Research Catalog

Title

Sustainable agricultural systems / edited by Clive A. Edwards ... [et al.].

Publication

Ankeny, Iowa : Soil and Water Conservation Society, c1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Edwards, C. A. (Clive Arthur), 1925-
• United States. Agency for International Development
• International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Systems (1988 : Ohio State University)

Description

xvi, 696 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Topics in this congres report about sustainable agriculture are: history, goals of international research centers, various components (e.g. soil, crops, weeds, animals), the importance of integration, farming systems in the Tropics, effects on the environment and on human health, policy development for the low-input sustainable agriculture programme

Subject

• Sustainable agriculture
• Agricultural systems

Note

• "Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Systems that was held at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in September 1988 ... [under the] sponsorship of USAID ... [et al.]"--P. xiv.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• An overview of sustainable agriculture. A history of sustainable agriculture / Richard R. Harwood -- Making agriculture a sustainable industry / N.C. Brady -- International goals and the role of the international agricultural research centers / Donald L. Plucknett -- Sustainable agriculture in the United States / J.F. Parr [and others] -- Society's stake in sustainable agriculture / Charles M. Benbrook -- Sustainability : an opportunity for leadership / Robert Rodale.
• Components of sustainable agricultural systems. Soil nutrient management in the United States / Larry D. King -- Crop rotations in sustainable production systems / C.A. Francis and M.D. Clegg -- Ecological and agronomic characteristics of innovative cropping systems / Benjamin R. Stinner and John M. Blair -- Biotechnology and crop breeding for sustainable agriculture / Holly Hauptli [and others] -- Pest management in sustainable agricultural systems / John M. Luna and Garfield J. House.
• Evolving strategies for managing weeds / Emilie E. Regnier and Rhonda R. Janke -- Conservation tillage in sustainable agriculture / R. Lal [and others] -- Pasture management / Bill Murphy -- Role of animals in sustainable agriculture / Charles F. Parker -- The importance of integration in sustainable farming systems. The importance of integration in sustainable agricultural systems / Clive A. Edwards -- Integrated farming system of Lautenbach : a practical contribution toward sustainable agriculture in Europe / A. El Titi and H. Landes.
• Research on integrated arable farming and organic mixed farming in the Netherlands / P. Vereijken -- Sustainable agriculture systems in the tropics. Ecological agriculture in China / Shi ming Luo and Chun ru Han -- Sustainable agricultural systems in tropical Africa / Bede N. Okigbo -- Ecological considerations for the future of food security in Africa / H.C.P. Brown and V.G. Thomas -- Understanding the basis of sustainability for agriculture in the tropics : experiences in Latin America / Stephen R. Gliessman.
• Sustainable agricultural systems in the humid tropics of South America / Hugo Villachica [and others] -- Sustaining agriculture : the Indian scene / N.S. Randhawa and I.P. Abrol -- Policy development for the low-input sustainable agriculture program. Policy development for the low-input sustainable agriculture program / Paul F. O'Connell -- The role of economics in achieving low-input farming systems / J. Patrick Madden and Thomas L. Dobbs -- The economics of sustainable agricultural systems in developing countries / Randolph Barker and Duane Chapman.

ISBN

093573421X

LCCN

^^^89026370^

OCLC

• 20933949
• SCSB-10407117

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library