Sustainable Agriculture Reviews / edited by Eric Lichtfouse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lichtfouse, Eric, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Sustainable agriculture reviews 2210-4410

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, 2210-4410

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life sciences.

Agriculture.

Sustainable development.

Life Sciences, general.

Sustainable Development.

Local Subjects:

Life Sciences, general.

Agriculture.

Sustainable Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 371 pages) : 49 illustrations.

Edition:

First edition 2013.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed, sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Contents:

Surprising facts about soils, students and teachers! A survey of educational research and resources

Sustainable agriculture and climate changes in Egypt

Adapting maize crop to diverse agro-ecosystems

Intercropping.- Soil organic matter dynamics and structure

Enhancing fertilizer efficiency in high input cropping systems in Florida

Plant and animal breeding as starting points for sustainable agriculture

Medicinal plant active compounds produced by UV-B exposure

Benefits of compost for land determined by life cycle assessment

Biocontrol of plant pathogens using plant growth promoting rhizobacteria.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-94-007-5961-9

9789400759619

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