Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field
Title | Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1991-02-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0309045789 |
Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health. Continuing research is helping to demonstrate the ways that many factorsâ€"economics, biology, policy, and traditionâ€"interact in sustainable agriculture systems. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop on the findings of a broad range of research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The areas of study, such as integrated pest management, alternative cropping and tillage systems, and comparisons with more conventional approaches, are essential to developing and adopting profitable and sustainable farming systems.
Research Report (International Service for National Agricultural Research).
Title | Research Report (International Service for National Agricultural Research). PDF eBook |
Author | International Service for National Agricultural Research |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Agricultural systems |
ISBN |
Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030
Title | Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030 PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2019-04-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309473926 |
For nearly a century, scientific advances have fueled progress in U.S. agriculture to enable American producers to deliver safe and abundant food domestically and provide a trade surplus in bulk and high-value agricultural commodities and foods. Today, the U.S. food and agricultural enterprise faces formidable challenges that will test its long-term sustainability, competitiveness, and resilience. On its current path, future productivity in the U.S. agricultural system is likely to come with trade-offs. The success of agriculture is tied to natural systems, and these systems are showing signs of stress, even more so with the change in climate. More than a third of the food produced is unconsumed, an unacceptable loss of food and nutrients at a time of heightened global food demand. Increased food animal production to meet greater demand will generate more greenhouse gas emissions and excess animal waste. The U.S. food supply is generally secure, but is not immune to the costly and deadly shocks of continuing outbreaks of food-borne illness or to the constant threat of pests and pathogens to crops, livestock, and poultry. U.S. farmers and producers are at the front lines and will need more tools to manage the pressures they face. Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030 identifies innovative, emerging scientific advances for making the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. This report explores the availability of relatively new scientific developments across all disciplines that could accelerate progress toward these goals. It identifies the most promising scientific breakthroughs that could have the greatest positive impact on food and agriculture, and that are possible to achieve in the next decade (by 2030).
Special Oversight Review of Agricultural Research and Development
Title | Special Oversight Review of Agricultural Research and Development PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture
Title | Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2002-03-18 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0309170346 |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and, if so, how. The Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture was asked to assess the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms, with particular emphasis on the evolution of very-large-scale operations.
Agricultural Research Policy
Title | Agricultural Research Policy PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Agricultural extension work |
ISBN |
Special Oversight Review of Agricultural Research and Development
Title | Special Oversight Review of Agricultural Research and Development PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |