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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lichtfouse, Eric (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, 8
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.