Varjo, Uuno: Finnish farming. Typology and economics - Geography of world agriculture 6. (Budapest, 1977)

UÜNÖ VAR JO FINNISH FARMING TYPOLOGY AND ECONOMICS Agriculture in Finland, one of the northern­most countries of Europe, is, we find from Professor Varjo’s book, an excellent example of man’s ingenuity in adapting to unfavourable natural conditions. Farming has become a major economic sector, and animal husbandry so well developed, that the country is entirely self­­supplying in this respect. A great diversity of forestry products provides another important source of national wealth. Besides analyzing the different agricultural branches and their regional variations, the well­­known Finnish geographer gives a very good description of the socio-economic organization and geographical structure of the agricultural regions, employing a new method for the simple expression of marginal utility theory, and for the analysis of agricultural rentability. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUDAPEST

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