Science, Policy and Politics of Modern Agricultural System : Global Context to Local Dynamics of Sustainable Agriculture - Behnassi, Mohamed; Shahid, Shabbir A.; Mintz-Habib, Nazia; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Part I Sustainable Agricultural Development Face to Environmental, Economic and Social Dynamics -- 1 Agricultural and food System - Global Change Nexus: Dynamics and Policy Implications -- 2 Challenges facing the macroeconomic policy for sustainable development in agriculture (based on the model of organic agriculture in Bulgaria) -- 3 Environmentally sound and commercially sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria -- 4 Some socio-economic factors affecting farmers' participation of agricultural extension education efforts: A case study in Northeastern Thailand -- 5 Factors influencing the choice of inorganic contrasting to organic practices in Irish potato production and viable actions to reverse the trend: A case study of Kisoro District, South-western Uganda -- 6 Moroccan agriculture facing climate change: Adaptation and local distribution of the value added -- 7 Economic impact of climate change on wheat productivity in Bangladesh: A Ricardian approach -- 8 Farmers' attitude towards the traditional and modern irrigation methods in Tabuk Region - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Part II Impacts of Soil Degradation in Terms of Agricultural Productivity -- 9 Using expert system for sustainable agriculture and capacity building in degraded soils -- 10 Managing degraded lands for realizing sustainable agriculture through environmental friendly technologies -- 11 Land suitability evaluation for jatropha (jatropha curcas l.) plantation in Indonesia -- 12 Physiological adaptation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) genotypes to salt stress: One of deleterious impacts of climate change -- Part III Livestock Production Enhancement: Recommended Techniques -- 13 Use of Prosopis juliflora seedpod as livestock feed in the arid and semi arid Rangelands of Kenya -- 14 Plankton and common reed - a potential resource for domestic animals and fish in North Delta lakes of Egypt -- 15 Is the "Livestock Revolution" achievable in water deprived areas? A reflection from experiments with irrigated smallholder farms in Morocco -- 16 Colostral IgG as affected by nutritional status for border leicester merino ewes deliver in Kuwait -- Part IV Agro-Biodiversity, Climate Change and Livelihoods: -- Managing Interdependence -- 17 Simulation of carbon consumption by biological models -- 18 Biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration in cocoa agroforest in Southern Cameroon -- 19 Agroforestry systems in Morocco: The case of olive tree and annual crops association -- 20 Sacred mangrove forests: Who bears the pride? -- 21 Adoption and utilisation of ethno-postharvest technologies by smallholder farmers in semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe: Case of Buhera District -- 22 The importance of non wood forest products for rural livelihoods: The case of South Kordofan State, Sudan -- 23 Co-management of forests and forest land under decentralization process in Central Vietnam -- Biographies of Contributors -- Authors Index -- Subject Index.
Keywords: Soil science; Soil conservation; Agriculture; Climate change; Water pollution; Sustainable development; Biodiversity; Soil Science & Conservation; Agriculture; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Sustainable Development; Biodiversity