Nutrient Dynamics for Sustainable Crop Production, Ram Swaroop Meena
Автор: Geoffrey R. Dixon; Emma L. Tilston Название: Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production ISBN: 9400794231 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400794238 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 191550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Soils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes.
Long-term security of the global food supply requires a balance between increasing production and environmental sustainability. Both nutrient scarcities and surpluses alike can threaten this balance. Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production examines the challenges of managing both organic and inorganic nutrient sources in agricultural systems where nutrients are deficient or in excess supply. Through a combination of theoretical and applied knowledge, this collection provides a practical understanding of how any type of production system can successfully adopt integrated nutrient management (INM).
A frank and factual discussion of the challenges and possibilities INM holds, Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production brings together essays and scientists from around the world. This essential text presents international case studies on the potential for continuing production with a focus on sustainability. Comprehensive and wide-ranging in its scope, this accessible book looks at many concerns central to INM--from the risks of excess supply and depletion to technological requirements for improved management. Here is a single source that not only presents a range of options for managing nutrients, but offers viable ideas for future directions as well.
Along with a wealth of informative maps, graphs, and tables, some of the topics covered in Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production include: - trends in global food, feed, and fiber production and consumption - current and future challenges of nutrient depletion and excess - socio-economic factors of implementing INM - crop production and nutrient removals in harvests - monitoring soil fertility levels in the USA - agricultural production and nutrient balances in Canada - the European experience - concepts from New Zealand - technical requirements for INM in South Asia - benef
Автор: Jenkins Alabaster Название: Sustainable Crop Production ISBN: 1682863743 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682863749 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 161990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sustainable crop production came as a revolution in the industry of crop production and agriculture. This field has emerged as a way of questioning the current practices of crop production which are proving hazardous to the ecology and detrimental to human health. The goal of this text is to strive for environmentally healthy and economically feasible alternative practices. This book contains some path-breaking studies in the field of sustainable crop production which will not only offer a critical insight into theory but will also highlight the recent developments in the field with its applications. In this book, using case studies and examples, constant effort has been made to make the understanding of the difficult concepts of sustainable crop production as easy and informative as possible, for the readers.
Автор: Hajek Ann E Название: Natural Enemies ISBN: 1107668247 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107668249 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 49630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is for students, professionals, and anyone wishing to learn the basics of biological control. It covers strategies for controlling invertebrates and vertebrates, weeds, and plant pathogens using a diversity of agents, as well as discussing the environmental safety and sustainability of biological control.
Автор: Scheierling, Susanne M. Treguer, David O. Название: Beyond crop per drop ISBN: 1464812985 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464812989 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 28010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
With growing water scarcity in many parts of the world and projections that indicate the need to increase agricultural production and, concurrently, agricultural water use, it is increasingly advocated to focus efforts on improving agricultural water productivity and efficiency--and thus achieve more crop per drop. Many international organizations concerned with water management are also promoting these efforts, and significant public and private investments are being made in both developed and developing countries. Yet some serious problems are associated with this approach. They include conceptual issues, the methods used for measuring agricultural water productivity and efficiency, and the application of these concepts and methods in different contexts--all of which influence the choice of interventions and the evaluation of their implementation. The report aims to shed further light on these issues: first, by clarifying some of the underlying concepts in the discussion of agricultural water productivity and efficiency; second, by reviewing and analyzing the available methods for assessing water productivity and efficiency, including single-factor productivity measures, total factor productivity indices, frontier methods, and deductive methods; and, third, by discussing their application and relevance in different contexts. As a background for this analysis, the report highlights the central role of water use in irrigated agriculture and its link with increasing water scarcity. An underlying framework of the analysis is the view of the water economy transitioning from an expansionary to a mature phase. The report further develops this framework to reflect water management issues in irrigated agriculture. The framework is then applied to make the case that, with increasing water scarcity, the ongoing efforts for improving agricultural water productivity and efficiency need to move beyond crop per drop approaches, because they are in many circumstances an insufficient and sometimes counterproductive attempt to adapt agricultural water management to a maturing water economy.
Название: Crop Production Technologies for Sustainable Use and Conservation ISBN: 1771887265 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771887267 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 126580.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Presents an abundance of research on important and new production technologies for the successful sustainable production of major crops. The volume covers most of the major crops used the production of food, sugar, and commercial fiber.
Название: Pulse Crops for Sustainable Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa ISBN: 9251300887 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789251300886 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 28650.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Pulses have a long history in sub-Saharan Africa due to their multiple benefits. Pulses, and legumes in general, can play an important role in agriculture thanks to their ability to biologically fix atmospheric nitrogen and to enhance the biological turnover of phosphorus. Indeed, they could become the cornerstone of sustainable agriculture in Africa. This publication reviews promising strategies to support the cultivation and utilization of pulses on smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa. The review is part of the legacy of the International Year of Pulses (IYP), which sought to recognize the contribution that pulses make to human well-being and the environment.
Название: Challenges and Opportunities for Crop Production in Dry and Saline Environments in ARASIA Member States: Specific Safety Requirements ISBN: 9201019181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789201019189 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 16630.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Serves as a referencing guide for Member States and interested specialized readers wishing to work on agriculture in dry and saline environments, in particular in the Middle East region. All information and instructions are based on successful and sound practices applied in pertaining Member States for sustainable cropping of salt affected soils.
Название: Nitrogen Inputs to Agricultural Soils from Livestock Manure: New Statistics ISBN: 9251300240 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789251300244 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 56370.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This report sheds light on the role of manure in soil nitrogen levels, and the importance of gathering data on livestock manure to inform environmental and agronomic policy and planning. It also presents relevant statistics taken from FAOSTAT and the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model, and shows how they can be used for nutrient-input analyses at national, regional and global levels.
Автор: Marci Baranski Название: Globalizing Wheat: Success and Failure of the Green Revolution ISBN: 1557538395 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781557538390 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 44350.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Globalizing Wheat: Success and Failure of the Green Revolution by Marci Baranski tells the scientific history of how wheat cameto cover more land than any other food crop on the planet and explores the impact that globalizing trends in wheat breeding have had on local innovation and foodinsecurity. In the 1960s, a small group of scientists and administrators, led chiefly by Norman Borlaug in his time with the Rockefeller Foundation, popularized a controversial new paradigm of wheat research—a paradigm that is still as disputed as it is dominant in leading agricultural research and development institutions around the world. Delivering the first sustained study of Borlaug’s concept of “wide adaptation,” Baranski reveals how Borlaug and his colleagues managed to influence thinking and practices so profoundly worldwide. Drawing on extensive new research, including interviews with scientists in India, Baranski further demonstrates how the legacy of this group’s work stillguides policy and research decisions, often with unintended consequences. In Globalizing Wheat , the author sheds new light on the future of foodsecurity in India and offers an important new critique of the Green Revolution.
Название: Good Agricultural Practices for Greenhouse Vegetable Production in the South East European Countries: Principles for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farms ISBN: 9251096228 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789251096222 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 115500.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Greenhouse crop production is now a growing reality throughout the world, with an estimated 405,000 ha of greenhouses spread throughout Europe. This publication aims to capitalize on the know-how and experience available in the South East European region and to serve as a training guide for trainers and a technical reference for growers and stakeholders in the greenhouse vegetable value chain.
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