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Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Eric Lichtfouse

    1. INRA-CMSE-PME, Dijon, France

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  2. Marjolaine Hamelin

    1. , LBE, French National Institute for Agricultur, Narbonne, France

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  3. Mireille Navarrete

    1. Unite d’Écodéveloppement, INRA-SAD, Avignon CX 09, France

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  4. Philippe Debaeke

    1. UMR AGIR, INRA, Toulouse CX, France

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  • Presents controversial and new concepts to shift world agriculture from industrial to sustainable
  • Reviews biofuels and C sequestration techniques that offset climate change
  • Discloses the fast emergence of social and economical sciences to develop unprecedented participatory research with farmers
  • Presents alternative soil management techniques to improve food and water security
  • Uses biodiversity instead of chemicals to control pests
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Novel Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Emerging Agroscience

      • Eric Lichtfouse, Marjolaine Hamelin, Mireille Navarrete, Philippe Debaeke, Agnès Henri
      Pages 3-14

    3. Ants and Sustainable Agriculture

      • Gero Benckiser
      Pages 15-26

    4. Agroecology as a Science, a Movement and a Practice

      • A. Wezel, S. Bellon, T. Doré, C. Francis, D. Vallod, C. David
      Pages 27-43

    5. Adaptiveness to Enhance the Sustainability of Farming Systems

      • Ika Darnhofer, Stéphane Bellon, Benoît Dedieu, Rebecka Milestad
      Pages 45-58

    6. Economics of Biosecurity Across Levels of Decision-Making

      • Jaakko Heikkilä
      Pages 59-83

    7. Describing and Locating Cropping Systems on a Regional Scale

      • Delphine Leenhardt, Frédérique Angevin, Anne Biarnès, Nathalie Colbach, Catherine Mignolet
      Pages 85-95

  3. Food Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Nutritional Quality and Safety of Organic Food

      • Denis Lairon
      Pages 99-110

    3. Minerals in Plant Food: Effect of Agricultural Practices and Role in Human Health

      • M. C. Martínez-Ballesta, R. Dominguez-Perles, D. A. Moreno, B. Muries, C. Alcaraz-López, E. Bastías et al.
      Pages 111-128

    4. Fertiliser Trees for Sustainable Food Security in the Maize-Based Production Systems of East and Southern Africa

      • Festus K. Akinnifesi, O. C. Ajayi, G. Sileshi, P. W. Chirwa, Jonas Chianu
      Pages 129-146

    5. Cereal Landraces for Sustainable Agriculture

      • A. C. Newton, T. Akar, J. P. Baresel, P. J. Bebeli, E. Bettencourt, K. V. Bladenopoulos et al.
      Pages 147-186

    6. Mineral Sources of Potassium for Plant Nutrition

      • David A. C. Manning
      Pages 187-203

    7. Glandless Seed and Glanded Plant Research in Cotton

      • Yingfan Cai, Yongfang Xie, Jinggao Liu
      Pages 205-217

    8. Micronutrient-Efficient Genotypes for Crop Yield and Nutritional Quality in Sustainable Agriculture

      • Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh, Rainer Schulin, Rufus L. Chaney, Bahareh Daneshbakhsh, Majid Afyuni
      Pages 219-249

    9. Multi-Criteria Decision Models for Management of Tropical Coastal Fisheries

      • Merlina N. Andalecio
      Pages 251-280

  4. Sociology and Economics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
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  5. Sociology And Economics

    1. Farmer Responses to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture

      • Aysha Fleming, Frank Vanclay
      Pages 283-293

    2. The Use of the Marasha Ard Plough for Conservation Agriculture in Northern Ethiopia

      • Jan Nyssen, Bram Govaerts, Tesfay Araya, Wim M. Cornelis, Hans Bauer, Mitiku Haile et al.
      Pages 295-308
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This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • INRA-CMSE-PME, Dijon, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

  • , LBE, French National Institute for Agricultur, Narbonne, France

    Marjolaine Hamelin

  • Unite d’Écodéveloppement, INRA-SAD, Avignon CX 09, France

    Mireille Navarrete

  • UMR AGIR, INRA, Toulouse CX, France

    Philippe Debaeke

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