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Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Eric Lichtfouse

    1. INRA-CMSE-PME, Dijon, France

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  • Presents a list of advanced biofuels to counter climate change
  • Gives a list of farming practices that favour carbon sequestration
  • Describes several methods of conservation tillage to improve dryland soils
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (SARV, volume 5)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  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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About this book

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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“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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  • INRA-CMSE-PME, Dijon, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

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