Isbn: 9780874224122 - tree fruit trade: an agricultural economist reviews fifty years of washington state's key orchard crops (7 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Longtime agricultural economist Desmond O'Rourke wrote Tree Fruit Trade as both a tribute and a cautionary tale. Along with personal anecdotes, he describes major players and organizations, and chronicles challenges like the 1988 Alar scare, changing regulations, food trends, and the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. He discusses the emergence of new threats, from the growth of Walmart to rising competition from China, and explains how the intrusion of electronics, sensors, and computerized technology has forced family-owned firms to absorb new, specialized employees. He recounts battles to gain foreign market access and the ongoing campaign to ensure adequate labor for a growing footprint. He analyzes how the availability of adequate water and a large expanse of Columbia Basin flat land allowed the industry to dramatically increase production, achieve new levels of productivity, and design orchards suited to modern tree architecture. …

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorDesmond O Rourke has studied and worked in the Washington State fruit industry for more than fifty years (thirty in the WSU Department of Agricultural Economics), and since 2000, as a private consultant through his .