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300.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Improving the quality of compost amended peat pots for vegetable plantlets in organic farming.
Leiser, M. Acta-hortic (339): p.229-239. (1993 Aug.)
Paper presented at the Workshop on Ecological Aspects of Vegetable Fertilization in Integrated Crop Production in the Field, September 7-11, 1992, Wadenswil, Switzerland.
Descriptors: lactuca-sativa; foeniculum-vulgare; brassica-oleracea-var; -gongylodes; seedlings; peat; substrates; composts; organic-farming; npk-fertilizers; crop-yield; irrigation-scheduling; transplanting; plant-composition


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301.
NAL Call No.: HD9007.N5I52- 1991
Industry guide to New Jersey's organic markets, 1991. New Jersey's organic markets.
Natural Organic Farmers Association of New Jersey. Pennington, NJ : Natural Organic Farmers Association of New Jersey : Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, c1991. 59 p. : ill., Descriptors: Organic-farming-New-Jersey-Directories; Natural-foods-industry-New-Jersey-Directories

302.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
The influence of a hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop on weed control and corn (Zea mays) growth and yield.
Curran, W. S.; Hoffman, L. D.; Werner, E. L. Weed- technol v.8(4): p.777-784. (1994 Oct.-1994 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: weed-control; cultural-weed-control; cover-crops; vicia-villosa; chemical-vs; -cultural-weed-control; atrazine; metolachlor; sulfonylurea-herbicides; chemical-control; application-rates; no-tillage; low-input-agriculture; weeds; panicum-dichotomiflorum; crop-yield; zea-mays; nicosulfuron; thifensulfuron

303.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Influence of crops and cultivation management on the nitrogen leaching potential on ecological farms in south east Norway.
Solberg, S. O. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.115-121. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; nitrogen; leaching; risk; losses-from-soil; leys; legumes; grain-crops; fodder-crops; catch-crops; root-crops; vegetables; fallow; nitrate-nitrogen; ammonium-nitrogen; nitrogen-content; soil; seasonal-variation; rotations; plowing; timing; crop-management; norway

304.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Innovation in cultivation techniques of greenhouse ornamentals with particular regard to low energy input and pollution reduction.
Serra, G. Acta-hortic (353): p.149-163. (1994 Feb.)
Paper presented at the "International Workshop on Floriculture & Nursery Industries and Environment," held October 22-24, 1992, Vertemate con Minoprio, Italy.
Descriptors: pot-plants; floriculture; greenhouse- culture; crop-production; greenhouse-crops; mechanization; energy-conservation; pollution-control

305.
NAL Call No.: S69.R47
The innovation of tradition--low-cost, low input alternatives for Maine farmers.
Gauvin, M. Res-Maine-People-Agric-Exp-Stn-Univ-Maine v.1(8): p.2-8. (1988 Sept.)
Descriptors: alternative-farming; sustainability; legumes; rotations; mixed-cropping; double-cropping; cultural- weed-control; insect-control; rotational-grazing; grazing- intensity; maine; low-input-farming

306.
NAL Call No.: 100- C12Cag
Insect damage limits yield, profits of organic apples.
Caprile, J.; Klonsky, K.; Mills, N.; McDougall, S.; Micke, W.; Van Steenwyk, B. Calif-agric v.48(6): p.21-28. (1994 Nov.-1994 Dec.)
Descriptors: malus-pumila; cydia-pomonella; dysaphis- plantaginea; organic-farming; cover-crops; soil-fertility; plant- nutrition; beneficial-insects; pheromones; mating- disruption; sprays; crop-yield; profits; california

307.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Integrated farming--putting together systems for farm use.
Ogilvy, S. E.; Turley, D. B.; Cook, S. K.; Fisher, N. M.; Holland, J.; Prew, R. D.; Spink, J. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.53-60. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; integrated-systems; integrated-control; crop-husbandry; cultivars; disease- resistance; farming; cropping-systems; farm-inputs; europe; uk; link-integrated-farming-systems

308.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Integrated fruit production in the United States.
Hull, J. Jr. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 372- 374.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: malus; pyrus; vitis; organic-farming; integrated-control; integrated-pest-management; sustainability; reports; usa

309.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Integrated fruit production--the experience of South Tyrol.
Oberhofer, H. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 25- 32.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; integrated-control; insect- control; fungus-control; insect-pests; integrated-pest- management; crop-production; control-programs; fungicides; storage; low-input-agriculture; italy

