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1 online resource (ix, 437 pages) : illustrations |
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture commitment to sustainable agriculture / Charles E. Hess -- Background and status of the low-input sustainable agriculture program / Neill Schaller -- Challenges and rewards of sustainable agriculture research and education / R. James Cook -- Overview of current sustainable agriculture research / John C. Gardner [and others] -- Economic considerations in sustainable agriculture for Midwestern farmers / Michael Duffy -- Comparative study of organic and conventional tomato production systems : an approach to on-farm systems studies / Carol Shennan [and others] -- STEEP : a model for conservation and environmental research and education / Robert I. Papendick |
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Soil moisture monitoring : a practical route to irrigation efficiency and farm resource conservation / Gail Richardson -- Research and education in the Western region / Dale R. Darling -- A farmers' perspective / Robert A. Klicker -- Southeastern apple integrated pest management / Dan L. Horton, Douglas G. Pfeiffer, and Floyd F. Hendrix, Jr. -- Low-input crop and livestock systems in the Southeastern United States / John M. Luna [and others] -- Solarization and living mulch to optimize low-input production system for small fruits / Kim Patten [and others] -- Research and education in the South / Raymond E. Frisbie -- New strategies for reducing insecticide use in the corn belt / Gerald R. Sutter and David R. Lance |
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On-farm research comparing conventional and low-input sustainable agriculture systems in the northern Great Plains / Thomas L. Dobbs, James D. Smolik, and Clarence Mends -- Low-input, high-forage beef production / Terry Klopfenstein -- Low-input sustainable agriculture projects, Alternative agriculture, and related issues / Harold F. Reetz, Jr. -- Long-term, low-input cropping systems research / Rhonda R. Janke [and others] -- Perspectives for sustainable agriculture from nutrient management experiences in Pennsylvania / Les E. Lanyon -- Use of fungal pathogens for biological control of insect pests / Raymond I. Carruthers, Alan J. Sawyer, and Kirsten Hural -- Time frame for sustainable agriculture and pollution prevention research / Clayton W. Ogg |
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Sustainable agriculture research and education in the Northeast / James F. Parr -- Sustainable agriculture research and education in the field / Neil H. Pelsue, Jr. -- Assessing the progress of sustainable agriculture research / Jonathan H. Harsch -- Low-input sustainable agriculture farm decision support system / John E. Ikerd -- Voison controlled grazing management : a better way to farm / William M. Murphy -- Expert systems : an aid to adoption of sustainable agriculture systems / Edwin G. Rajotte and Timothy Bowser |
| Notes |
Papers based on a workshop held in Washington, D.C., Apr. 3-4, 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Sustainable agriculture -- Research -- United States -- Congresses
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Sustainable agriculture -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses
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Sustainable agriculture -- United States -- Congresses
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING.
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Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
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Sustainable agriculture
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Sustainable agriculture -- Research
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Sustainable agriculture -- Study and teaching
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Agrarforschung
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Landwirtschaft
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Schulung
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Umweltverträglichkeit
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Agricultura (estudo e ensino) -- Estados unidos.
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Agricultura sustentável (congressos) -- Estados unidos.
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United States
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Kongress.
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Washington (DC, 1990).
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Electronic book
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| Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture.
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| ISBN |
0309568579 |
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9780309568579 |
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1280211881 |
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9781280211881 |
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9786610211883 |
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6610211884 |
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