Carl F. Jordan

An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture

Energy Use Efficiency in the American South

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Modern industrial agriculture is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on petroleum, a non-renewable source of the energy used in farming, and because of pollution caused by petroleum products such as fertilizers and pesticides. A systems analysis of farming suggests that agriculture will be more sustainable when services of nature, such as nutrient recycling by soil micro-organisms and natural controls of insects, replace the services now provided by energy from petroleum. Examples are drawn from the Southeastern USA, but lessons learned can be applied worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Environmental Challenges and Solutions 1
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 86249927, 978-94-007-6789-8
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9789400767898
• ISBN-10: 9400767897
• Artikelnr.: 37537506

Inhaltsangabe

A Systems (Holistic) Approach to Sustainable Agriculture.- A History of Unsustainability in Agriculture.- Political and Economic Challenges to Creating a Sustainable Agriculture.- Energetic Services of Nature That Increase Agricultural Sustainability.- Applied Tools and Practices For Sustainable Agriculture.- An Economic, Ecological, and Cultural Evaluation of Agriculture in The American South.- Case Studies of Contemporary, Sustainable Farms in the South.- Holism vs. Reductionism in Agricultural Science.- Appendices.