Abstract
The agricultural sciences include the plant, animal, and food sciences; soil science; agricultural engineering and entomology; as well as related fields such as agricultural economics, rural sociology, nutrition, forestry, fisheries, and home economics. Historians, economists, sociologists, and philosophers have all studied agricultural sciences and technology, although there are few links among these four approaches. Current studies include those of biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, relations between science and colonialism, returns to agricultural research, and the relations between public and private research in agriculture.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 471-476 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080970875 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080970868 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 26 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Botanical gardens
- Climate change
- Development
- Farming
- Food
- Intellectual property
- Nanotechnology
- Robotics
- Standards
- Technology treadmill
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences