Optimizing Nitrogen Management In Food And Energy Production And Environmental Protection

Author : J. Galloway,C. Jordan,Joe Wisniewski,J.W. Erisman,E. Cowling
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9026519273

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Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection by J. Galloway,C. Jordan,Joe Wisniewski,J.W. Erisman,E. Cowling Pdf

The production of food and energy interfere with the natural nitrogen cycle of the earth. Many of these changes are beneficial, while others are detrimental to societies and the environment. The changing nature of nitrogen in the global environment crosses scientific disciplines, geographical boundaries and political divisions and challenges the creative minds of natural and social scientists, economists, engineers, business leaders and planners. The papers in this book give readers a panoramic view of the changing nature of reactive nitrogen in the global environment, enabling them to make better choices about nitrogen management in food production and consumption, energy production and use, and environmental protection.

Author : R.F. Follett,J.L. Hatfield
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080537566

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Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems and Management by R.F. Follett,J.L. Hatfield Pdf

Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems, and Management is the first volume to provide a holistic perspective and comprehensive treatment of nitrogen from field, to ecosystem, to treatment of urban and rural drinking water supplies, while also including a historical overview, human health impacts and policy considerations. It provides a worldwide perspective on nitrogen and agriculture. Nitrogen is one of the most critical elements required in agricultural systems for the production of crops for feed, food and fiber. The ever-increasing world population requires increasing use of nitrogen in agriculture to supply human needs for dietary protein. Worldwide demand for nitrogen will increase as a direct response to increasing population. Strategies and perspectives are considered to improve nitrogen-use efficiency. Issues of nitrogen in crop and human nutrition, and transport and transformations along the continuum from farm field to ground water, watersheds, streams, rivers, and coastal marine environments are discussed. Described are aerial transport of nitrogen from livestock and agricultural systems and the potential for deposition and impacts. The current status of nitrogen in the environment in selected terrestrial and coastal environments and crop and forest ecosystems and development of emerging technologies to minimize nitrogen impacts on the environment are addressed. The nitrogen cycle provides a framework for assessing broad scale or even global strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency. Growing human populations are the driving force that requires increased nitrogen inputs. These increasing inputs into the food-production system directly result in increased livestock and human-excretory nitrogen contribution into the environment. The scope of this book is diverse, covering a range of topics and issues from furthering our understanding of nitrogen in the environment to policy considerations at both farm and national scales.

Author : Arvin Mosier,J. Keith Syers,John R. Freney
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597267434

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Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle by Arvin Mosier,J. Keith Syers,John R. Freney Pdf

Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and development and a key agricultural input-but in excess it can lead to a host of problems for human and ecological health. Across the globe, distribution of fertilizer nitrogen is very uneven, with some areas subject to nitrogen pollution and others suffering from reduced soil fertility, diminished crop production, and other consequences of inadequate supply. Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle provides a global assessment of the role of nitrogen fertilizer in the nitrogen cycle. The focus of the book is regional, emphasizing the need to maintain food and fiber production while minimizing environmental impacts where fertilizer is abundant, and the need to enhance fertilizer utilization in systems where nitrogen is limited. The book is derived from a workshop held by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) in Kampala, Uganda, that brought together the world's leading scientists to examine and discuss the nitrogen cycle and related problems. It contains an overview chapter that summarizes the group's findings, four chapters on cross-cutting issues, and thirteen background chapters. The book offers a unique synthesis and provides an up-to-date, broad perspective on the issues of nitrogen fertilizer in food production and the interaction of nitrogen and the environment.

Author : Isabel Casasús,Jozo Rogosić,Andrea Rosati,Igor Stoković,Dunixi Gabiña
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086867417

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Animal farming and environmental interactions in the Mediterranean region by Isabel Casasús,Jozo Rogosić,Andrea Rosati,Igor Stoković,Dunixi Gabiña Pdf

Livestock production systems are the result of an interaction between domestic animals and the environment, modulated by man, that dates back to Neolithic times. As a consequence of this interaction among the wide diversity of animal resources, natural habitats and population needs, very different farming systems have developed across the Mediterranean Basin. Understanding the mechanisms and effects of these relationships is key to design the farming systems best adapted to each condition, guaranteeing an adequate balance between target animal production and environmental outcomes provided by these systems. This is indeed a multidimensional topic, influenced by animal genetics, feeding resources, flock management, and economic and social aspects inside and outside the household. Therefore, this book focuses on the basis of the animal-environment interactions and the impact of human activities on the type and magnitude of these interactions. In this context, the issue of sustainability of livestock production is evaluated considering economic, social and environmental aspects. This book contributes to upgrade the state of the art in Mediterranean conditions, providing indicators and procedures of application across a wide range of systems, and hence of interest for researchers, students and professionals concerned with livestock production and the environment.

