Organic Fertilisation, Soil Quality and Human Health [electronic resource] / edited by Eric Lichtfouse.

Convergence or divide in the movement for sustainable and just agriculture; Miguel A Altieri -- No-till agriculture in the USA; Jared Margulies -- Organic fertilizers in sub-Saharan farming systems; Jonas N. Chianu -- Biofuel Production Byproducts as Soil Amendments; Khaled D. Alotaibi -- Pseudomonas and microbes for disease-suppressive soils; Yvan MoȽnne-Loccoz -- Conservation Tillage Impact on Soil Aggregation, Organic Matter Turnover and Biodiversity; Tek Bahadur Sapkota -- Sustainable agricultural NP turnover in the 27 European countries; PȨter Csath -- Tomato production for human health, not only for food; Reza Ghorbani -- Jute biology, diversity, cultivation, pest control, fiber production and genetics; Sandipan Chowdhury -- Decision Support Systems for Agrotechnology Transfer; Reshmi Sarkar -- Plant growth retardants and mineral fertilisers for cotton; Zakaria M. Sawan.

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