Overview
- Takes a systems (holistic) approach to sustainable agriculture
- Lessons learned from this region can be applied worldwide
- Applied tools and practices for sustainable agriculture are described
- Provides rich historical background
- Illustrates the energy use efficiency when substituting services of nature for non-renewable energy sources
Part of the book series: Environmental Challenges and Solutions (ECAS, volume 1)
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Table of contents(8 chapters)
About this book
Modern industrial agriculture is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on petroleum, a non-renewable source of the energy used in farming, and because of pollution caused by petroleum products such as fertilizers and pesticides. A systems analysis of farming suggests that agriculture will be more sustainable when services of nature, such as nutrient recycling by soil micro-organisms and natural controls of insects, replace the services now provided by energy from petroleum. Examples are drawn from the Southeastern USA, but lessons learned can be applied worldwide. Â Â Â Â Â
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Authors and Affiliations
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, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Carl F. Jordan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture
Book Subtitle: Energy Use Efficiency in the American South
Authors: Carl F. Jordan
Series Title: Environmental Challenges and Solutions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6790-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6789-8Published: 03 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9717-8Published: 18 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6790-4Published: 17 May 2013
Series ISSN: 2214-2827
Series E-ISSN: 2214-2835
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 247
Topics: Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Environmental Management, Ecosystems, Applied Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology