Sustainable Intensification - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sustainable Intensification write by Jules N. Pretty. This book was released on 2012-06-25. Sustainable Intensification available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.
Genetically Engineered Crops
Genetically Engineered Crops - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genetically Engineered Crops write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This book was released on 2017-01-28. Genetically Engineered Crops available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their concerns about possible adverse effects on human health, the environment, and ethical considerations. At the same time, others are concerned that the technology is not reaching its potential to improve human health and the environment because of stringent regulations and reduced public funding to develop products offering more benefits to society. While the debate about these and other questions related to the genetic engineering techniques of the first 20 years goes on, emerging genetic-engineering technologies are adding new complexities to the conversation. Genetically Engineered Crops builds on previous related Academies reports published between 1987 and 2010 by undertaking a retrospective examination of the purported positive and adverse effects of GE crops and to anticipate what emerging genetic-engineering technologies hold for the future. This report indicates where there are uncertainties about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other impacts of GE crops and food, and makes recommendations to fill gaps in safety assessments, increase regulatory clarity, and improve innovations in and access to GE technology.
Potential New Crops, Crambe, 1970-1987
Potential New Crops, Crambe, 1970-1987 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Potential New Crops, Crambe, 1970-1987 write by Evelyn A. Brownlee. This book was released on 1987. Potential New Crops, Crambe, 1970-1987 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Potential New Crops Lesquerella, Lunaria, Sapium Sebiferum, and Stokesia, January 1970-November 1988
Potential New Crops Lesquerella, Lunaria, Sapium Sebiferum, and Stokesia, January 1970-November 1988 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Potential New Crops Lesquerella, Lunaria, Sapium Sebiferum, and Stokesia, January 1970-November 1988 write by Jerry Rafats. This book was released on 1989. Potential New Crops Lesquerella, Lunaria, Sapium Sebiferum, and Stokesia, January 1970-November 1988 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Alternative Crops
Alternative Crops - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alternative Crops write by Victoria. Department of Agriculture. This book was released on 1984. Alternative Crops available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
