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Author Staff, Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods

Title Alternative Agriculture
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (464 pages)
Contents ""Alternative Agriculture""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Part One""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Findings""; ""Incentives for the Adoption of Alternatives""; ""Evaluating Alternative Farming Methods and Systems""; ""Conclusions""; ""Alternative Farming Practices and their Effectiveness""; ""The Effect of Government Policy""; ""The State of Research and Extension""; ""Recommendations""; ""Farm and Environmental Policy""; ""Research and Development""; ""Economics and Markets""; ""The Future of Alternative Farming""; ""1 Agriculture and the Economy ""; ""TRADE""
""AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES""""Inputs""; ""Fertilizers""; ""Pesticides""; ""Antibiotics""; ""Irrigation""; ""THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE""; ""REGIONAL DISTINCTIONS""; ""THE POWER OF POLICY""; ""Lack of Long-Range National Program Goals""; ""Impact of Commodity Policy on Alternative Agriculture""; ""Tax Policy""; ""Research and Education""; ""Other Programs and Policies""; ""Soil Conservation Programs""; ""Pesticide Licensing""; ""Food Quality and Safety""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""2 Problems in U.S. Agriculture ""; ""THE FARM ECONOMY""; ""TRADE""; ""NATURAL RESOURCES""; ""Water Quality""
""Surface Water""""Groundwater""; ""The Effects of Irrigation""; ""Soil Erosion""; ""Genetic Diversity""; ""Effects of Pesticides""; ""Food Safety""; ""Antibiotics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""3 Research and Science ""; ""CROP ROTATION""; ""PLANT NUTRIENTS""; ""Soil Properties and Plant Nutrients""; ""Soil Texture""; ""Cation Exchange""; ""Soil Quality""; ""Nutrient Management""; ""Nitrogen""; ""Legumes as a Source of Nitrogen""; ""Manure as a Source of Nutrients""; ""Phosphorus""; ""Potassium""; ""Amending Soil Reaction""; ""Tillage""; ""Effect of Soil Biota on Nutrient Availability""
""LIVESTOCK""""Obstacles to Greater Use of Hay and Forage""; ""Lignocellulose Digestion""; ""Improving Quality of Pastures and Forages""; ""Muscle-to-Fat Ratio""; ""Animal Health Systems""; ""Antibiotics""; ""Alternatives to Antibiotic Use""; ""Swine Production""; ""Hormonal Therapy""; ""Protection""; ""Parasitism""; ""Genetic Resistance to Disease""; ""Stress and Disease""; ""Technology and Advanced Diagnostics""; ""PEST CONTROL IN CROPS""; ""IPM Development""; ""Alternative Insect and Mite Control""; ""Alternative Plant Pathogen Control""; ""Alternative Nematode Control""
""Alternative Weed Control""""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""4 Economic Evaluation of Alternative Farming Systems ""; ""ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS""; ""Economic Studies of Farming Practices""; ""Whole-Farm Analysis of Alternative Methods""; ""The Transition to Alternatives""; ""Comparative Regional Cost of Production""; ""Methods for Comparing Production Costs""; ""Alternative Agriculture and Production Costs""; ""ALTERNATIVE PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES""; ""IPM""; ""Alternative Weed Control Practices""; ""Quantifying the Benefits of Pesticides""
Notes ""The Economics of Biological Methods of Pest Control""
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Subject Alternative agriculture -- United States
Agricultural systems -- United States -- Case studies
Agricultural systems
Alternative agriculture
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309567459
0309567459