Proceedings of the Sanborn Field Centennial
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 172
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Centennial Proceedings and Other Historical Facts and Incidents Relating to Newfane. The County Seat of Windham County, Vermont
Author: Joseph J. Green
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-08-03
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 3385550378
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Soils and Global Change
Author: John M. Kimble
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1995-03-23
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781566701181
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pedosphere - the thin mantel of soil on the earth's surface - plays a potentially crucial role in climate and climate change . The carbon storage of soils is the second largest in the biosphere, making the dynamics of soil organic carbon an important issue that must be understood if we are to fully comprehend global change. This new book examines the importance of soils and their relationship to global change, specifically to the greenhouse effect. Soils and Global Change presents a state-of-the-art compendium of our present knowledge of soils. This up-to-date information source enables readers to delve into the literature about soils and climate change and examine soils in both natural and managed environments.
Soil Organic Matter in Temperate AgroecosystemsLong Term Experiments in North America
Author: Eldor A. Paul
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-08-16
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1000714144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe presence - or absence - of soil organic matter (SOM) has important implications for agricultural productivity. It could also have significant implications for global climate due to its role as a source/sink of carbon. Therefore, it is important to understand the issues related to the accumulation or loss of SOM, to use what we have learned from experiments to make sound decisions about soil and crop management, and to test models and future concepts concerning SOM management. A database is included with the book, presenting tabular data for 34 sites in North America. Soil Organic Matter in Temperate Agroecosystems discusses all of these issues and more, answering such questions as:
Soil as World Heritage
Author: David Dent
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-09-30
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9400761872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoil as World Heritage celebrates a half century of field experiments on the Balti Steppe, in Moldova - where Dokuchaev first described the Typical Chernozem in 1877, protected from the elements by a unique system of shelter belts designed by the great man, and now provisionally listed as the first World Heritage Site for soil. The book presents contributions to the 2012 international symposium attended by researchers, practitioners and policy makers from the European Commission and countries as diverse as Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy , the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and, of course, Moldova itself. The experimental data demonstrate the damage caused by human activity to the productivity and integrity of the black earth and, also, ways to restore its fertility. Results from even longer-established trials worldwide also demonstrate that agricultural practices are driving global warming, leaching of nutrients, pollution of water resources, diversion of rainfall away from replenishment of soil and groundwater to destructive runoff, and destroying soil organic matter and biodiversity. These are pressing issues for our generation and will press harder on future generations. Long-term field experiments, and the scientific skills and experience that they nurture, will be more and more valuable as a foundation and focus for interdisciplinary teams studying the effects of farming practices on the soil and soil life so as to devise a sustainable alternative. Europe-wide and worldwide contributions also discuss economic incentives - carbon and green water credits - which themselves require robust supporting data, and legislative aspects of promoting more sustainable farming systems. The outcomes of the conference include recommendations for institutional support for sustainable farming and a draft of the law on land and soil management for the Parliament of Moldova.
The Proceedings of the Webster Centennial
Author: Dartmouth College
Publisher: Hanover : N.H.
Published: 1902
Total Pages: 318
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRegenerative Agriculture
Author: David Dent
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-06-21
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 3030722244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe food system is our last coal-fired power station, our last diesel engine. This book is a trans-disciplinary approach to what needs to be done to make our food system sustainable and to regenerate soil and water resources, habitat, economy and society. The book brings back classical principles of agronomy and integrates economic, agro-ecological and social perspectives, drawing on a wealth of expertise on the political economy of the food system, Conservation Agriculture, and long-term field experiments. Regenerative agriculture builds on known knowns – like crop rotation, water and nutrient requirements, soil and water conservation, farm-gate prices, international trade and supply chains. It grapples with known unknowns – like weed, pest and disease control without agrochemicals, cover crops for profit as well as protection, mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis, resilience and tipping points in ecosystems, farming systems and societies, and how we can pay for imperative changes. Lastly, it acknowledges unknown unknowns – the things we are oblivious to but which we really must know – like how to liberate the ghettos of the mind inhabited by farmers, agronomists, politicians and societies.
Addresses and Proceedings at the Centennial Anniversary of the Congregational Church, in Sanbornton, N. H., November 12 and 13, 1871
Author: Congregational Church (Sanbornton, N.H.)
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKClimate Change and Global Crop Productivity
Author: K. R. Reddy
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2000-04-25
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780851997094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation. Worldwide climatic changes have been raising concerns about potential changes to crop yields and production systems. Such concerns include the ability to accommodate these uncertain effects in order to ensure an adequate food supply for an increasing population. Written by leadinginternational experts, this book is the first comprehensive examination of the potential effects climate change, particularly green house gases, will have on agroecosystems. It also reviews the effects such systems have on climate change itself.
