Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

Volume 5

Series Editor

Eric Lichtfouse

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Other books by Dr. Eric Lichtfouse

Sustainable AgricultureVolume 1, 2009

Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil PollutantsSustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 1, 2009

Climate Change, Intercropping, Pest Control, and Beneficial MicroorganismsSustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 2, 2010

Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil ScienceSustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 3, 2010

Genetic Engineering, Biofertilisation, Soil Quality and Organic Farming Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Volume 4, 2010

Environmental ChemistryVolume 1, 2005

Rédiger pour être publié! Conseils pratiques pour les scientifiques2009

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Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture

EditorDr. Eric LichtfouseINRA-CMSE-PME17 rue Sully21000 Dijon Franceeric.lichtfouse@dijon.inra.fr

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Contents

Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary Science for a Sustainable Agriculture ......................................................................... 1Fabio Caporali

Measuring Agricultural Sustainability ......................................................... 73Dariush Hayati, Zahra Ranjbar, and Ezatollah Karami

Sustainable Bioenergy Production, Land and Nitrogen Use ....................... 101Enrico Ceotto and Mario Di Candilo

Biofuels, the Role of Biotechnology to Improve Their Sustainability and Profitability ........................................................... 123Meenu Saraf and Astley Hastings

Challenges and Opportunities of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Croplands .............................................................. 149Ilan Stavi and Rattan Lal

Conservation Agriculture Under Mediterranean Conditions in Spain ......................................................................................... 175F. Moreno, J.L. Arrúe, C. Cantero-Martínez, M.V. López, J.M. Murillo, A. Sombrero, R. López-Garrido, E. Madejón, D. Moret, and J. Álvaro-Fuentes

Conservation Tillage and Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-arid Dryland Farming ...................................................................... 195Mohammad J. Zarea

Synergism Among Crops to Improve Dryland Crop Production ............... 239Randy L. Anderson

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Sustainable Irrigation to Balance Supply of Soil Water, Oxygen, Nutrients and Agro-Chemicals ....................................................... 253Surya P. Bhattarai, David J. Midmore, and Ninghu Su

Agricultural Practices in Northeast India and Options for Sustainable Management ......................................................................... 287Mritunjay Majumder, Awadhesh Kumar Shukla, and Ayyanadar Arunachalam

Microbial Community Structure and Diversity as Indicators for Evaluating Soil Quality ..................................................... 317Sushil K. Sharma, Aketi Ramesh, Mahaveer P. Sharma, Om Prakash Joshi, Bram Govaerts, Kerri L. Steenwerth, and Douglas L. Karlen

Integrating Silvopastoralism and Biodiversity Conservation ..................... 359A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez, M. Rois-Díaz, and M.R. Mosquera-Losada

Index ................................................................................................................. 375