In Response to Need: A History of the Western Australian Department of Agriculture From 1894 to 2008 by E N Fitzpatrick

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent. Bardcode sticker on inside.

The department was not always such a significant organisation; it came from very small beginnings. However, it has been a major component of the engine, which has produced an agricultural industry in a Mediterranean climate zone, which is superior to all others operating in this zone. This book is a summary of its work.

There are many more fascinating chapters to be recorded of work on specific development, investigation or conservation issues. I hope they will be written by someone one day.

Western Australia's modern agriculture has been built in a little more than 100 years on the foundation of a hard-working and innovative farming community aided by advances in science and engineering. These innovative, hard-working men and women established a tradition for innovation and seeking new ideas, followed by their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons and granddaughters who have always been ready to adopt new ideas or innovations. (publisher blurb)

Author is Noel Fitzpatrick (1929-2019)