Sustainable agriculture

This book presents new approaches to studying food webs, using practical and policy examples to demonstrate the theory behind ecosystem management decisions.

This book presents new approaches to studying food webs, using practical and policy examples to demonstrate the theory behind ecosystem management decisions.

Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.

Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.

An illustrated overview of the sustainability of natural resources and the social and environmental issues surrounding their distribution and demand.

An illustrated overview of the sustainability of natural resources and the social and environmental issues surrounding their distribution and demand.

From the bestselling author of The Market Gardener - key principles for biointensive market gardening and powerful stories of successful growers who are farming profitably on a human-scaleMicrofarms is a guide to setting up and running profitable small-scale vegetable farms using organic, low-tech, and highly intensive production methods grounded in ecological principles.

This is a multidisciplinary volume on the use of agricultural biotechnology to provide a sustainable food supply.

This is a multidisciplinary volume on the use of agricultural biotechnology to provide a sustainable food supply.

"e;It is bold, it is courageous, and it challenges many of our preconceptions about food, about soils, about farming, and about health.

Both agriculture and forestry produce a large amount of biomass waste.

Highlights and examines the growing convergence between the food and agricultural industries the technological, environmental, and consumer-related drivers of this change, and the potential outcomes This is the first book of its kind to connect food and the food industry with agriculture, water resources, and water management in a detailed and thorough way.

Highlights and examines the growing convergence between the food and agricultural industries the technological, environmental, and consumer-related drivers of this change, and the potential outcomes This is the first book of its kind to connect food and the food industry with agriculture, water resources, and water management in a detailed and thorough way.

Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable biofuel crop production to the unique characteristics of particular crops which make them ideal for biofuel applications.

Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable biofuel crop production to the unique characteristics of particular crops which make them ideal for biofuel applications.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sustainable dairy production, helping the industry to develop more sustainable dairy products, through new technologies, implementing life cycle analysis, and upgrading and optimization of their current production lines.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sustainable dairy production, helping the industry to develop more sustainable dairy products, through new technologies, implementing life cycle analysis, and upgrading and optimization of their current production lines.

Introduction to Sustainability is the first major textbook to review major themes in the cutting-edge field of sustainability.

Introduction to Sustainability is the first major textbook to review major themes in the cutting-edge field of sustainability.

Entertaining, easy-to-understand book by dietitian Dr.

Entertaining, easy-to-understand book by dietitian Dr.

An exploration of preindustrial agriculture that applies insights from biodemography, physiological ecology, and household demography.

An exploration of preindustrial agriculture that applies insights from biodemography, physiological ecology, and household demography.

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

A broad view of plant-pathogen interactions illustrating the fundamental reciprocal role pathogens and hosts play in shaping each other''s ecology and evolution.

A broad view of plant-pathogen interactions illustrating the fundamental reciprocal role pathogens and hosts play in shaping each other''s ecology and evolution.

Discusses the role of endophytes in food security, forestry and health.

Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of resilience in agriculture, and implications for producers seeking to adapt to change and uncertainty.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.

Discusses the role of endophytes in food security, forestry and health.

This book will help decision makers model nature-based solutions to the complex problem of sustainable development, locally and globally.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.

Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of resilience in agriculture, and implications for producers seeking to adapt to change and uncertainty.

This book will help decision makers model nature-based solutions to the complex problem of sustainable development, locally and globally.

For anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet.

For anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet.

Provides a global analysis of policies to address deforestation, an important driver of climate change.

Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

This book introduces the principles of landscape stewardship in relation to sustainability governance, applying them to a broad range of land-use systems.

This book introduces the principles of landscape stewardship in relation to sustainability governance, applying them to a broad range of land-use systems.

A guide to making good decisions about wildlife management and biodiversity conservation against a backdrop of socio-environmental change.

This book considers research findings that can inform the practice of managing tea crops.

A guide to making good decisions about wildlife management and biodiversity conservation against a backdrop of socio-environmental change.

A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.

A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.