Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lichtfouse, Eric (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecosystems.; Plant science.; Botany.; Environment.; Climate change.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Environment, general.; Plant Sciences.; Climate Change.

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-natio...

Table of Contents:

• Society Issues, Painkiller Solutions, Dependence and Sustainable Agriculture
• Sociology of Sustainable Agriculture
• Sustainable Versus Organic Agriculture
• Organic Agriculture and Food Production: Ecological, Environmental, Food Safety and Nutritional Quality Issues
• Sustainability of Energy Crop Cultivation in Central Europe
• Phosphorus, Plant Biodiversity and Climate Change
• Co-evolution and Migration of Bean and Rhizobia in Europe
• Non-isotopic and 13C Isotopic Approaches to Calculate Soil Organic Carbon Maintenance Requirement
• Soil Solarization and Sustainable Agriculture
• Soil Functions and Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farming
• Indigenous Soil Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture
• Composting to Recycle Biowaste
• Nematodes as Biocontrol Agents
• Allelopathy and Organic Farming
• Occurrence and Physiology of Zearalenone as a New Plant Hormone
• Homestead Agroforestry: a Potential Resource in Bangladesh.