310.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Integrated kenaf, broiler manure and beef production system.
Williams, T. H. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 17 p.
SARE Project Number: ANE 92.14. Record includes 3 1/2 Floppy Disk and copies of Delaware Beef News newsletter.
Descriptors: beef-cattle; feeding; poultry-manure; kenaf; beef-production; safety; low-input-agriculture; delaware

311.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Integrated pest management: a grower's perspective.
Tawczynski, D. HortScience v.27(7): p.761. (1992 July)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Sustainable Vegetable Production, held at the 88th American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Meeting, July 22, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: integrated-pest-management; opinions; farmers'-attitudes; alternative-farming; sustainability; vegetables; crop-production

312.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Integrated pest management and integrated fruit production: choosing between tactics and commandments.
Blommers, L. H. M. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 225- 231.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: integrated-control; integrated-pest- management; low-input-agriculture; control-methods; natural- enemies

313.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Integrated production of apple: what is the real difference between conventional production and I.P.? Results of a survey.
Gessler, C.; Buhler, M.; Boos, J. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 47-55.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; integrated-control; crop- production; fungicides; fungal-diseases; control-programs; surveys; low-input-agriculture; switzerland; fruit-scab; integrated-fruit-production

314.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
An integrated sustainable vegetable production system.
Phatak, S. C. HortScience v.27(7): p.738-741. (1992 July)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Sustainable Vegetable Production, held at the 88th American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Meeting, July 22, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; sustainability; integrated-systems; tillage; soil-fertility; plant-nutrition; integrated-pest-management; alternative-farming

315.
NAL Call No.: HD82.I68--no.94- 8
Integrating economic growth, equity, and environmental assets components of sustainable development in tropical agriculture : a conceptual framework.
Davis, C. G. C. G. 1.; University of Florida. Food and Resource Economics Dept. Gainesville, Fla. : Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, [1994] 36 leaves : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Tropics; Agricultural-development-projects-Environmental-aspects-Tropics; Sustainable-development-Tropics

316.
NAL Call No.: 4- AM34P
Integrating mechanical weeding with reduced herbicide use in conservation tillage corn production systems.
Buhler, D. D.; Doll, J. D.; Proost, R. T.; Visocky, M. R. Agron-j v.87(3): p.507-512. (1995 May-1995 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; conservation-tillage; weed- control; integrated-control; chemical-control; low-input- agriculture; hoeing; interrow-cultivation; atrazine; metolachlor; cyanazine; application-rates; no-tillage; plowing; efficacy; crop-yield; grain; wisconsin
Abstract: Integrated weed management for conservation tillage systems is needed so producers can minimize the environmental impacts of crop production while maintaining effective weed control and profitability. Reduced levels of herbicides and rotary hoeing were evaluated in combination with interrow cultivation for weed control in corn (Zea mays L.) planted into chisel-plowed or untilled seedbeds. Atrazine [6- chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine 2,4-diamine] at 1.1 kg a.i. ha-1 or cyanazine [2-[[4-chloro-6-(ethylamino)-1,3,5- triazin-2-yl]amino] 2-methylpropanenitrile] at 1.7 kg a.i. ha-1 applied within 2 d after corn planting greatly reduced weed growth compared with no herbicide use. These reduced herbicide treatments often controlled weeds as well as a standard full-rate treatment (atrazine at 1.6 kg ha-1 plus 2.0 kg a.i. ha-1 metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1 methylethyl) acetamide]) prior to cultivation in both tillage systems. In the chisel-plow experiment, rotary hoeing was not as effective as atrazine or ganazine in reducing early-season weed growth. In most cases, one or two interrow cultivations following atrazine or cyanazine increased weed control and corn grain yield to levels similar to the full-rate treatment in both the chisel-plow and no-tillage systems. Integrating interrow cultivation with reduced levels of herbicide maintained weed control and corn yield compared with the full-rate treatment and is an effective weed management option for corn planted in conservation tillage systems.

317.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Integrating reduced herbicide use with mechanical weeding in corn (Zea mays).
Mulder, T. A.; Doll, J. D. Weed-technol v.7(2): p.382-389. (1993 Apr.-1993 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; weed-control; integrated- control; chemical-control; hoeing; atrazine; metolachlor; herbicide-mixtures; broadcasting; band-placement; crop- yield; grain; returns; economic-analysis; soil-compaction; low-input- agriculture; wisconsin; reduced-application-rates

318.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y Integrating sustainable agriculture into SCS conservation programs.
Safley, M.; Oyer, L. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1991. p. 194-198.
In the series analytic: Agriculture and the Environment / edited by D. Takiff Smith.
Descriptors: agriculture; sustainability; soil- conservation; federal-programs; usda; diffusion-of-information; resource-management; soil-conservation-service

