Troughton, Michael J.: Canadian agriculture - Geography of world agriculture 10. (Budapest, 1982)
M. J. TROUGHTON CANADIAN AGRICULTURE Canadian agriculture is one of the most developed in the world in terms of its productivity and its output per farm. Among its characteristics we have to mention the abundance of land; the amount of agricultural land per inhabitant is three hectares. Canada is known all over the world as a wheat exporter — one fifth of all wheat sold on the world market is produced on the Canadian prairies. Canatlian agriculture utilizes only 8% of the country’s territory and the greatest part of this agriculturally utilized land is of only marginal productivity. Only 7% of the active population is engaged directly in agriculture. But agriculture is only one element of the complex, integrated food economy. There are at least twice as many people engaged in the non-agricultural branches of agribusiness than in agriculture proper. Professor Trough ton presents Canadian agriculture in its complexity. Starting from the social, historical and natural factors of production, he follows with attention the organizational-operational conditions, determines the various agrarian types and regions, and finally, he evaluates Canadian agriculture as part of a wider system, i.e. the Canadian national economy and the world economy. His regional analyses are based on a wealth of cartographic material. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ . BUDAPEST