Agricultural and environmental sustainability:considerations for the future
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Haworth Food & Agricultural Products Press,
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Publisher Address: | Binghamton, NY |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxiii, 224 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781560221708 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1560221704 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9781560221715 (soft cover : alk. paper) 1560221712 (soft cover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | S181 |
CLC: | S181-1 |
Call Number: | S181-1/A278 |
Contents: |
"Agricultural and environmental sustainability: considerations for the future has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of crop improvement, volume 19, numbers 1/2 (#37/38) 2007." Includes bibliographical references and index. Sustainability of agriculture: issues, observations and outlook / C. Jerry Nelson -- Agroforestry for sustainability of lower-input land-use systems / P.K. Ramachandran Nair -- Managing soils for food security and climate change / R. Lal -- Whole-system integration and modeling essential to agricultural science and technology for the 21st century / L.R. Ahuja, A.A. Andales, L. Ma, S.A. Saseendran -- Sustainability considerations in wheat improvement and production / S. Rajaram, K.D. Sayre, J. Diekmann, R. Gupta, W. Erskine -- Sustainability of the rice-wheat cropping system: issues, constraints, and remedial options / J.K. Ladha, H. Pathak, R.K. Gupta -- Tailoring conservation agriculture to the needs of small farmers in developing countries: an analysis of issues / Patrick C. Wall -- Improved cowpea-cereals-based cropping systems for household food security and poverty reduction in West Africa / B.B. Singh, H. Ajeigbe -- Bacterial wilt and drought stresses in banana production and their impact on economic welfare in Uganda: implications for banana research in East African highlands / S. Abele, M. Pillay -- Greening of agriculture: is it all a greenwash of the globalized economy? / Charles Francis, Roger Elmore, John Ikerd, Mike Duffy. |