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Get the latest sustainable agriculture practices and keep an eye on
the future Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New
Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today's farmers
and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a
twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is
economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially
acceptable. This comprehensive look at the current state of farming
and ranching presents leading authorities discussing concepts and
approaches in sustainable agriculture such as crop rotations,
integrated pest management, alternative sources of nutrients to
maintain productivity, and rotational grazing systems. Presently
there is a trend toward a more industrial agriculture and a global
food system that will bring long-term negative impacts. If farmers
look thoughtfully toward the future, alternatives are now available
to help solve these problems to provide agricultural sustainability
for generations to come. Developing and Extending Sustainable
Agriculture: A New Social Contract provides a model for integrated
research and outreach to everyone interested in sustainable
development. A sensible framework of practical short-term
strategies are combined with visionary long-term plans to provide
viable approaches to sustain agriculture, secure our food system,
and develop a more equitable society for the future. The text
includes several tables and figures, extensive references, and
comprehensive bibliographies. Topics in Developing and Extending
Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract include: the
evolution of the concept of equitable and sustainable development
on-farm research farmer to farmer education IPM (integrated pest
management) soil management managed grazing whole-farm planning,
including economic analysis training for sustainable agriculture
motivation theory and research to foster positive sustainable
development organic farming productivity the future of sustainable
agriculture much, much more Developing and Extending Sustainable
Agriculture: A New Social Contract is enlightening,
horizon-expanding reading perfect for educators, students,
government decision makers, cooperative extension educators,
specialists, administrators, citizen members of county extension
boards, and administrators in land grant universities.
Conventional agriculture has attempted to exploit arable land by
applying chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation water.
These practices become increasingly tenuous as they exhaust our
supplies of fossil fuels, deplete aquifers and raise concerns about
the safety of food and the overall effect of agriculture on the
quality of rural life. The contributors to this volume believe that
instead of changing the environment, we can change the adaptation
of the plants that we grow in it. Genetic improvement of crop
plants for stress conditions and for less favorable environments is
a cost-effective way to develop future sustainable agricultural
systems. There area number of favorable genetic traits that can be
incorporated into crop plants, thus making them more hardy and more
productive. Eighteen noted researchers currently working in plant
breeding and related fields bring together the best thinking about
achieving crop improvement--especially the development of new
genetic combina-tions--to create a sustainable agriculture.
Get the latest sustainable agriculture practices and keep an eye on
the future Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New
Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today's farmers
and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a
twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is
economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially
acceptable. This comprehensive look at the current state of farming
and ranching presents leading authorities discussing concepts and
approaches in sustainable agriculture such as crop rotations,
integrated pest management, alternative sources of nutrients to
maintain productivity, and rotational grazing systems. Presently
there is a trend toward a more industrial agriculture and a global
food system that will bring long-term negative impacts. If farmers
look thoughtfully toward the future, alternatives are now available
to help solve these problems to provide agricultural sustainability
for generations to come. Developing and Extending Sustainable
Agriculture: A New Social Contract provides a model for integrated
research and outreach to everyone interested in sustainable
development. A sensible framework of practical short-term
strategies are combined with visionary long-term plans to provide
viable approaches to sustain agriculture, secure our food system,
and develop a more equitable society for the future. The text
includes several tables and figures, extensive references, and
comprehensive bibliographies. Topics in Developing and Extending
Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract include: the
evolution of the concept of equitable and sustainable development
on-farm research farmer to farmer education IPM (integrated pest
management) soil management managed grazing whole-farm planning,
including economic analysis training for sustainable agriculture
motivation theory and research to foster positive sustainable
development organic farming productivity the future of sustainable
agriculture much, much more Developing and Extending Sustainable
Agriculture: A New Social Contract is enlightening,
horizon-expanding reading perfect for educators, students,
government decision makers, cooperative extension educators,
specialists, administrators, citizen members of county extension
boards, and administrators in land grant universities.
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