Screen LibraryOrganic farming, prototype for sustainable agricultures /
Various stakeholders have shown a growing interest in organic food and farming (OF&F), which has become a widespread issue at all levels of society. However, much debate still arises about the value of OF&F as a model for sustainable agriculture. Rather than questioning whether organic farmi...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Various stakeholders have shown a growing interest in organic food and farming (OF&F), which has become a widespread issue at all levels of society. However, much debate still arises about the value of OF&F as a model for sustainable agriculture. Rather than questioning whether organic farming performs better or not than conventional farming, the main question addressed in this book is how and under what conditions OF&F may contribute to sustainable agricultures. Multiple forms are emerging today, among which OF&F represents a prototype, evolving in strong interaction with them and tackling |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400779266 (hardback) : 9400779267 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | S605 |
| CLC: | S-0 |
| Call Number: | S-0/O681 |
| Contents: | 1. Organic food and farming as a prototype for sustainable agricultures / Stéphane Bellon and Servance Penven -- 2. Soil phosphorus management in organic cropping systems: from current practices to avenues for a more efficient use of P resources / Thomas Nesme, Bruno Colomb, Philippe Hinsinger and Christine A. Watson -- 3. Eco-functional intensification by cereal-grain legume intercropping in organic farming systems for increased yields, reduced weeds and improved grain protein concentration / Laurent Bedoussac, Étienne-Pascal Journet, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Christophe Naudin, Guéna |