Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture

Sustainable agriculture aims to achieve the goal of food security, also maximizing the socio-economic benefits, and minimizing environmental drawbacks. Farming systems mostly relying on ecological processes and the reduced application of external inputs (fertilizers and pesticides), such as organic...

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description Sustainable agriculture aims to achieve the goal of food security, also maximizing the socio-economic benefits, and minimizing environmental drawbacks. Farming systems mostly relying on ecological processes and the reduced application of external inputs (fertilizers and pesticides), such as organic farming and integrated farming, can even contribute to the mitigation of global warming and of the desertification of soils. Conservation agriculture (CA) is also widely recognized as a farming system able to preserve soils from erosion and nutrient loss, increase soil organic matter and carbon sink capacity, and improve biological and physical fertility. Nevertheless, CA systems generally rely on the large use of agrochemicals (above all, herbicides and fertilizers) in order to sustain crop production, with negative consequences in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact. This also does not enable an easy transfer of CA techniques into organic and integrated farming systems, a combination that might enhance the environmental benefits of these farming systems. In this regard, this Special Issue deals with the "Smart Management of Conservative, Organic, and Integrated Agriculture". We invited experts and researchers to contribute with original researches, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all topics related to organic, integrated, and conservative farming systems. The published articles concern with the most important aspects of these innovative systems, such as performances of farm machinery and agro-ecological strategies aiming at sustaining crop production whilst reducing the need for agrochemicals.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-691192024-03-28T03:31:20Z Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture Peruzzi, Andrea Frasconi, Christian Antichi, Daniele waste management economic evaluation biodegradable mulch polyethylene grapevine no-chemical organic agriculture sucker removal Vitis vinifera (L.) thermal weed management organic farming mulch weed dynamic cereal grain cover crop roller-crimper no-till cover crops green manure organic fertilizers carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxide dead mulch biodegradable plastic mulch conservation agriculture tomato cultivation systems Gliricidia sepium leguminous plants Leucaena leucocephala mineral fertilization cinnamon oil clove oil cover crop termination organic herbicides roller/crimper mulch-based system N leaching no-till organic system intercropping ecological intensification sustainable agriculture climate change mitigation cabbage fennel lettuce living mulch Mediterranean climate minimum tillage no-tillage thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Sustainable agriculture aims to achieve the goal of food security, also maximizing the socio-economic benefits, and minimizing environmental drawbacks. Farming systems mostly relying on ecological processes and the reduced application of external inputs (fertilizers and pesticides), such as organic farming and integrated farming, can even contribute to the mitigation of global warming and of the desertification of soils. Conservation agriculture (CA) is also widely recognized as a farming system able to preserve soils from erosion and nutrient loss, increase soil organic matter and carbon sink capacity, and improve biological and physical fertility. Nevertheless, CA systems generally rely on the large use of agrochemicals (above all, herbicides and fertilizers) in order to sustain crop production, with negative consequences in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact. This also does not enable an easy transfer of CA techniques into organic and integrated farming systems, a combination that might enhance the environmental benefits of these farming systems. In this regard, this Special Issue deals with the "Smart Management of Conservative, Organic, and Integrated Agriculture". We invited experts and researchers to contribute with original researches, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all topics related to organic, integrated, and conservative farming systems. The published articles concern with the most important aspects of these innovative systems, such as performances of farm machinery and agro-ecological strategies aiming at sustaining crop production whilst reducing the need for agrochemicals. 2021-05-01T15:41:33Z 2021-05-01T15:41:33Z 2020 book ONIX_20210501_9783039369867_865 9783039369867 9783039369874 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69119 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2891 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2891 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03936-987-4 10.3390/books978-3-03936-987-4 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039369867 9783039369874 182 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle waste management
economic evaluation
biodegradable mulch
polyethylene
grapevine
no-chemical
organic agriculture
sucker removal
Vitis vinifera (L.)
thermal
weed management
organic farming
mulch
weed dynamic
cereal grain cover crop
roller-crimper
no-till
cover crops
green manure
organic fertilizers
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
dead mulch
biodegradable plastic mulch
conservation agriculture
tomato
cultivation systems
Gliricidia sepium
leguminous plants
Leucaena leucocephala
mineral fertilization
cinnamon oil
clove oil
cover crop termination
organic herbicides
roller/crimper
mulch-based system
N leaching
no-till organic system
intercropping
ecological intensification
sustainable agriculture
climate change mitigation
cabbage
fennel
lettuce
living mulch
Mediterranean climate
minimum tillage
no-tillage
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture
title Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture
title_full Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture
title_fullStr Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture
title_short Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture
title_sort smart management of conservative organic and integrated agriculture
topic waste management
economic evaluation
biodegradable mulch
polyethylene
grapevine
no-chemical
organic agriculture
sucker removal
Vitis vinifera (L.)
thermal
weed management
organic farming
mulch
weed dynamic
cereal grain cover crop
roller-crimper
no-till
cover crops
green manure
organic fertilizers
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
dead mulch
biodegradable plastic mulch
conservation agriculture
tomato
cultivation systems
Gliricidia sepium
leguminous plants
Leucaena leucocephala
mineral fertilization
cinnamon oil
clove oil
cover crop termination
organic herbicides
roller/crimper
mulch-based system
N leaching
no-till organic system
intercropping
ecological intensification
sustainable agriculture
climate change mitigation
cabbage
fennel
lettuce
living mulch
Mediterranean climate
minimum tillage
no-tillage
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
topic_facet waste management
economic evaluation
biodegradable mulch
polyethylene
grapevine
no-chemical
organic agriculture
sucker removal
Vitis vinifera (L.)
thermal
weed management
organic farming
mulch
weed dynamic
cereal grain cover crop
roller-crimper
no-till
cover crops
green manure
organic fertilizers
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
dead mulch
biodegradable plastic mulch
conservation agriculture
tomato
cultivation systems
Gliricidia sepium
leguminous plants
Leucaena leucocephala
mineral fertilization
cinnamon oil
clove oil
cover crop termination
organic herbicides
roller/crimper
mulch-based system
N leaching
no-till organic system
intercropping
ecological intensification
sustainable agriculture
climate change mitigation
cabbage
fennel
lettuce
living mulch
Mediterranean climate
minimum tillage
no-tillage
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
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