Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 49

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 49
Author: Harsh Panwar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030582590

This book presents advanced therapies based on new and complementary drugs, and alternative techniques and strategies, such as phages, probiotics, flavonoids, essential oils, cellulose, peptides, nano delivery, iron starvation and vaccines.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 14

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 14
Author: Harry Ozier-Lafontaine
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319060163

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control, and biodiversity depletion. Novel, environmentally-friendly solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from sciences as diverse as agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, and social sciences. Indeed, sustainable agriculture decipher mechanisms of processes that occur from the molecular level to the farming system to the global level at time scales ranging from seconds to centuries. For that, scientists use the system approach that involves studying components and interactions of a whole system to address scientific, economic and social issues. In that respect, sustainable agriculture is not a classical, narrow science. Instead of solving problems using the classical painkiller approach that treats only negative impacts, sustainable agriculture treats problem sources. Because most actual society issues are now intertwined, global, and fast-developing, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
Author: Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-12-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400754493

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues: climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. This series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then proposes alternative solutions.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 44

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 44
Author: Ankit Saneja
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030418421

This book covers nanotechnology based approaches for improving the therapeutic efficacy of natural products. It critically explores lipid nanoarchitectonics, inorganic particles and nanoemulsion based tools for delivering them. With its chapters from eminent experts working in this discipline, it is ideal for researchers and professionals working in the area.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 39

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 39
Author: Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2020-04-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030388816

This book reviews recent research advances in sustainable agriculture, with focus on crop production, biodiversity and biofuels in Africa and Asia.

Managing Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2

Managing Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2
Author: Don Reicosky
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9781351114585

"There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living biological systems. This volume reviews the latest research on soil monitoring and management. Part 1 starts by reviewing soil classification, sampling and ways of monitoring soil dynamics. Part 2 surveys key techniques for managing soil, from no-till and conservation tillage techniques to the use of rotations, intercropping and cover crops as well as manure and compost management. The final part of the book discusses ways of supporting smallholders in maintaining soil health in regions such as Africa, Asia and South America. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for soil scientists and agronomists as well as the farming community and government agencies responsible for monitoring soil health. It is accompanied by a companion volume looking at developments in soil science."--Provided by publisher.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 32

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 32
Author: Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2018-11-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319989146

This book summarise advanced knowledge and methods to recycle waste and fertilise soils in agriculture. In the near future, waste recycling will no longer be an option because natural resources become rare and costly, urbanisation is blooming and population is growing. In theory, most waste could be recycled. In practice, most waste is wasted. Remarkable aspects include the concepts of waste hierarchy eco-houses in smart cities, microbes and fungi for plant nutrition, and benefits of legume cultivation, biochar application and agropastoralism.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 42

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 42
Author: Grégorio Crini
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030413845

This book reviews recent research and applications, developments, research trends, methods and issues related to the applications of industrial hemp for fundamental research and technology.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 56

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 56
Author: Ajay Rana
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2022-02-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030844056

This book reviews the sources, extraction, processing and applications of value-added compounds from agro-waste, with a focus on drug delivery, tea, apple pomace, lignin nanocomposites, bioethanol, fertilizers and sitosterol. Food residues provide bioactive molecules, enzymes, vitamins, antioxidants, and animal feed.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 31

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 31
Author: Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2018-09-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319942328

This book presents advanced ecological techniques for crop cultivation and the chapters are arranged into four sections, namely general aspects, weeds, fungi, worms and microbes. Biocontrol is an ecological method of controlling pests such as insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases using other organisms. This practice has been used for centuries. Biocontrol relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms. Natural enemies of insect pests, also known as biological control agents, include predators, parasitoids, pathogens, and competitors.