Format:
Online-Ressource (VI, 335p. 34 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9789400719057
Series Statement:
Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 8
Content:
Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring soluti
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Agroecology and Strategies for Climate Change; Contents; Agroecology, a Tool for the Realization of the Right to Food*; 1 Introduction; 2 A Diagnosis; 3 Agroecology : A Solution to the Crisis of the Food Systems?; 3.1 Agroecology as a Response to the Question of Supply; 3.2 Agroecology's Ability to Increase the Incomes of Small-Scale Farmers; 3.3 The Contribution of Agroecology Rural Development - and to Other Sectors of the Economy; 3.4 Agroecology's Contribution to Improving Nutrition; 3.5 Agroecology and Climate Change; 4 Conclusion: Scaling Up Agroecology; Bibliography
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Agroecology and the Food System1 Introduction; 2 Shallow Lake Agroecosystem: Biodiversity, Agriculture and Fish Production; 2.1 Shallow Lake Agroecosystem and the Agroecology of the Food System Approach; 3 Organic Wheat: From Production to Wheat-Flour Food Chain; 3.1 Organic Wheat and the Agroecology of the Food System Approach; 4 Agroecology and the Food System Concept; 5 Future Agroecological Research; 6 Conclusion; References; Development of a Sustainably-Competitive Agriculture; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Policy Development; 1.2 The Need for Alternatives
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2 The Concept of Sustainably-Competitive Agriculture2.1 Environment and Biodiversity; 2.2 Animal Genetics, Nutrition, Health and Welfare; 2.3 Food Safety and Security; 2.4 Food Quality and Human Nutrition; 3 An Agronomic Model for Pasture-Based Ruminant Production; 3.1 Optimising Rumen Function; Box 1 Nutritional Needs of Cattle; 3.2 Optimising Pasture Function; Box 2 Beneficial Attributes of Species Diversity and Niche Complementarity in Pastures; 3.3 Reducing Gaseous Emissions; 3.4 Authenticity and Traceability; 4 Research Policy Issues; 4.1 Innovation-Driven Research
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4.2 System-Based Research and Application4.3 Organisational Structures; 4.4 Public Good Funding; 5 Conclusion; References; Emissions of Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide and Methane During the Management of Solid Manures; 1 Introduction; 2 Emissions of Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide and Methane from Housing Systems with Solid Manure; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 System Boundaries; 2.3 Mechanisms Underlying Emissions of Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide and Methane from Manure; 2.3.1 Carbon and Nitrogen Transformations and Production of Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide and Methane; 2.3.2 Emission of Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide and Methane
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2.4 Data and Data Handling2.5 Ammonia; 2.5.1 Cattle; 2.5.2 Pigs; 2.5.3 Poultry; 2.6 Nitrous Oxide; 2.6.1 Cattle; 2.6.2 Pigs; 2.7 Methane; 2.7.1 Cattle; 2.7.2 Pigs; 3 Gaseous Emission from Storage of Solid Manure; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Data and Data Handling; 3.3 Ammonia; 3.4 Nitrous Oxide; 3.5 Methane; 4 Emissions Following the Application of Solid Manures to Land; 4.1 Data and Data Handling; 4.1.1 Experimental Conditions; 4.1.2 Objectives of the Studies; 4.1.3 Data Selection and Statistical Analysis; 4.1.4 Implications of the Measurement Method; 4.2 Influence of Management, Climate and Soil
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4.3 Ammonia
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400719040
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Agroecology and strategies for climate change Dordrecht : Springer, 2012 ISBN 9400719043
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400719040
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Agrarökologie
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Klimaänderung
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1905-7
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