Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fu
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Volume 5
Series Editor Eric Lichtfouse
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Other books by Dr. Eric Lichtfouse
Sustainable Agriculture Volume 1, 2009 Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil Pollutants Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 1, 2009 Climate Change, Intercropping, Pest Control, and Beneficial Microorganisms Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 2, 2010 Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 3, 2010 Genetic Engineering, Biofertilisation, Soil Quality and Organic Farming Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 4, 2010 Environmental Chemistry Volume 1, 2005 Rédiger pour être publié! Conseils pratiques pour les scientifiques 2009
Forthcoming Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2 Environmental Chemistry Volume 2
Eric Lichtfouse Editor
Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture
Editor Dr. Eric Lichtfouse INRA-CMSE-PME 17 rue Sully 21000 Dijon France [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9512-1 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9513-8 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9513-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936437 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Cover illustration: Old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon) on flowers. Copyright: Louis Vidal, INRA 2010 Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary Science for a Sustainable Agriculture.......................................................................... Fabio Caporali Measuring Agricultural Sustainability.......................................................... Dariush Hayati, Zahra Ranjbar, and Ezatollah Karami
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Sustainable Bioenergy Production, Land and Nitrogen Use........................ 101 Enrico Ceotto and Mario Di Candilo Biofuels, the Role of Biotechnology to Improve Their Sustainability and Profitability............................................................ 123 Meenu Saraf and Astley Hastings Challenges and Opportunities of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Croplands............................................................... 149 Ilan Stavi and Rattan Lal Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain.......................................................................................... 175 F. Moreno, J.L. Arrúe, C. Cantero-Martínez, M.V. López, J.M. Murillo, A. Sombrero, R. López-Garrido, E. Madejón, D. Moret, and J. Álvaro-Fuentes Conservation Tillage and Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-arid Dryland Farming...........
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