Genetic Engineering Biofertilisation Soil Quality And Organic Farming

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048187416

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Genetic Engineering, Biofertilisation, Soil Quality and Organic Farming by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

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-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed, sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse,Marjolaine Hamelin,Mireille Navarrete,Philippe Debaeke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400703940

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Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2 by Eric Lichtfouse,Marjolaine Hamelin,Mireille Navarrete,Philippe Debaeke Pdf

This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400741133

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Organic Fertilisation, Soil Quality and Human Health by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Author : Deepak G. Panpatte,Yogeshvari K. Jhala
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789811359040

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Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Development by Deepak G. Panpatte,Yogeshvari K. Jhala Pdf

Soil fertility is the backbone of agricultural systems and plays a key role in determining food quantity and quality. In recent decades, soil fertility has decreased due to indiscriminate use of agrochemicals, and nations around the globe are now facing the challenge of increasing food production while sustainably maintaining soil fertility. Written by leading international scientists in the field, this book explores soil fertility management strategies, including agronomic, microbiological and soil-science based strategies. Highlighting the practices that can be incorporated into organic farming and discussing recent advances, it is a valuable resource for researchers wanting to broaden their vision and the scope of their investigations.

Author : Karin Nowak Heimgartner,Eric Wyss,Regula Bickel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Genetic engineering
ISBN : 3906081303

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Organic Farming and Genetic Engineering by Karin Nowak Heimgartner,Eric Wyss,Regula Bickel Pdf

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400715219

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Genetics, Biofuels and Local Farming Systems by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Author : Dilip Nandwani
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319964546

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Genetic Diversity in Horticultural Plants by Dilip Nandwani Pdf

This book in the series “Sustainable Development and Biodiversity” contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of horticulture, plant taxonomy, plant biotechnology, genetics and related areas of biodiversity science centered on genetic diversity. This book includes original research reviews (national, regional and global) and case studies in genetic diversity in fruits and vegetables, horticulture, and ecology from sub-tropical and tropical regions. It is unique as it covers a wide array of topics covering global interests and will constitute valuable reference material for students, researchers, extension specialists, farmers and certification agencies who are concerned with biodiversity, ecology and sustainable development.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400745001

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Farming for Food and Water Security by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400754492

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues: climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. This series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then proposes alternative solutions.

Author : Harry Ozier-Lafontaine,Magalie Lesueur-Jannoyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319060163

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 14 by Harry Ozier-Lafontaine,Magalie Lesueur-Jannoyer Pdf

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-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed, sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world.

Author : Rattan Lal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429895555

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Soil and Fertilizers by Rattan Lal Pdf

Soil and Fertilizers: Managing the Environmental Footprint presents strategies to improve soil health by reducing the rate of fertilizer input while maintaining high agronomic yields. It is estimated that fertilizer use supported nearly half of global births in 2008. In a context of potential food insecurity exacerbated by population growth and climate change, the importance of fertilizers in sustaining the agronomic production is clear. However, excessive use of chemical fertilizers poses serious risks both to the environment and to human health. Highlighting a tenfold increase in global fertilizer consumption between 2002 and 2016, the book explains the effects on the quality of soil, water, air and biota from overuse of chemical fertilizers. Written by an interdisciplinary author team, this book presents methods for enhancing the efficiency of fertilizer use and outlines agricultural practices that can reduce the environmental footprint. Features: Includes a thorough literature review on the agronomic and environmental impact of fertilizer, from degradation of ecosystems to the eutrophication of drinking water Devotes specific chapters to enhancing the use efficiency and effectiveness of the fertilizers through improved formulations, time and mode of application, and the use of precision farming technology Reveals geographic variation in fertilizer consumption volume by presenting case studies for specific countries and regions, including India and Africa Discusses the pros and cons of organic vs. chemical fertilizers, innovative technologies including nuclear energy, and the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals Part of the Advances in Soil Sciences series, this solutions-focused volume will appeal to soil scientists, environmental scientists and agricultural engineers.

