Agriculture as a Mimic of Natural Ecosystems

E. C. Lefroy

ISBN 10: 0792359658 / ISBN 13: 9780792359654

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Mär 2000, 2000

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book critically examines the idea that the sustainability of agriculture could be improved by mimicking the structure and processes occurring in natural ecosystems. Researchers from around the world present comparative studies of multi-species farming systems, natural ecosystems and conventional agriculture. Case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North and South America examine the implications of increasing the complexity of farming systems on water and nutrient cycling, productivity and resilience. Theoretical issues discussed include the role of biodiversity in agriculture, the trade-off between perenniality and productivity, the choice to integrate or segregate production and conservation in an agricultural landscape, and the social and economic challenges to adopting complex farming systems. One section is devoted to the application of this concept in southern Australia, where 15 million hectares of land are expected to be affected by salinity by the middle of the next century unless there is a significant change in agricultural practice.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 516 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Agriculture as a Mimic of Natural Ecosystems
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Mär 2000
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0792359658
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780792359654
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 33 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 33 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 934 grammes

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This book critically examines the idea that the sustainability of agriculture could be improved by mimicking the structure and processes occurring in natural ecosystems. Researchers from around the world present comparative studies of multi-species farming systems, natural ecosystems and conventional agriculture. Case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North and South America examine the implications of increasing the complexity of farming systems on water and nutrient cycling, productivity and resilience. Theoretical issues discussed include the role of biodiversity in agriculture, the trade-off between perenniality and productivity, the choice to integrate or segregate production and conservation in an agricultural landscape, and the social and economic challenges to adopting complex farming systems. One section is devoted to the application of this concept in southern Australia, where 15 million hectares of land are expected to be affected by salinity by the middle of the next century unless there is a significant change in agricultural practice.