Ecological Bulletins, Bulletin 39, Ecological Implications of Contemporary Agriculture: Proceedings of a Symposium held 7-12 September, 1986, at WageningenISBN: 978-87-16-10227-0
Hardcover
212 pages
January 1991, Wiley-Blackwell
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- the soil and its life;
- the plants, especially the unwanted ones;
- the fauna, with emphasis on the control of pests;
- the nutrient cycles and nutrient budgets (the driving
force);
- the connecting elements in the rural landscape, related as they
are with lotting out.
For each subject (session) two invited papers were presented in combination with a varying number of posters. All these papers were encompassed by the opening and closing lectures, which sketch the societal framework within which a more ecological approach of agriculture has to be worked out.
In this overview the different elements are rearranged and assessed according to four major groups of problems: lotting out, nutrient management, soil treatment, and weed and arthropod control. It is concluded with some comments on the possibilities to realize more ecological approaches in the framework of farming-practice and EC-politics.