319.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Integration of aquaculture into an irrigated farm to improve efficiency of water and nutrient use.
Olsen, M. W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 21 p.
SARE Project Number: UC/USDA AW91-2. Record inculdes 5 1/2 floppy disk and papers on the research.
Descriptors: irrigation-water; effluents; fish-culture; crop-production; ictalurus-punctatus; tilapia; irrigated- conditions; gossypium; lawns-and-turf; ornamental-plants; crop- yield; water-use-efficiency; water-management; low-input- agriculture; new-mexico; arizona; fish-discharge-water-effluent

320.
NAL Call No.: S603.5.S64--1994
Intercropping corn and frijol chinapopo (Phaseolus coccineus) : contributions of an indigenous practice to sustainable agriculture production in the highlands of Honduras (a diagnostic overview).
Solomon, T. R.; Flores, M. Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras : CIDICCO, [1994] 45 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, "July, 1994."
Descriptors: Intercropping-Honduras; Corn-Honduras; Scarlet-runner-bean-Honduras


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321.
NAL Call No.: S441.S8552
Intercropping small grains and lupin for sustainable on- farm utilization.
Van Santen, E. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE research projects Southern Region. [1988-. 1995. 15 p.
SARE Project Number: LS94-62. Record includes publication. Date of report November 1995.
Descriptors: lupinus-albus; triticum-aestivum; avena- sativa; cultivars; sowing-rates; intercropping; crop-yield; sustainability; silage; dairy-farming; alabama

322.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
An interdisciplinary, experiment station-based participatory comparison of alternative crop management systems for California's Sacramento Valley.
Temple, S. R.; Friedman, D. B.; Somasco, O.; Ferris, H.; Scow, K.; Klonsky, K. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Winter/Spring 1994. v. 9 (1/2) p. 64-71.
Papers presented at the conference on "Science and Sustainability", October 24-26, 1993, Seattle, Washington.
Descriptors: organic-farming; low-input-agriculture; farming-systems; sustainability; farming-systems-research; experimental-design; research-projects; rotations; crop- yield; california
Abstract: In 1989, a group of researchers, farmers and farm advisors initiated an interdisciplinary study of the transition from conventional to low-input and organic management of a 4-year, five-crop rotation. Crop yields initially varied among systems, but now appear to be approaching each other after a transition period that included the development of practices and equipment most appropriate for each system. Farming practices and crop production costs are carefully documented to compare the various systems' economic performance and biological risk. Supplying adequate N and managing weeds were challenges for the low-input and organic systems during the first rotation cycle, and experiments are being conducted on an 8-acre companion block to find solutions to these and other problems. Leading conventional and organic growers provide a much needed farmer perspective on cropping practices and economic interpretations, because we try to provide "best farmer" management of each system. Research groups within the project are focusing on soil microbiology, economics, pest management, agronomy and cover crop management.

323.
NAL Call No.: QH301.N32
IPM of Thrips palmi in vegetables.
Johnson, M. W. NATO-ASI-ser,-Ser-A,-Life-sci. New York : Plenum, 1984-. 1995. v. 276 p. 381-387.
In the series analytic: Thrips biology and management / edited by B. L. Parker, M. Skinner and T. Lewis. Burlington, Vermont.
Descriptors: citrullus-lanatus; cucumis-sativus; thrips-palmi; infestation; integrated-pest-management; oxamyl; avermectins; chemical-control; low-input-agriculture; frankliniella-occidentalis; damage; leaves; population-density; crop-yield; hawaii

324.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.B563N33
Is genetically engineered herbicide-resistance (GEHR) compatible with low-input sustainable agriculture (LISA).
Comstock, G. NABC-rep (1): p.111-123. (1989)
In the series analytic: Biotechnology and sustainable agriculture : Policy alternatives / edited by J.F. McDonald. Paper presented at the first annual National Agricultural Biotechnology Council meeting, May 22-24, 1989.
Descriptors: crops; herbicide-resistance; plant- breeding; genetic-engineering; biotechnology; low-input- agriculture; sustainability; relationships

325.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Is sustainable agriculture an elixir for rural communities.
Lasley, P.; Hoiberg, E.; Bultena, G. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. 1993. v. 8 (3) p. 133-139.
Commentary.
Descriptors: rural-communities; agricultural-structure; sustainability; alternative-farming
Abstract: The transformation of agriculture according to an industrial model has had clear benefits in improving efficiency and lowering production costs, but also has had adverse consequences on rural culture and the environment. Sustainable agriculture offers alternative practices and values intended to promote environmental stewardship, conserve resources, preserve farm traditions, and support rural communities. Strong arguments can be made that it will have these consequences, based on the interactions among agricultural structure, rural community viability, and environmental quality. However, counterarguments can also be made, and the claimed benefits of sustainable agriculture for rural communities must be regarded as not yet demonstrated.

