Organic crop production : ambitions and limitations /

Organic crop production : ambitions and limitations /

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Imprint:Dordrecht ; London : Springer, c2009.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Subject:
Organic farming.
Organic farming.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11958064
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Other authors / contributors:Kirchmann, H. (Holger)
BergstroĢˆm, L.
ISBN:9781402093166
1402093160
6611954759 (electronic bk.)
9786611954758 (electronic bk.)
1402093152 (Cloth)
9781402093159 (Cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Many people believe that organic agriculture is a solution for various problems related to food production. This book provides scientifically based information on organic agriculture such as crop yields, food safety, nutrient use efficiency, leaching, long-term sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions and energy aspects.
Other form:Print version: Organic crop production. Dordrecht ; London : Springer, c2009 9781402093159 1402093152
Table of Contents:
  • Widespread Opinions About Organic Agriculture
  • Are They Supported by Scientific Evidence?; Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture
  • Past and Present; Can Organic Crop Production Feed the World?; Plant Nutrients in Organic Farming; Nutrient Supply in Organic Agriculture
  • Plant Availability, Sources and Recycling; Synthesis of the Apelsvoll Cropping System Experiment in Norway
  • Nutrient Balances, Use Efficiencies and Leaching; Use Efficiency and Leaching of Nutrients in Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems in Sweden.

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