Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Farooq, Muhammad; Pisante, Michele

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a ready reference on sustainable agriculture and reinforce the understanding for its utilization to develop environmentally sustainable and profitable food production systems. It describes ecological sustainability of farming systems, present innovations for improving efficiency in the use of resources for sustainable agriculture and propose technological options and new areas of research in this very important area of agriculture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 627
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030231699
• Artikelnr.: 58041790

Autorenporträt

Muhammad Farooq, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan Michele Pisante, Professor Chair, Agronomy and Crop Sciences Research and Education Center Faculty of Biosciences and Agro-Food and Environmental Technology University of Teramo, Italy

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword.- Preface.- PART I INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 1 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security.- PART II ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY.- Chapter 2 Integrating Conservation and Agriculture.- Chapter 3 Microbial Applications for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 4 Innovation System Approach for Urban Agriculture.- PART III RESOURCES USE EFFICIENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.- Chapter 5 Sustainable Soil Management.- Chapter 6 Sustainable Water Management.- Chapter 7 Sustainable Nutrient Management.- Chapter 8 Alternative Fertilizers and Sustainable Agriculture.- PART IV SUSTAINABLE PEST MANAGEMENT.- Chapter 9 Sustainable Weed Management.- Chapter 10 Sustainable Management of Insect-Pests.- Chapter 11 Sustainable Management of Pathogens and Diseases.- PART V GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP IMPROVEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.- Chapter 12 Conservation of Biodiversity and Genetic Resources.- Chapter 13 New Breeding Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture.- PART VI AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY IN CHANGING CLIMATE.- Chapter 14 Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.- Chapter 15 Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 16 Use of Biochar for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 17 Managing Drylands for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 18 Crop-Livestock Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture.- PART VII USE OF IT TOOLS AND MODELLING FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.- Chapter 19 Information Technology for Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 20 Spatializing Crop Models for Sustainable Agriculture.- Subject index.