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Author : Louise Janet Shaxson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Intercropping and Diversity written by Louise Janet Shaxson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John H. Vandermeer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521346894
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (468 download)
Download or read book The Ecology of Intercropping written by John H. Vandermeer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-08-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study shows how classical ecological principles, especially those relating to competition and population ecology, can be applied to growing two or more crops together and how the approach can improve agricultural yields.
Author : Charles L. Mohler
Publisher : Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
ISBN 13 : 9781933395210
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Crop Rotation on Organic Farms written by Charles L. Mohler and published by Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes). This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paulo Mazzafera
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889666441
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Intercropping Systems in Sustainable Agriculture written by Paulo Mazzafera and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melinda Smale
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 9781845931506
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Valuing Crop Biodiversity written by Melinda Smale and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the challenges faced by farmers trying to maintain crop biodiversity in developing and transitional economies. Using a collection of empirical case studies of farmers and crop scientists across a range of agricultural economies and income levels, it presents economic tools and methods for valuing and managing crop biodiversity. It discusses the economic benefits of crop biodiversity for farmers and suggests ways in which crop biodiversity can be supported by national policies. The book provides an indispensable 'tool kit' for all those concerned with the development of strategies to facilitate sustainable management and conservation of crop genetic diversity for future generations.
Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048195136
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture written by Eric Lichtfouse and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues, and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.
Author : Nicholas Clarke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819928281
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Innovation for Environmentally-friendly Food Production and Food Safety in China written by Nicholas Clarke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edited volume focuses on modern agro-technologies for achieving climate smart agriculture in China and meeting the UN sustainable development goals (especially SDGs 2, 13, and 15). It describes the technologies being adopted in China for meeting food security challenges, with the main focus being on soils. China is a large and diverse country, and what happens there has a global impact. In the past decades, China has achieved remarkable increases in food production, feeding nearly 20% of the world population with less than 10% of the arable land. This great achievement was mainly based on the intensive use of chemical inputs like fertilizers and pesticides, which in turn caused environmental pollution and food safety issues. China has fully realized this important issue and has adopted a “Zero Growth” policy to restrict the further increase in chemical fertilizers after 2020. Chinese scientists have developed regional optimum crop management practices and guidelines to increase crop yield and nutrient use efficiencies compared with current farming practices. Chinese agricultural soil is also currently in critical condition with severe environmental pollution. These agricultural practices need improvement to maintain sustainable food production with minimum environmental footprint. At present, the traditional mode of agricultural production in China is difficult to sustain. This book offers case studies and sustainable solutions for transforming agricultural sciences in China. The book is a useful reading material for stakeholders such as governments, policymakers, research institutions, and farmers.
Author : Gilles Lemaire
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128110511
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Agroecosystem Diversity written by Gilles Lemaire and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agro-Ecosystem Diversity: Impact on Food Security and Environmental Quality presents cutting-edge exploration of developing novel farming systems and introduces landscape ecology to agronomy. It encompasses the broad range of links between agricultural development and ecological impact and how to limit the potential negative results. Presented in seven sections, each focusing on a specific challenge to sustaining diversity, the book provides insights toward the argument that by re-introducing diversity, it should be possible to maintain a high level of productivity of agro-ecosystems while also maintaining and/or restoring a satisfactory level of environment quality and biodiversity. Demonstrates that diversified agro-ecosystems can be intensified with environmental quality preserved, restored and enhanced Includes analysis of economic constraints leading to specialization of farms and regions and the social locking forces resisting to diversification of agro-ecosystems Presents a global vision of world agriculture and the tradeoff between a necessary increase in food production and restoring environment quality
Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482282283
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Package Price Agroecology written by Stephen R. Gliessman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Gliessman's complementary volumes, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition and Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Third Edition are now available together for one low price. Completely revised, updated, and reworked, the third edition of Agroecology presents new data, material, case studies, and options, as well as more emphasis on topics such as the values, beliefs, and ethics of sustainable food systems. The new edition of Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology facilitates hands-on, experimental learning that involves close observation, creative interpretation, and constant questioning of findings.
Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780849328459
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Agroecology written by Stephen R. Gliessman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the theoretical and conceptual framework for this continually evolving field, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Second Edition explores environmental factors and complexities affecting agricultural crops and animals. Completely revised, updated, and reworked, the second edition contains new data, new readings, new issues and case studies, and new options. It includes two completely new chapters, one on the role of livestock animals in agroecosystems and one on the cultural and community aspects of sustainable food systems. The author clearly delineates the importance of using an ecosystem framework for determining if a particular agricultural practice, input, or management decision contributes or detracts from sustainability. He explains how the framework provides the ecological basis for the functioning of the chosen management strategy over the long-term. He also examines system level interactions, stressing the need for understanding the emergent qualities of populations, communities, and ecosystems and their roles in sustainable agriculture. Using examples of farming systems in a broad array of ecological conditions, the book demonstrates how to use an ecosystem approach to design and manage agroecosystems for sustainability.
