Environmental impacts of modern agriculture

• Tác giả: Roy M Harrison, R. E Hester
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 1849733856 (hbk.)
• ISBN: 9781849733854 (hbk.)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 630.286 Agriculture and related technologies
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cambridge : RSC Publishing, c2012.
• Mô tả vật lý: xvii, 174 p. : , ill., maps ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học ứng dụng
• ID: 274146
• Chủ đề: 1. Agricultural innovations; 2. Agriculture--Environmental aspects

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

This volume of the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology series examines the factors currently affecting agriculture on a global scale. Land use, soil quality and the inherent production of greenhouse gases by agriculture each receive their own chapters. Further chapters present a historical and contemporary perspective to the use of pesticides and how to achieve a balance between increased food production versus environmental impact. Agriculture now encompasses biofuels, and the final chapter gives a balanced view on their production. -- P. 4 of cover.