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Advances in conservation agriculture. Volume 2, Practice and benefits / edited by Amir Kassam.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; volume 62.
- Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science, 2059-6944 ; volume 62
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural conservation.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- Agricultural ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 472 pages) : colour illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2020.
- Summary:
- This collection reviews ways of optimising Conservation Agricultural (CA) practices and their benefits. Chapters summarise research on optimising soil management, crop nutrition and irrigation, as well as weed, insect pest and disease management. The book also reviews ways of optimising the environmental and social benefits of adopting CA practices. Chapters discuss carbon and biodiversity management, the ways CA can promote ecosystem services as well as the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques to monitor and improve CA. There are also chapters on improving the economic and broader social benefits of CA for farming communities.
- Contents:
- 1. Practice and benefits of conservation agriculture systems
- 2. Crop and cropping systems management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems
- 3. Soil management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems
- 4. Weed management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems
- 5. Insect pest and disease management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems : a case of push-pull practice
- 6. Nutrient management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems
- 7. Carbon management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems : carbon sequestration rates
- 8. Carbon management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems : soil organic carbon fraction losses and restoration
- 9. Biodiversity management practices and benefits in conservation agriculture systems
- 10. Conservation agriculture: climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits
- 11. Benefits of conservation agriculture to farmers and society
- 12. Social benefits of conservation agriculture systems
- 13. Harnessing ecosystem services with conservation agriculture
- 14. Rehabilitating degraded and abandoned agricultural lands with conservation agriculture systems.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78676-271-4
- 1-78676-270-6
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