Sustainable Agricultural Chemistry in the 21st Century

Green Chemistry Nexus

William Nelson, William M. Nelson

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780367744588
• eBook ISBN: 9781000885156
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science

Agriculture is one of the oldest and most global human enterprises, and as the world struggles with sustainable practices and policies, agricultural chemistry has a clear role to play. This book highlights the ways in which science in agriculture is helping to achieve global sustainability in the twenty- first century, and demonstrates that this science can and should be a leading contributor in discussions on environmental science and chemistry. The four drivers of this subject are presented, those being economic, environmental, regulatory and scientific, and help showcase agricultural chemistry as a dynamic subject that is contributing to this necessity of global sustainability in the twenty-first century.

Features:

• Explains the necessary role of agricultural chemistry in the sustainability of the world in the 21st century
• Recognizes past practices and future potential, guided by global demand and the four drivers: economic, scientific, regulatory and environmental
• Presents a much needed multi-dimensional approach to the subject
• Demonstrates that agricultural chemistries can and should be leading contributors in discussion on environmental science and chemistry
• Highlights new products, processes, applications and developments in green chemistry, which demonstrates how agriculture is adapting in the new age

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Author Bio
• 1 Criteria for sustainable agricultural chemistry
• 2 Agricultural chemistry in global sustainability
• 3 Forces in agricultural chemistry and the need for circularity
• 4 Life cycle assessment with circularity
• 5 Use of natural resources affecting sustainability
• 6 Programs and processes that define agricultural chemistry in the twenty-first century
• 7 Unsustainable agricultural waste streams
• 8 Agricultural chemistry in the food, energy, and water nexus
• 9 Sustainable intensive agriculture
• 10 Circularity: Environmental, chemical, agricultural
• 11 Smart agriculture through agricultural chemistry
• 12 Crop protection and agricultural green chemistry
• 13 Sustainable agricultural chemistry: The biorefinery
• 14 Epilogue: Building a sustainable agricultural chemistry
• Index