Farming for Food and Water Security, 2012 Sustainable Agriculture Reviews Series, Vol. 10

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

Reports a novel tool to assess public goods of organic farming using a radar diagram Reports a list of advanced methods to remove water pesticides Participatory research shows that farmers perform better than extension officers Reports a list of criteria to select agroindicators