Author : S. R. Waddington
Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 : 9789686127508
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Research Methods for Cereal/legume Intercropping written by S. R. Waddington and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Devendra Pal Singh
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000613291
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Integrated Pest Management in Diverse Cropping Systems written by Devendra Pal Singh and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change has intensified in recent decades, which has affected crop production as well as facilitated the emergence of new diseases and insect pests, causing serious threats to agriculture. Farmers have mostly taken a crop-based approach to insect pest management (IPM); the authors of this new volume, however, take the unique approach that IPM based on specific cropping systems is more efficient, resulting in reduced cultivation costs, increased yield and profitability, and decreased residue from crop produce and products. This volume presents the results of research done by crop protection scientists on integrated pest management in diverse cropping systems based on rice, wheat, maize, pulses, food legumes, oilseeds, groundnut, potato, and other horticulture crops. With chapters written by well-known and experienced scientists in their fields, this volume provides in-depth knowledge on integrated pest management in conjunction with an array of specific cropping systems, taking into consideration all the elements, including the crops, crop sequences, spatial and temporal aspects of managing an agricultural system, and other aspects. This volume will be valuable for entomologists, plant pathologists, and agronomists, as well as for farmers—both small and industrial sized, agricultural extension centers, faculty and students, and many others involved with crop cultivation.
Author : Long Yang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832547230
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Applications of Omics in Plant-Microbiome Interactions written by Long Yang and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Golam Jalal Ahammed
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819982200
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Higher Plants written by Golam Jalal Ahammed and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers crop stress management with potential implications for crop production induced by Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). It provides new insights into our understanding of the mechanisms of AMF-mediated growth regulation and stress tolerance covering the most recent biochemical, physiological, molecular, environmental and ecological studies. Focusing on various physiological and molecular mechanisms induced by AMF to enhance tolerance to different stresses, each environmental constraint is discussed in an individual dedicated chapter. Moreover, the book provides not only updated information with new insights and perspectives but also several new topics, such as comprehensive discussion on biotic stressors, the potential role of elevated CO2, hormones, and signal molecules in stress perception, signal transduction and subsequent stress tolerance. The book also discusses the potential implications of AMF for sustainable crop production in the context of climate change. The book can a useful reference book for academics and scientists involved in related research, such as cademics in agronomy and plant sciences, scientists involved in beneficial fungi research, chemists, industrialists and employees involved in the production and marketing of biofertilizers, master and doctoral degree students of agronomy, horticulture, and plant protection majoring in plant physiology and molecular biology, consultants working on the production of crops in marginal environments as well as phytotechnologists working for assisted phytoremediation program. It would also be suitable for agronomy, ecology and plant science-related courses, such as, plant stress physiology, plant growth-promoting microbes, and plant physiology and biochemistry to teach undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students at colleges and universities.
Author : Clive A. Edwards
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000162273
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Agricultural Systems written by Clive A. Edwards and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Annika Meißner
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3736964471
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)
Download or read book Water use efficiency of arable and grassland crops in legume-based intercropping systems written by Annika Meißner and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2021 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legume-based intercropping systems have the potential for a more efficient use of water resources. This depends on various factors such as environmental conditions and genotypic characteristics. Therefore, several genotypes of legumes and non-legumes of arable, grassland and woody crops were tested comparing intercropping and pure stands under both greenhouse and field conditions. Greenhouse experiments with winter faba bean and winter wheat under water deficit revealed genotypic differences in the suitability for intercropping as well as effects on the microbial community. Field experiments with direct and remote measurements showed that including legumes in arable and grassland low-input systems improves water use efficiency and productivity in comparison to pure non-legumes. The grassland mixing partners perennial ryegrass and chicory had additional effects. Furthermore, arable intercropping reduced nitrous oxide emissions compared to fertilized wheat stands. From the consolidated results, some winter faba bean and white clover genotypes could be identified for further breeding for intercropping systems. In summary, intercropping with legumes improves the water use efficiency and the general performance and sustainability of the agro-ecosystem.
Author : Singh, Tushar
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Remoteness, farm production, and dietary diversity in Nepal written by Singh, Tushar and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper explores the relationship between agriculture, dietary diversity, and market access in Nepal, testing the complex causal chains involved, and the nuanced connections between production diversity and dietary diversity among smallholder farmers. While diversifying farm production could enhance dietary diversity, the case of Nepal indicates a varied and context specific relationship. Market access emerges as a crucial factor, often exerting a more significant impact on smallholder farm households than production diversity. Access to markets not only influences economic viability but also contributes directly to food and nutrition security, offering a practical solution to address dietary needs. Focusing on Nepal's diverse terrain, the study analyzes the interplay of remoteness, market access, irrigation availability, and complementary inputs in shaping farmers' decisions, providing valuable insights into sustainable agricultural strategies for improved dietary outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