Author : Kimberly Etingoff
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781771883856

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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply by Kimberly Etingoff Pdf

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. As we realize the ways in which our food systems contribute and respond to climate change, sustainable agriculture becomes increasingly crucial. It is a complicated, multi-dimensional issue, which should be considered from a variety of angles. This compendium includes the perspectives of science, economics, sociology, and policy. The editor and contributors present an international and comprehensive perspective that examines the concept of sustainability as it applies to the food supply chain from farm to fork.

Author : Massimiliano Petracci,Cecile Berri
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780081007693

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Poultry Quality Evaluation by Massimiliano Petracci,Cecile Berri Pdf

Poultry Quality Evaluation: Quality Attributes and Consumer Values provides a new reference source that covers these aspects with the same scientific authority as texts on traditional poultry meat quality values. The book's first section explores new developments in our understanding of how muscle structure affects the eating qualities of cooked meat. The second section highlights new techniques for measuring, predicting, and producing poultry meat quality and how these new techniques help us minimize variability in eating quality and/or maximize value. The final section identifies the current qualities of consumer and public perceptions, including what is sustainable, ethical, desirable, and healthy in poultry production and consumption. Brings together top researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the new elements of poultry quality evaluation Provides a comprehensive reference source on poultry with the same scientific authority as texts on more broad traditional meat quality values Contains contributions from editors who are very well known and highly respected in the field

Author : James Shortle,Markku Ollikainen,Antti Iho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030470876

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Water Quality and Agriculture by James Shortle,Markku Ollikainen,Antti Iho Pdf

Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world’s most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some pollutants are in the wrong direction. This book addresses the economics of water pollution control and water pollution control policy in agriculture, with an aim towards providing students, environmental policy analysts, and other environmental professionals with economic concepts and tools essential to understanding the problem and crafting solutions that can be effective and efficient. The book will also examine existing policies and proposed reforms in the developed world. Although this book addresses and has a general applicability to major water pollutants from agriculture (e.g., pesticides, pharmaceuticals, sediments, nutrients), it will focus on the sediment and nutrient pollution problem. The economic and scientific foundations for pollution management are best developed for these pollutants, and they are currently the top priorities of policy makers. Accordingly, the authors provide both highly salient and informative cases for developing concepts and methods of general applicability, with high profile examples such as the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Erie, and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone in the US; the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe; and Lake Taupo in New Zealand.

Author : Kuldeep Bauddh,Sanjeev Kumar,Rana Pratap Singh,John Korstad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811533723

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Ecological and Practical Applications for Sustainable Agriculture by Kuldeep Bauddh,Sanjeev Kumar,Rana Pratap Singh,John Korstad Pdf

Rampant industrialization, urbanization, and population growth have resulted in increased global environmental contamination. The productivity of agricultural soil is drastically deteriorated and requires a high dose of fertilizers to cultivate crops. To ensure food security, farmers are compelled to apply excess chemical fertilizers and insecticides that contaminate soil, air, and water. Heavy loads of chemical fertilizers not only degrade the quality of agricultural land but also pollute water and air. Use of chemical fertilizers also accelerate the release of greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide and methane along with nutrient runoff from the watershed in to lower elevation rivers and lakes, resulting in cultural eutrophication. Farming practices globally in developed, developing, and under-developing countries should utilize and promote sustainable methods through viable combined environmental, social, and economic means that improve rather than harm future generations. This can include use of non-synthetic fertilizers like compost, vermicompost, slow-release fertilizers, farmyard manures, crop rotations that include nitrogen-fixing legumes. Organic fertilizers like compost and vermicompost improve soil properties like texture, porosity, water-holding capacity, organic matter, as well as nutrient availability. The purpose of this book is to document the available alternatives of synthetic fertilizers, their mode of action, efficiency, preparation methodology, practical suggestions for sustainable practices, and needed research focus. The book will cover major disciplines like plant science, environmental science, agricultural science, agricultural biotechnology and microbiology, horticulture, soil science, atmospheric science, agro-forestry, agronomy, and ecology. This book is helpful for farmers, scientists, industrialists, research scholars, masters and graduate students, non-governmental organizations, financial advisers, and policy makers.