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Toward sustainable agricultural systems in the 21st century

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Research Council U.S.. Committee on Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture
Published: National Academies Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Sustainable agriculture > United States
Agricultural systems > United States
Sustainability > United States
Carrier Form: xxviii, 570 p.: ill. (some col.), maps.
ISBN: 0309148960
9780309148962 (pbk.)
9780309148979 (PDF)
0309148979 (PDF)
Index Number: S
CLC: S-171.2
Call Number: S-171.2/T737
Contents: Includes bibliographical references.
"In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the same time the agricultural sector worldwide faces numerous daunting challenges. Not only is the agricultural sector expected to produce adequate food, fiber, and feed, and contribute to biofuels to meet the needs of a rising global population, it is expected to do so under increasingly scarce natural resources and climate change.

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