Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400759619

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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 solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. Because 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
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030732455

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 52 by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control. Agriculture is actually facing two major challenges, feeding an ever-growing population and providing safe food in the context of pollution, climate change and the future circular economy.

Author : Vipin Kumar Singh,Rishikesh Singh,Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030632496

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 50 by Vipin Kumar Singh,Rishikesh Singh,Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book reviews contaminants of emerging nature affecting the agroecosystem and includes important information regarding the their sources, types, transportation, environmental threats and strategies to decontaminate the affected agroecosystems. The contents of this volume will help the policy makers and environmental engineers in combating the continuously rising threats to cultivated ecosystems.

Author : Vinod Kumar Yata,Ashok Kumar Mohanty,Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030765293

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 54 by Vinod Kumar Yata,Ashok Kumar Mohanty,Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book reviews concepts and recent advances of biotechnological approaches for livestock production. Indeed, biotechnologies have recently emerged as powerful tools for animal breeding, genetics, production, nutrition, and animal health. Applications to the production of livestock such as cattle, camel, and poultry are detailed. Chapters also present biotechnological applications for diagnostics, animal nutrition, and animal food production.

Author : Ben Hartman
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Organic gardening
ISBN : 9781603586993

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The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables by Ben Hartman Pdf

At Clay Bottom Farm, author Ben Hartman and staff practice kaizen, or continuous improvement, cutting out more waste--of time, labor, space, money, and more--every year and aligning their organic production more tightly with customer demand. Applied alongside other lean principles originally developed by the Japanese auto industry, the end result has been increased profits and less work. In this field-guide companion to his award-winning first book, The Lean Farm, Hartman shows market vegetable growers in even more detail how Clay Bottom Farm implements lean thinking in every area of their work, including using kanbans, or replacement signals, to maximize land use; germination chambers to reduce defect waste; and right-sized machinery to save money and labor and increase efficiency. From finding land and assessing infrastructure needs to selling perfect produce at the farmers market, The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables digs deeper into specific, tested methods for waste-free farming that not only help farmers become more successful but make the work more enjoyable. These methods include: Using Japanese paper pot transplanters Building your own germinating chambers Leaning up your greenhouse Making and applying simple composts Using lean techniques for pest and weed control Creating Heijunka, or load-leveling calendars for efficient planning Farming is not static, and improvement requires constant change. The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables offers strategies for farmers to stay flexible and profitable even in the face of changing weather and markets. Much more than a simple exercise in cost-cutting, lean farming is about growing better, not cheaper, food--the food your customers want.

Author : Shamsul Hayat,John Pichtel,Mohammad Faizan,Qazi Fariduddin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030339968

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 41 by Shamsul Hayat,John Pichtel,Mohammad Faizan,Qazi Fariduddin Pdf

This book presents recent developments involving the role of nanoparticles on plant physiology and growth. Nanotechnology applications include improvement of agricultural production using bio-conjugated NPs (encapsulation), transfer of DNA in plants for development of insect pest-resistant varieties, nanoformulations of agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers for crop improvement, and nanosensors/nanobiosensors in crop protection for identification of diseases and residues of agrochemicals. Recent findings on the increased use of nanotechnology in agriculture by densely populated countries such as China and India indicate that this technology may impart a substantial impact on reducing hunger, malnutrition, and child mortality.

Author : Vaibhav Kumar Maurya,K. M. Gothandam,Shivendu Ranjan,Nandita Dasgupta,Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030768155

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 55 by Vaibhav Kumar Maurya,K. M. Gothandam,Shivendu Ranjan,Nandita Dasgupta,Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book provides up to date information on the emerging trends and technology in food nanotechnology. It gives high-quality literature focused on the recent developments, research trends, methods and issues related to the safe use of nanoscale materials to add value to food. Most importantly, this book encloses critical reviews on micro and nanoengineering concepts, principles and applications in food. It also provides a scientific basis of micro and nanoengineered structures and compounds, their industrial food applications, encapsulation techniques and methods. This book encompasses detection, analysis and characterization techniques for nanostructures, the fate of encapsulated materials in target food. It also educates on regulatory issues and safety of clinical translation of nanomaterials in fortified foods.

Author : Harry Ozier-Lafontaine,Magalie Lesueur-Jannoyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 53,5 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 : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319216294

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book features review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge. It also proposes novel, environmentally friendly solutions that are based on integrated information from such fields as agroecology, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, economics and the social sciences. Coverage examines ways to produce food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Inside, readers will find articles that explore climate change, food security, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach, which seeks only to limit negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats challenges at their source. Because most societal issues are in fact intertwined, global and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions that have the potential to build a more peaceful world. This book will help scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians build safer agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319586793

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book deals with 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 : Edwards
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 093573421X

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Sustainable Agricultural Systems by Edwards Pdf

A unique look at how the adoption of sustainable farming methods is being pursued throughout the world. This comprehensive book provides clear insight into research and education needs and the many points of view that come to bear on the issue of sustainability. Essential for agricultural leaders in research, education, conservation, policy making, and anyone else interested in creating an economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture worldwide.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319267777

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

This book features articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge. It also proposes novel, environmentally friendly solutions that are based on integrated information from such fields as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economics and the social sciences.Coverage examines ways to produce food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Inside, readers will find articles that explore climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach, which seeks to limit negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats challenges at their source. Because most societal issues are in fact intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions that have the potential to build a more peaceful world. This book will help scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians build safer agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Author : John Mason
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643099623

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Sustainable Agriculture by John Mason Pdf

The technological revolution in farming practices has allowed us to clear and cultivate more land, grow plants and animals faster, and kill a greater variety of pests and diseases than ever before. Unfortunately, these efficiencies are proving to be unsustainable in the long term and have created problems such as soil structural decline, erosion, salinity, soil acidification, loss of fertility, nutrient loading of waterways, dams and a build up of chemical residues. This book is about foreseeing and understanding such problems and addressing them before it is too late. John Mason examines all these problems and explains the concepts and long-term benefits of sustainable farming systems such as permaculture, biodynamics, organic farming, agroforestry, conservation tillage, and integrated hydroculture. Sustainable Agriculture 2nd Edition also looks at important issues such as monoculture versus polyculture, the use of hybrids, selection criteria for plants and stock, integrated pest management and preparing a farm for droughts and floods. Other areas examined include diversifying into farm tourism and value adding before selling produce.

Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3319009168

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews by Eric Lichtfouse Pdf

Author : Mohammad Faizan,Shamsul Hayat,Fangyuan Yu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030868788

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 53 by Mohammad Faizan,Shamsul Hayat,Fangyuan Yu Pdf

This book presents recent developments involving the role of nanoparticles on stress tolerance. In particular, nanoparticles have the potential to provide effective solutions to the multiple agriculture-related problems. Nanoparticles present enhanced reactivity and thus better effectiveness when compared to their bulkier counterparts due to their higher surface-to-volume ratio.