Overview
- Broadens understanding of organic farming practices for sustainable agriculture
- Sheds new light on recent agricultural advances, innovations and challenges
- Examines the adaptation of organic farming to climate change
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The chapter authors analyze pertinent aspects of this integrated farming system including strategies to improve seed quality, methods to improve soil fertility, and the advantages of using organic fertilizers. Particular attention is also given to weed management practices, bioenergy production and insights into the ways organic farming can adapt to global climate change and build sustainable food systems for future generations. Scientists, decision-makers, professors, and farmers who wish to work towards making agricultural systems more sustainable will find this book appealing.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Sabu Thomas is Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences and Director of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India.
Mr. M. R. Unni is the Director of the Inter University Centre for Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture (IUCOFSA) and Registrar (Mahatma Gandhi University) in Kerala, India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Organic Farming
Book Subtitle: New Advances Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Editors: C. Sarath Chandran, Sabu Thomas, M. R. Unni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04657-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04656-9Published: 23 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04657-6Published: 14 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 139
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Climate Change Management and Policy, Sustainable Development, Soil Science & Conservation, Microbial Ecology