Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field: A Proceedings Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Board on Agriculture (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309045789 ISBN-13: 9780309045780 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science |
LCCN: 91062492 |
Physical Information: 448 pages |
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Publisher Description: Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health. Continuing research is helping to demonstrate the ways that many factors?economics, biology, policy, and tradition?interact in sustainable agriculture systems. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop on the findings of a broad range of research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The areas of study, such as integrated pest management, alternative cropping and tillage systems, and comparisons with more conventional approaches, are essential to developing and adopting profitable and sustainable farming systems. |