TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hester,R.E.
AU  - Harrison,Roy M.
TI  - Environmental impacts of modern agriculture
T2  - Issues in environmental science and technology
SN  - 9781849733854 (hbk.)
U1  - 630.286 HES 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Agricultural innovations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Modern agriculture and implications for land use and management -- Impacts of agriculture upon soil quality -- Impacts of agriculture upon greenhouse gas budgets -- Impacts of agriculture on water-borne pathogens -- Pesticides in modern agriculture -- Balancing the environmental consequences of agriculture with the need for food security -- Positive and negative impacts of agricultural production of liquid biofuels
N2  - This volume of the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology series examines the factors currently affecting agriculture on a global scale.  Land use, soil quality and the inherent production of greenhouse gases by agriculture each receive their own chapters.  Further chapters present a historical and contemporary perspective to the use of pesticides and how to achieve a balance between increased food production versus environmental impact.  Agriculture now encompasses biofuels, and the final chapter gives a balanced view on their production.--COVER
ER  -