Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental PolicyRichard K. Olson CRC Press, 1992 - 161 páginas Publisher description: Find an interdiscliplinary view of sustainable agriculture that emphasizes the potential contributions of ecology to agricultural sustainability in this groundbreaking book. Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy explores how ecological knowledge, applied as part of a multidisciplinary effort, can be used to design a sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture. A more ecologically based agriculture can increase production efficiency and decrease environmental impacts, but hard choices regarding population control, energy conservation, and land use must still be made. This interdisciplinary approach ensures that the results are beneficial to all components, for example, an ecologically based management scheme which bankrupts the farmer is not considered a viable option for sustainable agriculture. These thought-provoking chapters are an excellent introduction to the contributions of ecological principles to an environmentally sound sustainable agriculture. |
Índice
Federal Policies as Incentives or Disincentives | 21 |
A New Application | 37 |
Using Knowledge of Soil Nutrient Cycling Processes | 63 |
Managing Nutrient Cycles | 69 |
Nutrient Cycling and Diversity of Soil Biota | 77 |
Designing Sustainable Agricultural | 83 |
A Landscape Perspective | 92 |
Sustainable Agriculture Research at the Watershed Scale | 105 |
Conclusions | 111 |
Conclusions | 119 |
EPA Policy Priorities and Programs | 126 |
EPA Research Strategy and Programs | 133 |
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education | 141 |
A Vital Component If Sustainable | 153 |
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Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy Richard Olson Pré-visualização limitada - 2018 |
Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy Raymond P Poincelot,Richard Olson Pré-visualização indisponível - 1992 |
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