Regenerative Agriculture : What's Missing? What Do We Still Need to Know? /
The food system is our last coal-fired power station, our last diesel engine. This book is a trans-disciplinary treatment of what needs to be done to make it not only sustainable but also to regenerate soil and water resources, habitat, economy and society. The book brings back classical principles...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Cost of Food, Consequences of not valuing soil, water and those who manage them
- Changing the Paradigm of agricultural intensification. Challenges faced by agriculture in Moldova
- The Alberta Experience. Climate change action plan, cap-and-trade legislation for carbon emissions, and carbon credits for farmers
- The Social Food Service market - a lever for change
- Discussion
- Is the future of Agriculture Perennial? The fundamental difference between natural ecosystems and agro-ecosystems
- Managing chernozem to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
- Quality and health of anthropically transformed Black Earth
- Seeking an alternative for weed control in Conservation Agriculture
- Step-by-step to fill the gaps along the path to sustainability
- Discussion
- Agricultural Research and the Agriculture of the Future
- The LONE Concept, Agriculture of the Future
- Adaptation to climate change through plant breeding: the status of winter wheat
- Long-term research on crop rotation
- Sustainable intensification of agriculture on the Bălţi steppe. Crop diversity, irrigation, and no-till in crop rotations
- Restoration of the degraded plough layer of Chernozem prior to implementation of Zero Tillage
- The Big Picture - some ideas for research and action: an International Hydrological Network for Food-water; needs and opportunities for financing regenerative agriculture across the steppes through Green Bonds
- Pointers for decision-makers, researchers and practical farmers.