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.