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Agriculture and Environment
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9789819823666
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Sep 10 2026
Pages: 435
Weight: 2.16
Height: 1.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book integrates essential concepts of agriculture and the environment - two subjects of existential importance in the twenty-first century. Beginning with foundational principles, it examines how sustainable agricultural productivity is contingent upon maintaining environmental integrity, while also acknowledging agriculture's capacity to transform both local and global environments.
Across fourteen chapters, the book addresses environmental themes related to air, water, soil, and the biosphere, highlighting their interconnections with each other and with agriculture. Where relevant, quantitative treatments are introduced to provide clarity and depth. Examples are drawn from agricultural systems worldwide, with particular attention to regions facing resource limitations or environmental constraints. Each chapter incorporates Think about this boxes designed to prompt readers to reflect on core ideas and pressing issues. Many of these reflections extend beyond science to consider social and ethical dimensions, thereby underscoring the complexity of agriculture-environment interactions.
Dedicated sections on Sustainable and Climate-Smart Agriculture complement the content of each chapter by illustrating best practices that align agriculture with environmental health. These discussions are synthesized in the final chapter, which also examines approaches to measuring and assessing sustainability. Overall, the book provides a valuable resource for readers seeking to understand the multifaceted challenges of advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while ensuring global food security in the coming decades.
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