Agroecology and Strategies for 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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2012.
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| Series: | Sustainable Agriculture Reviews ;
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Agroecology, A Tool for the Realization of the Right to Food, Dr. Olivier de Schutter
- 2. Agroecology and the food system, Dr. Alexander Wezel
- 3. Development of a Sustainably-Competitive Agriculture, Dr. Gordon Purvis
- 4. Emissions of ammonia, nitrous oxide and methane during the management of solid manures, Dr. Jim Webb
- 5. Communication in the rhizosphere, a target for pest management, Dr. Juan Antonio López Ráez
- 6. A novel land-energy use indicator for energy crops, Dr. Vito Sardo
- 7. Conventional, organic and conservation agriculture: production and environmental impact, Dr. Jens B. Aune
- 8. Improving water use efficiency for sustainable agriculture, Dr. Amir Raza
- 9. Genetic mechanisms of drought stress tolerance, implications of transgenic crops for agriculture, Dr. Sudesh Kumar Yadav
- 10. Plant Parasitic Nematode Diversity in Pome, Stone and Nut Fruits, Dr. Tarique Hassan Askary
- 11. Fly ash for agriculture. Implications for soil properties, nutrients, heavy metals, plant growth and pest control, Dr. Amit K. Gupta
- 12. History and techniques of organic farming, Dr. Kambaska Kumar Behera.
