Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture

A New Social Contract
Herausgeber: Francis, Charles A; Poincelot, Raymond; Bird, George

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today's farmers and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially acceptable. This comprehensive look at the current state of farming and ranching presents leading authorities discussing concepts and approaches in sustainable agriculture such as crop rotations, integrated pest management, alternative sources of nutrients to maintain productivity, and rotational grazing systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781560223320
• ISBN-10: 1560223324
• Artikelnr.: 22450280

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword (James Ian Gray and Fred L. Poston)
Preface
Chapter 1. Overview of the Educational Social Contract: Building a Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (Ray P. Poincelot
Charles A. Francis
and George W. Bird)
Introduction
Evolving Role of Extension
Industrial Agriculture and Family Farming
Building an Appropriate Information Foundation
Mainstream Activities in Sustainable Agriculture
Closing the Loop: Educating the Consumer
Renewing the Contract
Chapter 2. Integrated Pest Management
Ecoliteracy
and Unexpected Consequences (George W. Bird and Michael J. Brewer)
Introduction
Nature of IPM
Monitoring and Evaluation
State IPM Program Coordinator Observations
Management Strategies and Tactics
IPM Program Implementation
IPM Program Resiliency
IPM Tactics for Resiliency
Multiple Benefits of IPM Tactics
Economics of IPM
Ecoliteracy
Law of Unexpected Consequences
Chapter 3. Soil Management in Sustainable Production Systems (Kent McVay)
Soil Development in Modern History
Reasons and Goals
Use of Cover Crops
Cropping Systems That Mimic a Natural Environment
Maintaining a Living Soil
Earthworms
Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
Soil Management and Soil Quality
Enhancing Environmental Quality and Productivity
Chapter 4. Managed Grazing in Sustainable Farming Systems (Terry Gompert)
Introduction
Why Promote Managed Grazing?
What Do We Graze?
What Ec