Author : Brian D. Fath,Sven Erik Jorgensen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 759 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000081923

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Managing Water Resources and Hydrological Systems by Brian D. Fath,Sven Erik Jorgensen Pdf

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, Environmental Management Handbook, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions. Through in-depth entries and a topical table of contents, readers will quickly find answers to questions about environmental problems and their corresponding management issues. This six-volume set is a reimagining of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, published in 2013, and features insights from more than 400 contributors, all experts in their field. The experience, evidence, methods, and models used in studying environmental management are presented here in six stand-alone volumes, arranged along the major environmental systems. Features The first handbook that demonstrates the key processes and provisions for enhancing environmental management Addresses new and cutting-edge topics on ecosystem services, resilience, sustainability, food–energy–water nexus, socio-ecological systems, and more Provides an excellent basic knowledge on environmental systems, explains how these systems function, and offers strategies on how to best manage them Includes the most important problems and solutions facing environmental management today In this fourth volume, Managing Water Resources and Hydrological Systems, the reader is introduced to the general concepts and processes of the hydrosphere with its water resources and hydrological systems. This volume serves as an excellent resource for finding basic knowledge on the hydrosphere systems and includes important problems and solutions that environmental managers face today. This book practically demonstrates the key processes, methods, and models used in studying environmental management.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : IND:30000120299916

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Author : James Gustave Speth
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Global environmental change
ISBN : 8125027408

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Global Environmental Challenges by James Gustave Speth Pdf

This book will change the way we understand the future of our planet. It is both alarming and hopeful. James Gustave Spetch, renowned as a visionary environmentalist leader, warns that in spite of all the international negotiations and agreements of the past two decades, efforts to protect Earth's environment are not succeeding. Still, he says, the challenges are not insurmountable. He offers environmental threats around the world. The author explains why current approaches to critical global environmental problems Climate change, biodiversity loss, deterioration of marine environments, deforestation, water shortages, and others don't work now and won't work in the future. He provides a stinging critique of the failure of U.S. leadership and offers intriguing insights into why the U.S. has been able to address domestic environmental threats with some success while largely failing at the international level. Setting forth eight specific steps to a sustainable future, Speth convincingly argues that dramatically different and far-reaching actions by citizens and governments are now urgent. If ever a book could be described as essential , this is it.

Author : Robert Howarth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Coastal ecology
ISBN : UIUC:30112107134022

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Nutrient Pollution in Coastal Waters by Robert Howarth Pdf

Author : Joan Sabate
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128116616

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Environmental Nutrition by Joan Sabate Pdf

Environmental Nutrition: Connecting Health and Nutrition with Environmentally Sustainable Diets explores the connection between diet, environmental sustainability and human health. Current food systems are a major contributor to our most pressing health and environmental issues, including climate change, water scarcity, food insecurity and chronic diseases. This book not only seeks to increase our understanding of the interrelatedness of these major global issues, but also aids in the creation of new solutions. Sections discuss the diet, the health and environment trilemma, food systems and their trends, environmental nutrition as an all-encompassing discipline, and the environmental nutrition model. Demonstrates how the food system, the environment and human health are inter-related Explores how dietary patterns impact food production and agriculture choices Identifies the imbalance between current food production relative to demand Addresses how the current food system negatively impacts the environment Provides practical solutions to how diets can be both healthy and sustainable

Author : Douglas G. Capone,Deborah A. Bronk,Margaret R. Mulholland,Edward J. Carpenter
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1757 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780123725226

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Nitrogen in the Marine Environment by Douglas G. Capone,Deborah A. Bronk,Margaret R. Mulholland,Edward J. Carpenter Pdf

