Overview
- Concise reviews of current important and complex issues in Agroecology
- Assesses the present status of knowledge of the issue with regard to effectively moving toward improving sustainability
- Identifies inadequacies, errors and gaps in knowledge that may hinder or oppose effective progress toward improving sustainability
- Discusses what, if possible, is needed to bring the issue onto a better track toward sustainability objectives
Part of the book series: Issues in Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus (AGRO, volume 3)
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“This book contains five in-depth review articles on the trading, use, and safety of agrochemicals; the background and safety of genetically modified crops; organic farming and food quality; the value of plant secondary compounds in veterinary medicine; and integrated pest management approaches for preventing and treating parasites in domesticated livestock. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, professionals/practitioners, and informed general audiences.” (J. R. Reeve, Choice, Vol. 52 (1), September, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Food Production Includes Human and Environmental Health
Editors: W. Bruce Campbell, Silvia López-Ortíz
Series Title: Issues in Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7454-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7453-7Published: 15 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0754-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7454-4Published: 01 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2211-2405
Series E-ISSN: 2211-2413
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 233
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Ecology, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation, Sustainable Development, Quality of Life Research