Agriculture and the Environment Book

	The global need for sustainability in agriculture and natural resources
	The efficiency of land and energy use in tropical economies and agriculture	1
	Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle: the need for sustainable land-use patterns	31
	Kikuyu agroforestry: an historical analysis	45
	Geologic research in support of sustainable agriculture	55
	Land degradation and sustainability of agricultural growth: some economic concepts and evidence from selected developing countries	69
	Agriculture and global warming	81
	The concept of agricultural sustainability	89
	The role of agroecology and integrated farming systems in agricultural sustainability	99
	Designing the future: sustainable agriculture in the US	123
	Do we need a new developmental paradigm?	135
	The need for a systems approach to sustainable agriculture	147
	An economic framework for evaluating agricultural policy and the sustainability of production systems	161
	The sociology of agricultural sustainability: some observations on the future of sustainable agriculture	175
	Managing pesticides for crop production and water quality protection: practical grower guides	187
	The Lake Erie Agroecosystem Program: water quality assessments	197
	Non-point source programs and progress in the Chesapeake Bay	217
	Agricultural best management practices for water pollution control: current issues	223
	Economic injury level concepts and their use in sustaining environmental quality	233
	Reorganizing to facilitate the development and use of integrated pest management	245
	Ethnoscience and biodiversity: key elements in the design of sustainable pest management systems for small farmers in developing countries	257
	Environmental and economic effects of reducing pesticide use in agriculture
	Effects, constraints and the future of weed biocontrol	289
	Developing an environmentally sound plant protection for cassava in Africa	305
	Author Index	325
	Announcement from the Publisher	327