Sustainable Crop Production in the Sub-Tropics

An Australian Perspective

Edited by: AL Clarke   Queensland Department of Primary Industries PB Wylie   Colour photographs, Index 376 pages Publisher: Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries 1997

Hardback - Originally $104.50 - ISBN: 0724259856 - AU $75.00

Description  | Contents  | Readership  | Related Categories Description Australia's summer rainfall cereal lands, like many other cereal lands of the world, are suffering serious degradation through soil erosion, fertility decline and structural deterioration. Community interest in this situation and the related problems – salinisation, acidification and chemical contamination of soils, streams and produce – is predictably strong. Sustainable Crop Production in the Sub-Tropics: an Australian Perspective critically analyses a large body of information gathered by scientific research and farmer experience. It details the various degradation processes and examines farming systems in terms of sustainability. Principles of sustainability are thus established and these are well illustrated by examples from practical regional agriculture. The pathway to sustainable agriculture is clearly indicated. Sustainable Crop Production in the Sub-Tropics: an Australian Perspective focuses on the soils, climate and crops of the summer rainfall cereal lands of Queensland and northern New South Wales. It also relates directly to environmentally similar regions in other parts of the world, and its principles can be applied elsewhere, both within and beyond Australia. Contents Foreword Preface Part One - Introduction Part Two - Constraints to Sustainability Part Three - Impact of Management Practices and Sustainability Part Four - Building Sustainable Farming Systems Part Five - Looking Ahead Index Readership This book is addressed to scientists and science administrators, extension workers, educators and students, agribusiness, landcare workers and farmers. Related Categories Landlinks : Crops & Pastures