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RECORD NUMBER: 36 OF 583Main Title | An ecosystem approach to sustainable agriculture : energy use efficiency in the American South / | |||||||||||
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Author | Jordan, Carl F., | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Springer, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2013 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 830367526 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9789400767898; 9400767897 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Sustainable agriculture--Southern States ; Agriculture and energy--Southern States ; Energy consumption | |||||||||||
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Collation | xvi, 247 p. col. ill., charts ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographic references. Robert J. Cabin, series editor. |
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Contents Notes | Modern industrial agriculture is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on petroleum, a non-renewable source of the energy used in farming, and because of pollution caused by petroleum products such as fertilizers and pesticides. A systems analysis of farming suggests that agriculture will be more sustainable when services of nature, such as nutrient recycling by soil micro-organisms and natural controls of insects, replace the services now provided by energy from petroleum. Examples are drawn from the Southeastern USA, but lessons learned can be applied worldwide.-- |