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OverviewSustainable 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eric LichtfousePublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 2013 ed. Volume: 13 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 6.092kg ISBN: 9783319009148ISBN 10: 3319009141 Pages: 315 Publication Date: 13 September 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsLeaf-cutting ants, biology and control.- Impact of pesticide productivity on food security.- Farmland birds and arable farming, a meta-analysis.- Phytoremediation, transgenic plants and microbes.- Management of pathogens of stored cereal grains.- Allelopathy for pest control.- Rice bed planting and foliar fertilization.- Integrated nutrient management and postharvest of crops.- Intercropping taro and bambara groundnut.- Land productivity and food security in Zhangjiagang, China.ReviewsAuthor InformationEric Lichtfouse: PhD in organic geochemistry, INRA researcher in Dijon, France since 1992, he teaches scientific writing. He is also editor in chief of the INRA journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development, and founder and editor of the Springer journal Environmental Chemistry Letters. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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