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Integrated Resource Management

Agroforestry for Development

  • 1 Edición - 24 de abril de 1992
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Charles V. Kidd, David Pimental
  • Idioma: Inglés

Written to help bring agriculture's "Green Revolution" to the third world, Integrated Resource Management includes overviews of current agricultural production systems and their… Leer más

Descripción

Written to help bring agriculture's "Green Revolution" to the third world, Integrated Resource Management includes overviews of current agricultural production systems and their alternatives, demographics on mortality and population growth, soils, erosion, water availability, sustainable integrated agroforestry systems and behavioral adaptations.

Puntos claves

  • Explains why a quality environment is essential for future agricultural and economic development
    Demonstrates that integrated resource management leads to sustainable and productive agriculture for development
  • Shows that certain agroforestry techniques conserve soil, water, energy, and biological resources and at the same time increase food and fuel supplies
  • Addresses the need for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and training to implement sound resource management policies and programs

De interès para

Environmental scientists, ecologists, agricultural scientists, foresters, and crop scientists

Índice

Overview:
C.V. Kidd, Food Production.
P. Demeny, D. Meadows, and C.V. Kidd, Population Change: Global Trends and Future Implications.
Soil and Water Resources:
F. Troeh and D. Pimentel, Soil and Land.
E. Clark, D. Pimentel, and F. Troeh, Soil Erosion.
P. Riley, D. Pimentel, and C.V. Kidd, Water.
Productive Sustainable Systems: Agroforestry:
R. Winterbottom, Integrated Resource Management Systems--Definition and Assessment.
J. Gritzner and D. Pimentel, Examples, Case Studies, and Models.
P. Oram and D. Pimentel, Research Challenges: Ecosystems and Economics.
L. Fortmann, Social Aspects of Resource Management Systems.
E. Boulding, A Sociological Analysis of Alternative Agriculture.
Summary:
C.V. Kidd, Observations and Conclusions.
Appendix: Committee on Population, Resources, and the Environment.

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 2 de enero de 2016
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

CK

Charles V. Kidd

Afiliaciones y experiencia
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

DP

David Pimental

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

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