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In many countries, decades of intensive cropping have degraded fertile land and depleted groundwater, provoked pest upsurges, eroded biodiversity, and polluted air, soil and water. The present paradigm of intensive crop production cannot meet the challenges of the new millennium. In order to grow, agriculture must learn to save. This book presents a new paradigm: sustainable crop production intensification (SCPI), which produces more from the same area of land while conserving resources, reducing negative impacts on the environment and enhancing natural capital and the flow of ecosystem services. Also published in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

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Author:   Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,  Toby Hodgkin ,  Amir H. Kassam ,  Peter Kenmore
Publisher:   Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Imprint:   Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 30.00cm
Weight:   0.382kg
ISBN:  

9789251068717

ISBN 10:   9251068712
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   30 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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We all have a stake in saving our planet and ensuring that agriculture is able to grow and meet the challenges ahead. --Jacques Diouf, Director-General

.. .the report calls for a new approach that will cut agriculture's contribution to climate change - it currently emits around a third of the world's greenhouse gasses - by empowering the world's 2.5 billion smallholder farmers through more sustainable methods of cultivation. -- Caroline Henshaw The Wall Street Journal

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