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Key issues in agricultural ethics

Code: 9781801463133
Edited by: Emeritus Professor Robert L. Zimdahl, Colorado State University, USA

Agriculture is facing unprecedented scrutiny for its social and environmental impacts. Many of the key choices it must make are fundamentally about ethics.

Key issues in agricultural ethics explores key ethical debates surrounding agriculture and agri-food supply chains. These include issues such as animal welfare, use of labour, the effects of new technologies and the overall impact of agriculture on the environment. It considers the ways these ethical dilemmas may be better understood and potentially resolved.

Edited by a leading researcher in the field, Key issues in agricultural ethics will be a standard reference for researchers in agriculture and environmental science, government and other private sector agencies responsible for monitoring good agricultural practice, as well as researchers involved in the social sciences with a focus on ethics.

Key Features

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the key ethical debates in agriculture
  • Considers the responsibilities of stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain and their role in institutionalising agricultural ethics
  • Reviews the key gender dimensions of agricultural ethics, focussing on the role of women in agricultural research, production and debate

£145.00
Table of Contents

Part 1 General

  • 1.What is agricultural ethics and why does it matter?: Paul B. Thompson, Michigan State University, USA;
  • 2.Approaches to ethics: Katie McShane, Colorado State University, USA;
  • 3.Institutionalizing agricultural ethics in US land-grant universities: Robert L. Zimdahl, Colorado State University, USA;
  • 4.Gender dimensions of agricultural ethics: Samantha Noll, Washington State University, USA;
  • 5.Agricultural ethics – the farmer’s perspective: Robert L. Zimdahl, Colorado State University, USA;
  • 6.Virtue ethics, Wendell Berry and agriculture: Wade Casey, Loyola University Chicago, USA;

Part 2 Ethical issues

  • 7.Agriculture and the environment: ethical issues: Richard Bawden and Roger Packham, Western Sydney University, Australia;
  • 8.Migrant labour in agriculture: ethical issues and challenges: Francesca Giarè, Patrizia Borsotto and Gabriella Ricciardi, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Italy;
  • 9.Intensification in agriculture: ethical issues: Alesandros Glaros, Philip Quarshie, Emily Duncan and Evan Fraser, University of Guelph, Canada;
  • 10.Key ethical issues in livestock farming: Natalie Thomas, University of Guelph, Canada; and Adam B. D. Langridge, Nipissing University, Canada;
  • 11.Ethical issues of developing new technologies in agriculture: Bart Gremmen, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
  • 12.Intellectual property rights in agriculture: ethical issues: Leland L. Glenna, The Pennsylvania State University, USA;
  • 13.Ethics of agricultural research: N. Yasemin Yalım, Ankara University, Turkey; Burçin Çokuysal, Ege University, Turkey; and Cemal Taluğ, Ankara University, Turkey;

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