An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture Energy Use Efficiency in the American South /

• Main Author: Jordan, Carl F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Environmental Challenges and Solutions, 1
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Agriculture.; Applied Ecology.; Endangered ecosystems.; Conservation biology.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Environment.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Management.; Ecosystems.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6790-4

For economic reasons, farmers generally strive to maximize short-term agricultural yield (energy output) through energy subsidies in the form of fertilizers and pesticides. When these subsidies are used inefficiently they result in water and air pollution, soil erosion, extinction of beneficial inse...

Table of Contents:

• A Systems (Holistic) Approach to Sustainable Agriculture
• A History of Unsustainability in Agriculture
• Political and Economic Challenges to Creating a Sustainable Agriculture
• Energetic Services of �Nature That Increase Agricultural Sustainability
• Applied Tools and Practices For Sustainable Agriculture
• An Economic, Ecological, and Cultural Evaluation of Agriculture in The American South
• Case Studies of Contemporary, Sustainable Farms in the South
• Holism vs. Reductionism in Agricultural Science
• Appendices.