Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Contents: I. Overview of sustainable agriculture 1. History of sustainable agriculture 2. Making agriculture a sustainable industry 3. International goal and the role of the international agricultural research centers 4. Sustainable agricultrue in the US 5. Society's stake in sustainable agricultrue 6. Sustainability: an opportunity for leadership II. Components of sustainable agricultural systems 7. Soil nutrient management in the US 8. Crop rotations in sustainable agricultural systems 9. Ecological and agronomic charateristics on innovative cropping systems 10. Biotechnology and crop breeding for sustainable agriculture 11. Pest management in sus. ag. systems 12. Evolving strategies for managing weeds 13. Conservation tillage in Sus. Ag. 14. Pasture management 15. Role of animals in sus. ag. III. The importance of integration in sus.farming systems 16. The importance of integration 17. Integrated farming system of Lautenbach: a practical contribution toward sus.ag. in Europe 18. Research on integrated arable farming and organic mixedd farming in the Netherlands IV. Sus.ag. systems in the tropics. 19. Ecological ag. in China 20. Sus.ag.systems in Tropical Africa 21. Ecological considerations for the future of food security in Africa 22. Understanding the basis of sustainability for ag. in the tropics: experiences in Latin America 23. Sus.ag systems in the humid tropics of S.America 24. Sustaining agriculture: the Indian scene V. Policy development for the low-input sus.ag.program 25. Policy development for the low-input sus.ag.program 26. The role of economics in achieving low-input farming systems 27. The economics of sus.ag.systems in developing countriess 28. The economic impact of sus.ag.on the ag.chemical industry 29. Compound and household farming: a sus.system for african ag. 30. Sociological aspects of ag.sustainability in the US: a New York State case study 31. Socioeconomic aspects of machinery requirements for rotational agriculture VI. Improved ecological impacts of sus.ag. 32. Lower input effects on soil productivity and nutrient cycling 33. Soil erosion and a sus.ag. 34. Sus.ag. and water quality 35. Soil microbiological inputs for sus.ag.systems 36. Role of sus.ag.in rural landscapes 37. Soil biota as components of sus.agroecosystems 38. Agriculture and human health 39. A matter of commitment 40. Sus.ag.systems: a concluding view