Since the first edition of Nitrogen in the Marine Environment was published in 1983, it has been recognized as the standard in the field. In the time since the book first appeared, there has been tremendous growth in the field with unprecedented discoveries over the past decade that have fundamentally changed the view of the marine nitrogen cycle. As a result, this Second Edition contains twice the amount of information that the first edition contained. This updated edition is now available online, offering searchability and instant, multi-user access to this important information. *The classic text, fully updated to reflect the rapid pace of discovery *Provides researchers and students in oceanography, chemistry, and marine ecology an understanding of the marine nitrogen cycle *Available online with easy access and search - the information you need, when you need it

Author : Zhongqi He,Robert Larkin,Wayne Honeycutt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400741041

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Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies by Zhongqi He,Robert Larkin,Wayne Honeycutt Pdf

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is grown in over 100 countries throughout the world. As a staple food, potato is the fourth most important crop after rice, wheat, and maize, and has historically contributed to food and nutrition security in the world. Global interest in potato increased recently as world food prices soared, threatening the global food security and stability. Unlike major cereals, potato is not a globally traded commodity, and prices are usually determined by local production costs. Thus, potato is increasingly regarded as a vital food-security crop and as a substitute for costly cereal imports. With such importance, the 29 chapters in the edited book address the issues of sustainable potato production. This book begins with an introduction on sustainable potato production and global food security, and then presents eight case studies selected globally and covering different issues relevant to sustainable potato production in both developed and developing countries.

Author : Tadeusz Kuczynski,Ulrich Dämmgen,Jim Webb,Andrzej Myczko
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789086865406

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Emissions from European Agriculture by Tadeusz Kuczynski,Ulrich Dämmgen,Jim Webb,Andrzej Myczko Pdf

The time when agricultural production activities were considered neutral to the environment has definitely passed. For last 25 years there has been growing scientific evidence on the potentially deteriorating effect of ammonia released in the process of agricultural production on the environment. In the last 15 years additional focus has been given to environmental and health impact of dust and VOC’s generated by farming activities. Only very recently is the contribution of agricultural production GHG’s to global warming recognised. In the book the various aspects of agricultural emissions are discussed. Its first part refers mainly to introductory, theoretical, and methodological issues. The second part gives the most recent data on national emissions, particularly these of Nitrogen species in selected individual European countries and the projections of their emission for all Europe. The third part which deals exclusively with ammonia brings comprehensive survey of its emission abatement potentials, the cost of appropriate actions and the difficulties in their practical implementation. It also considers the potential side effects of ammonia emission abatement measures.

Author : James Gustave Speth
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300102321

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Red Sky at Morning by James Gustave Speth Pdf

Presents an analysis of the worsening global environmental crisis, citing ten contributors to environmental deterioration, including affluence, the American culture and its values, population, and poverty.

Author : J.L. Hatfield,R.F. Follett
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080569897

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Nitrogen in the Environment by J.L. Hatfield,R.F. Follett Pdf

Nitrogen is one of the most critical elements for all life forms. In agricultural systems it is essential for the production of crops for feed, food, and fiber. The ever-increasing world population requires increasing use of nitrogen in agriculture to supply human needs for dietary protein. Worldwide demand for nitrogen will increase as a direct response to increasing population. Nitrogen in the Environment provides a wholistic perspective and comprehensive treatment of nitrogen. The scope of this book is diverse covering a range of topics and issues related to furthering our understanding of nitrogen in the environment at farm and national levels. Issues of nitrogen from its effects on crops and human nutrition to nitrogen in ground water, watersheds, streams, rivers, and coastal marine environments are discussed to provide a broad view of the problem and support scientists, researchers, and engineers in formulating comprehensive solutions. * The only source which presents an international, wholistic perspective of the effects of nitrogen in the environment with worldwide mitigation practices * Provides details on how to improve the quality of the environment by analyzing the development of emerging technologies * Develops strategies to be used by soil scientists, agronomists, hydrologists, and geophysicists for broad scale improvement of nitrogen efficiency

Author : Jules Janick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470644706

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Horticultural Reviews, Volume 38 by Jules Janick Pdf

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These review articles, written by world authorities, bridge the gap between the specialized researcher and the broader community of horticultural scientists and teachers.