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New Dimensions in Agroecology (Paperback)
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New Dimensions in Agroecology (Paperback)
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Reduce the environmentally negative aspects of industrial
agriculture with an ecologically sound philosophy! New Dimensions
in Agroecology explores the latest developments in the emerging
science of agroecology, focusing on how these new concepts and
cutting-edge tools will help minimize the impact of agriculture on
the environment and foster the use of sustainable agricultural
practices. This book expands your scope of thinking by providing
information on current innovative agroecological research and
education as well as emerging issues, such as biotechnology and
climate change. Prominent specialists from around the world offer a
diversity of stimulating perspectives and topics that will benefit
agricultural researchers, extension personnel, and upper-level
students in agroecology, ecology, and agronomy programs. In New
Dimensions in Agroecology, you will learn why conventional
agriculture practices frequently result in environmental problems
such as eutrophication at the landscape scale, reduction in soil
quality, and decreased biodiversity. This timely tool contributes
practical suggestions to design sustainable crop and meat
production systems that replace current wasteful and unsustainable
industrial agriculture to nourish the world without major damage to
the health and quality of our total environment. The book points to
future possibilities for research and application with the hope
that agroecology becomes the new discipline in agricultural issues
rather than just a buzzword. New Dimensions in Agroecology covers
groundbreaking investigations on a wide variety of agriculture and
ecology, including: holistic landscape-level approaches the
integration of ecological principles into cropping systems the
utilization of biodiversity in agriculture new ways of seeing the
soil in agrosystems ecological pest management and its extension
and much more! New Dimensions in Agroecology goes beyond preserving
the total sustainability of our agricultural systems, including
social, environmental, and economic measures of sustainability in
the equation. Generously enhanced with tables, figures, models, and
diagrams, this book scrutinizes the current state of affairs in
agriculture and presents a better solution. Change will not come
easily, but this text is the first step towards a new,
environmentally acceptable way.
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