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Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy

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Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy

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Book ISBN : 1560220244

Format : Softcover

Author : Ecology, and Environmental Policy, Richard K. Olson, Rudolf Steiner, Raymond P. Poincelot

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Pages : 180 pp.

Publisher : Food Product Press
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Edited by Richard K. Olson, MA Project Scientist, ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., USEPA Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon Raymond P. Poincelot, PhD Professor of Biology, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut. Format: Softcover, Number of pages: 180 pp. Publication Date: 1992. 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.

This multidisciplinary examination provides readers interested in agriculture with a valuable introduction to related work in other fields including ecology and economics. Agronomists, ecologists, educators, and policymakers will find essential information on diverse topics including:

the definition and measurement of ecological sustainability in agriculture
landscape ecology and the design of sustainable agricultural landscapes
soil ecology as a foundation for sustainable agriculture
Federal agricultural policies as incentives or deterrent to sustainable agriculture
applying farming systems research and extension to sustainable agriculture
population growth and other threats to sustainable agriculture
environmental policies and their effects on sustainable agriculture
the role of precollege education in developing sustainable agriculture

Table of contents: Contents Conference Proceedings

Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy
The Future Context of Sustainable Agriculture: Planning for Uncertainty
Federal Policies as Incentives or Disincentives to Ecologically Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Building Sustainable Agriculture: A New Application of Farming Systems Research and Extension
Ecological Sustainability in Agricultural Systems: Definition and Measurement
Using Knowledge of Soil Nutrient Cycling Processes to Design Sustainable Agriculture
?Landscape Ecology: Designing Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes
Sustainable Agriculture Research at the Watershed Scale
Addressing Information Needs to Support Sustainable Agriculture Policies
Reducing Agricultural Impacts on the Environment: Current EPA Program and Research Activities--and Future Directions
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program: With Special Reference to the Science of Ecology
Precollege Education: A Vital Component if Sustainable Agriculture is to Take Root
Reference Notes Included

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