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  • Biological Approaches to Regenerative Soil Systems

    Edición de Norman Uphoff, Janice Thies ...
    Series series Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
    Agriculture in the 21st century will need considerable modification to remain both productive and sustainable. Greater production is needed to meet the needs of our still-growing populations and to combat hunger and poverty. Declines in soil health and the pollution of water sources are making many of our production systems less tenable. These adverse trends are exacerbated more and more by the ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Improving International Irrigation Management With Farmer Participation

    Getting The Process Right

    de Norman Uphoff ...
    Traditionally, indigenous irrigation in many countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America has been managed quite well by water users, who design, build, operate, and maintain often sophisticated, but usually small-scale, systems. More recently, in connection with large-scale development programs and government-managed schemes, the planned introduct ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change and Global Food Security

    In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050. This increase will have to come from existing land, as little potential exists for bringing new land under cultivation -- a daunting prospect when one realizes that increased use and significantly higher concentrations of carbon ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • Sustainable Agriculture and the International Rice-Wheat System

    Series series Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
    Addressing a topic of major importance to the maintenance of world food supplies, this reference identifies knowledge gaps, defines priorities, and formulates recommendations for the improvement of the rice-wheat farming system. The book reveals new systems of rice intensification and management and illustrates the application of no-till and conser ... Leer más

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  • Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World

    Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress? Can increases in food production achieved in the past two decades be sustained in the next two decades? Can developing countries achieve freedom from hunger and malnutrition ... Leer más

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  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2

    Cultivation, pest and disease management

    Series Libro 4 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Summarises advances in cultivation practices to close yield gaps, including more efficient irrigation and nutrition techniques;Discusses innovative methods of ‘climate-smart’ cultivation such as integrated crop management and the system of rice intensification (SRI);Reviews the latest research on insect pests, weeds and integrated pest management ... Leer más

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  • Agroecological Innovations

    Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development

    Edición de Norman Uphoff ...
    The world's food supply needs to rise significantly, yet both arable and water supplies per capita are decreasing. Not only are modern agricultural methods beyond the reach of those suffering the greatest food insecurity but they are also ecologically damaging, relying upon fossil energy and chemical inputs. This volume offers a collection of innovative and diverse approaches to agricultural ... Leer más

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    Can We Feed the World?

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  • The Ecological Hoofprint

    The Global Burden of Industrial Livestock

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  • Status of the World's Soil Resources. Technical Summary

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    This document presents a summary of the first Status of the World's Soil Resources report, the goal of which is to make clear the essential connections between human well-being and the soil. The report provides a benchmark against which our collective progress to conserve this essential resource can be measured. The report synthesizes the work of some 200 soil scientists from 60 countries. It ... Leer más

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  • World Livestock: Transforming the Livestock Sector through the Sustainable Development Goals

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