.
Acknowledgments
This volume grew out of a workshop sponsored and co-funded jointly by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Imperial College London and Michigan State University. Peter Kenmore and Clive Stannard were the key individuals at FAO. Jeff Waage provided administrative and funding support from Imperial College London, while Andrew Dorward helped enormously with organization and local arrangements at the Wye Campus. Dan Clay, Director of International Agricultural Programs at Michigan State, provided funds for travel by MSU faculty. Other individuals played key roles as the project moved from a workshop to a book. John Otieno Ouko dedicated a semester of work to interacting with authors and helping prepare the prospectus. At Springer, Fritz Schmuhl and Marion Wagenaar provided help and encouragement. Final preparation work at MSU was done by Ellen Link. Julie Eckinger was indispensable to maintaining smooth communications and transitions as the book moved through each of these stages. Without her, this would have been impossible. Financial suppo
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