Description
Part 1 reviews developments in improving cultivation across the value chain, from breeding more robust, low input varieties to ways of maintaining soil health and improving crop nutrition. Part 2 discusses the key topic of pests and diseases with reviews of integrated pest and weed management as well as organic plant protection products. Part 3 covers ways of monitoring the environmental impact of organic farming whilst the final part of the book discusses ways of supporting organic cultivation in the developing world.
With its distinguished editor and an international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for all those interested in understanding, improving and promoting organic farming.
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Author Biography
Professor Ulrich Köpke is Director and Head of the Institute of Organic Agriculture at the University of Bonn, Germany. He was Founding President of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) which plays a leading role in promoting collaboration in international organic research. Professor Köpke has written over 200 publications on nutrient management, life cycle analysis and other techniques for optimising agronomic practices in organic agriculture, as well as coordinating a number of major European research projects in organic agriculture.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Copyright Information
Copyright year 2019
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
- Publication Date November 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781786761842
- Publication CountryUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 210 GBP
- Pages568
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions229 X 152 mm
- SeriesBurleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
- Series Part47
- Reference Code9781786761842
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