Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary Science for a Sustainable Agriculture

   • Fabio Caporali

   Pages 1-71

3. Measuring Agricultural Sustainability

   • Dariush Hayati, Zahra Ranjbar, Ezatollah Karami

   Pages 73-100

4. Sustainable Bioenergy Production, Land and Nitrogen Use

   • Enrico Ceotto, Mario Di Candilo

   Pages 101-122

5. Biofuels, the Role of Biotechnology to Improve Their Sustainability and Profitability

   • Meenu Saraf, Astley Hastings

   Pages 123-148

6. Challenges and Opportunities of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Croplands

   • Ilan Stavi, Rattan Lal

   Pages 149-174

7. Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain

   • F. Moreno, J. L. Arrúe, C. Cantero-Martínez, M. V. López, J. M. Murillo, A. Sombrero et al.

   Pages 175-193

8. Conservation Tillage and Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-arid Dryland Farming

   • Mohammad J. Zarea

   Pages 195-238

9. Synergism Among Crops to Improve Dryland Crop Production

   • Randy L. Anderson

   Pages 239-251

10. Sustainable Irrigation to Balance Supply of Soil Water, Oxygen, Nutrients and Agro-Chemicals

    • Surya P. Bhattarai, David J. Midmore, Ninghu Su

    Pages 253-286

11. Agricultural Practices in Northeast India and Options for Sustainable Management

    • Mritunjay Majumder, Awadhesh Kumar Shukla, Ayyanadar Arunachalam

    Pages 287-315

12. Microbial Community Structure and Diversity as Indicators for Evaluating Soil Quality

    • Sushil K. Sharma, Aketi Ramesh, Mahaveer P. Sharma, Om Prakash Joshi, Bram Govaerts, Kerri L. Steenwerth et al.

    Pages 317-358

13. Integrating Silvopastoralism and Biodiversity Conservation

    • A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez, M. Rois-Díaz, M. R. Mosquera-Losada

    Pages 359-373

14. Back Matter

    Pages 375-391

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Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues, and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

• Agriculture
• Agroecology
• Climate Change
• Environment
• Soil Science

From the reviews:

“This is a useful wide-ranging book covering many areas of interest to the thinking agriculturalist of the 21st century operating on a global scale. … It includes a section on argo-ecology in the curriculum that educationalists will find of interest. The book is well referenced throughout as one has come to expect from the series and it is a useful addition to its partner volumes.” (Keith Dawson, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 47 (4), 2011)

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