Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture
Title Sustainable Agriculture PDF eBook
Author Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 897
Release 2009-11-11
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9048126665

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Sustainability rests on the principle that we must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Starving people in poor nations, obesity in rich nations, increasing food prices, on-going climate changes, increasing fuel and transportation costs, flaws of the global market, worldwide pesticide pollution, pest adaptation and resistance, loss of soil fertility and organic carbon, soil erosion, decreasing biodiversity, desertification, and so on. Despite unprecedented advances in sciences allowing to visit planets and disclose subatomic particles, serious terrestrial issues about food show clearly that conventional agriculture is not suited any longer to feed humans and to preserve ecosystems. Sustainable agriculture is an alternative for solving fundamental and applied issues related to food production in an ecological way. While conventional agriculture is driven almost solely by productivity and profit, sustainable agriculture integrates biological, chemical, physical, ecological, economic and social sciences in a comprehensive way to develop new farming practices that are safe and do not degrade our environment. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical and narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. As most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Title PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Odile Jacob
Pages 253
Release
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ISBN 2738169473

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Competition of Agricultural Merit

Competition of Agricultural Merit
Title Competition of Agricultural Merit PDF eBook
Author Québec (Province). Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher
Pages 260
Release 1964
Genre
ISBN

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Bulletin

Bulletin
Title Bulletin PDF eBook
Author Québec (Province). Department of Agriculture
Publisher
Pages 982
Release 1917
Genre Agriculture
ISBN

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Bulletin

Bulletin
Title Bulletin PDF eBook
Author Switzerland. Handels- Industrie und Landwirtschaftsdepartement
Publisher
Pages 518
Release 1917
Genre
ISBN

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Biologie Des Mauvaises Herbes Du Canada

Biologie Des Mauvaises Herbes Du Canada
Title Biologie Des Mauvaises Herbes Du Canada PDF eBook
Author Paul Brethen Cavers
Publisher
Pages 528
Release 2005
Genre Gardening
ISBN

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Report of the Research Appraisal and Research Planning Committee

Report of the Research Appraisal and Research Planning Committee
Title Report of the Research Appraisal and Research Planning Committee PDF eBook
Author Canada Weed Committee. Western Section. Research Appraisal Committee
Publisher
Pages 818
Release 1972
Genre Weeds
ISBN

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