Sustainable agriculture reviews

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lichtfouse, Eric
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht: Springer, c2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Surprising facts about soils, students and teachers! a survey of educational research and resources
  • 2. Sustainable agriculture and climate changes in Egypt
  • 3. Adapting maize crop to diverse agro-ecosystems
  • 4. Intercropping
  • 5. Enhancing fertilizer efficiency in high input cropping systems in Florida
  • 6. Soil organic matter dynamics and structure
  • 7. Plant and animal breeding as starting points for sustainable agriculture
  • 8. Medicinal plant active compounds produced by UV-B exposure
  • 9. Assessing the environmental benefits of compost use-on-land through an LCA perspective
  • 10. Biocontrol of plant pathogens using plant growth promoting bacteria