Agricultural resource use and management / edited by Kimberly Etingoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Etingoff, Kim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture.

Agricultural innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agriculture is one of the prime users of water, particularly in arid places with already-limited water resources, and its effects are diverse and far reaching. Providing a nuanced study of agricultural resource management, this informative book takes a four-pronged approach, covering research on: The impact of agriculture on water The impact of agriculture on soil quality and its ecological health Energy and greenhouse gases The impact of a growing population on agricultural resourcesTopics include the connection between chemical fertilizer use in agriculture and stream water quality; beef a

Contents:

FRONT COVER; ABOUT THE EDITOR; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HOW TO CITE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I - WATER; CHAPTER 1 - A STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE INTENSITY ON REGIONAL SURFACE WATER QUALITY AT MULTIPLE SCALES; CHAPTER 2 - DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERI-URBAN AREAS OF MEXICO CITY: BALANCING URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; PART II - SOIL AND LAND; CHAPTER 3 - EVALUATION OF POST-HARVEST ORGANIC CARBON AMENDMENTS AS A STRATEGY TO MINIMIZE NITROGEN LOSSES IN COLE CROP PRODUCTION

CHAPTER 4 - SUSTAINABILITY OF US ORGANIC BEEF AND DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: SOIL, PLANT AND CATTLE INTERACTIONSCHAPTER 5 - CHANGES OF SOIL BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN A SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEM; PART III - ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GASES; CHAPTER 6 - A GREENHOUSE GAS AND SOIL CARBON MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN CANADA; CHAPTER 7 - DIESEL CONSUMPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN CHINA; CHAPTER 8 - ENERGY SAVINGS BY ADOPTING PRECISION AGRICULTURE IN RURAL USA

CHAPTER 9 - REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS THROUGH IMPROVED IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM PAKISTANPART IV - IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH; CHAPTER 10 - IMPACT OF A GROWING POPULATION IN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING THE GLOBAL SITUATION WITH A MICRO-LEVEL EXAMPLE; CHAPTER 11 - CROP BREEDING FOR LOW-INPUT AGRICULTURE: A SUSTAINABLE RESPONSE TO FEED A GROWING WORLD POPULATION; CHAPTER 12 - SPATIAL-TEMPORAL VARIATION OF POPULATION GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA; AUTHOR NOTES; BACK COVER

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-18342-9

1-4987-0125-6

9780429183423

OCLC:

890721282