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Conservation agriculture―consisting of four components including permanent soil cover, minimum soil disturbance, diversified crop rotations and integrated weed management―is considered the principal pathway to sustainable agriculture and the conservation of natural resources and the environment....
- Abstract, 2011, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences Agricultural sector as important economic activities in various communities requires coherent planning in order to achieve development and confront with crises. Sustainable agriculture is more efficient in use of resources...
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Key Resource 2019-01-20 Second edition of this classic textbook expands on the first edition to include advances made in the last four decades, bringing the topic completely up to date. The book addresses critical issues such as whether humanity can feed itself, and whether it can do so in environmentally sound and...
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By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion. And the challenge of feeding this rapidly growing population is being made greater by climate change, which will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. At the same time, we have lost touch with the soil—few of us...
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2005-03-01 This bulletin discusses a whole farm ecological approach of management practices in designing an improved system that integrates ecological pest management into other aspects of crop and soil management. Sustainable Agriculture Network 20 pages, illustrated, photos
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2003-10-01 This bulletin discusses what organic farming is and provides an overview of organic farming systems. Sustainable Agriculture Network 31 pages, illustrated, photos
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1998-01-01 This publication is geared toward the beginning, small-scale nursery manager, who wants to use sustainable practices to grow plants. It is not meant to be inclusive of everything one needs to know before going into production. The nursery can be part of a diversification strategy to make the farm...
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1997-01-09 This booklet is a global directory of partnerships for sustainable agriculture.The summaries in the directory provide basic information about main crops, pests, as well as the impacts, constraints and challenges of each project. 52 pages, illustrations
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Key Resource 2001-03-01 Lessons learned in Latin America is about the use and dissemination of cover crops in different agroecosystems need to be made more widely available not only to Spanish speaking, but also Anglophone regions. This publication aims to inform a wide range of actors involved in rural development...