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Farming for Food and Water Security

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Eric Lichtfouse

    1. INRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, Dijon, France

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  • Reports a novel tool to assess public goods of organic farming using a radar diagram
  • Reports a list of advanced methods to remove water pesticides
  • Participatory research shows that farmers perform better than extension officers Reports a list of criteria to select agroindicators

Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (SARV, volume 10)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Public Goods and Farming

    • Catherine L. Gerrard, L. G. Smith, B. Pearce, S. Padel, R. Hitchings, M. Measures et al.
    Pages 1-22

  3. Pesticides and Sustainable Agriculture

    • Patrick Drogui, Pierre Lafrance
    Pages 23-55

  4. Nitrogen Use Efficiency by Annual and Perennial Crops

    • Corina Carranca
    Pages 57-82

  5. Microalgae for Bioremediation of Distillery Effluent

    • Nirbhay K. Singh, D. B. Patel
    Pages 83-109

  6. No-Till Direct Seeding for Energy-Saving Rice Production in China

    • Min Huang, Bing Xia, Yingbin Zou, Peng Jiang, Yuehua Feng, Zhaowei Cheng et al.
    Pages 111-126

  7. Agricultural Water Poverty Index for a Sustainable World

    • Masoumeh Forouzani, Ezatollah Karami, Mansour Zibaei, Gh. Hossein Zamani
    Pages 127-155

  8. Participatory Rural Appraisal to Solve Irrigation Issues

    • Albert T. Modi
    Pages 157-176

  9. Bioavailability of Soil P for Plant Nutrition

    • R. S. Yadav, S. C. Meena, S. I. Patel, K. I. Patel, Mohd. Sayeed Akhtar, B. K. Yadav et al.
    Pages 177-200

  10. Animal Manure for Smallholder Agriculture in South Africa

    • Alfred Oghode Misaiti Okorogbona, Lasisi Olaosebikan Adebisi
    Pages 201-242

  11. Vermicompost and Soil Quality

    • Supradip Saha, Debashis Dutta, Deb Prasad Ray, Rajib Karmakar
    Pages 243-264

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 265-274
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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.

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  • INRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, Dijon, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

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