An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture Energy Use Efficiency in the American South /

• Main Author: Jordan, Carl F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Environmental Challenges and Solutions, 1
• Subjects: Environment.; Agriculture.; Applied ecology.; Ecosystems.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Management.; Applied Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

For economic reasons, farmers generally strive to maximize short-term agricultural yield (energy output) through energy subsidies in the form of fertilizers and pesticides. When these subsidies are used inefficiently they result in water and air pollution, soil erosion, extinction of beneficial inse...