Managing Energy, Nutrients, and Pests in Organic Field Crops
Erschienen am 7. Februar 2014
436 Seiten
978-1-040-16122-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The use of organic management practices in field cropping continues to rise globally, and these methods have proven to be a viable way to produce food with reduced resource use and environmental damage. Managing Energy, Nutrients, and Pests in Organic Field Crops challenges the popular misconception that organic systems are weak at managing energy,
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Dateigröße
3,17 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-16122-7 (9781040161227)
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Ralph C. Martin | Rod MacRae
Managing Energy, Nutrients, and Pests in Organic Field Crops
Buch
06/2019
1. Auflage
CRC Press
79,00 €
Versand in 15-20 Tagen
Ralph C. Martin | Rod MacRae
Managing Energy, Nutrients, and Pests in Organic Field Crops
Buch
02/2014
1. Auflage
CRC Press
258,50 €
Versand in 15-20 Tagen
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Rod MacRae, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His research focuses on creating a national food and agriculture policy for Canada and the set of coherent and comprehensive programs required to support such a policy. He has published extensively on this topic in the academic and popular press and has also conducted numerous policy analyses for the Canadian organic food sector.
Ralph C. Martin, Ph.D., grew up on a beef and hog farm in Wallenstein, Ontario, Canada. His love of teaching grew unexpectedly when he began teaching at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, in 1990, and realized how students teach him too. In 2001, he founded the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada to coordinate university research and education pertaining to organic systems across Canada. In 2011, he was appointed professor and Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production at the University of Guelph.
Ralph C. Martin, Ph.D., grew up on a beef and hog farm in Wallenstein, Ontario, Canada. His love of teaching grew unexpectedly when he began teaching at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, in 1990, and realized how students teach him too. In 2001, he founded the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada to coordinate university research and education pertaining to organic systems across Canada. In 2011, he was appointed professor and Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production at the University of Guelph.
Inhalt
Section I: Soil Health. Section II: Pest Management. Section III: Integrating Approaches. Section IV: Economics, Energy, and Policy. Index.
