Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment

  1. 584 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment

About this book

Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment describes the relationship of agriculture, society, nature and the environment, sustainable agriculture and sustainable development goals, management of biophysical resources for sustainable food and environment, traditional knowledge and innovative options, and social and policy aspects of sustainable agriculture. The book presents both environmental and economic principles, helping readers in the development and application of robust policy and good institutional systems that execute on sustainable agriculture practices for a healthy environment and to combat climate resilience. - Includes case studies that provide real-world insights - Relates traditional knowledge and innovation, maximizing the potential from both - Reinforces our understanding of the role of sustainable agriculture in developing environmentally sustainable and profitable food systems

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Table of contents

  1. Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment
  2. Chapter 1 Sustainability, sustainable agriculture, and the environment
  3. Chapter 2 Sustainable agriculture for food and nutritional security
  4. Chapter 3 Sustainable agriculture and sustainable developmental goals: a case study of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Chapter 4 Soil microbial diversity, soil health and agricultural sustainability
  6. Chapter 5 Water harvesting and management for sustainable agriculture and environment
  7. Chapter 6 Carbon management and sequestration for sustainable agriculture and environment
  8. Chapter 7 Management of agricultural insect pests for sustainable agriculture and environment
  9. Chapter 8 Revisiting sustainable systems and methods in agriculture
  10. Chapter 9 Abundance, variety, and scope of value-added utilization of agricultural crop residue
  11. Chapter 10 Traditional ecological knowledge towards natural resource management
  12. Chapter 11 Designing farming systems for a sustainable agriculture
  13. Chapter 12 Urban agriculture and the perspective of fulfilling land's socio-environmental function—a case study of Brazilian Cerrado cities
  14. Chapter 13 Livestock—crop interaction for sustainability of agriculture and environment
  15. Chapter 14 Spatial applications of crop models in the Indian context and sustainability
  16. Chapter 15 Spatializing crop models for sustainable agriculture and environment
  17. Chapter 16 The social, political, and institutional context of sustainability
  18. Chapter 17 Agricultural policies and sustainable agriculture in EU countries
  19. Chapter 18 Challenges, constraints, and opportunities in sustainable agriculture and environment
  20. Chapter 19 Education and information dissemination for sustainable agriculture and environment
  21. Chapter 20 Role and diversity of microbes in agriculture
  22. Index