Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy (Journal of Sustainable Agriculture) by Poincelot, Raymond P; Olson, Richard - 1992

U.S.A.: CRC Press, 1992. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Green and gold wrapper with white and black lettering. 161 informative and educational pages! "Find an interdiscliplinary view of sustainable agriculture that emphasizes the potential contributions of ecology to agricultural sustainability in this groundbreaking book. Integrating Sustainable Agriculture, Ecology, and Environmental Policy explores how ecological knowledge, applied as part of a multidisciplinary effort, can be used to design a sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture. A more ecologically based agriculture can increase production efficiency and decrease environmental impacts, but hard choices regarding population control, energy conservation, and land use must still be made. This interdisciplinary approach ensures that the results are beneficial to all components, for example, an ecologically based management scheme which bankrupts the farmer is not considered a viable option for sustainable agriculture. These thought-provoking chapters are an excellent introduction to the contributions of ecological principles to an environmentally sound sustainable agriculture.......". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.