326.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86I87-- 1991
It's everybody's business : submissions to the Science Council's Committee on Sustainable Agriculture. Submissions to the Science Council's Committee on Sustainable Agriculture.
Science Council of Canada. Committee on Sustainable Agriculture. Ottawa, Ontario : The Council, c1991. 35 p., Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Canada; Agriculture-Canada

327.
NAL Call No.: S589.76.G7J65-- 1994
The JAEP report.
Joint Agriculture and Environment Programme. Swindon, [England] : NERC, 1994. 22 p. : col. ill., At foot of title page : AFRC, ESRC Economic & Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council.
Descriptors: Agricultural-ecology-Great-Britain; Sustainable-agriculture-Great-Britain

328.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I5J64- 1991
Joining farmers' experiments : experiences in participatory technology development.
Haverkort, B.; Kamp, J. v. d.; Waters Bayer, A. London : Intermediate Technology, 1991. x, 269 p. : ill., Bibliography: p. 257-269.
Descriptors: Alternative-agriculture-Developing- countries; Agricultural-innovations-Developing-countries; Sustainable-agriculture-Developing-countries; Agricultural- extension-work-Developing-countries

329.
NAL Call No.: HD2080.55.A47-- no.26
Khwampenpaidai nai kanphoem khwamyuhyong khong rabop kaset doi kanphoem prasitthiphap thang theknik : korani Muban Phanokkok Maerim, Cho. Chiangmai. Possibility of increasing sustainability of agricultural systems via technical efficiency improvement.
Songsak Sriboonchitta.; Mahawitthayalai Chiang Mai. Sun Wichai phua Phoem Phon Phalit thang Kaset. Chiang Mai, Thailand : Multiple Cropping Centre, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, 1989. 20 leaves : ill., Includes bibliographical references (leaf 20).
Descriptors: Agricultural-innovations-Thailand-Pha-Nok- Kok; Crop-yields-Thailand-Pha-Nok-Kok; Sustainable-agriculture- Thailand-Pha-Nok-Kok

330.
NAL Call No.: 281.28- R88
Labor and production barriers to the reduction of agricultural chemical inputs.
Pfeffer, M. J. Rural-Sociol v.57(3): p.347-362. (1992 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-chemicals; application-rates; labor; production; farm-management; farm-inputs
Abstract: Advocates of sustainable agriculture consider farmer flexibility and innovativeness a key element in efforts to develop farm practices that reduce chemical inputs. In contrast to labor displacing technologies, farming with reduced chemical inputs may increase labor demands. Consequently, concerns about labor supply may affect farmer adaptability in reducing chemical inputs. This research addresses two specific questions. First, how concerned are farmers about the availability of labor needed to reduce chemical inputs? Second, do farmers view production problems as insurmountable without chemicals because of labor constraints? The majority of farmers surveyed agree that it is difficult to reduce chemical inputs because additional labor is hard to find, and their own labor inputs would have to increase. Results of OLS regression analysis show that whether the farmer hires workers affects the relationship between perceived labor and production barriers. Labor supply is less elastic for farmers who hire no labor, and they have less access to social networks that would provide them with sources of the additional workers needed if chemical inputs were reduced. The significance of these results for the development of sources of information that enhance farmer adaptability is discussed.

331. NAL Call No.: Videocassette-- no.2221
Land Link : a program to increase opportunities for beginning farmers and encourage sustainable agriculture.
Land Link Realty (Firm). Walthill, NE : Land Link Realty, [1991?] 1 videocassette (ca. 29 min.) : sd., col..
Descriptors: Farmers-Nebraska/ Agriculture-Nebraska
Abstract:Consists of a series of reports about Land Link (a pilot program in Nebraska that matches up older farmers nearing retirement with younger farmers struggling to get started) that originally aired on television.
332.
NAL Call No.: S481.B85-- no.332
Land tenure and sustainable land use.
Bakema, R.; Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Royal Tropical Institute, c1994. 47 p. : maps, "Issues in environmental management, Kit Agricultural Development"--Cover.
Descriptors: Land-use-Africa; Land-tenure-Africa; Sustainable-agriculture-Africa; Environmental-policy-Africa

333.
NAL Call No.: HD1761.L95-- 1994
Lean, mean and green-- designing farm support programs in a new era. Designing farm support programs in a new era.
Lynch, S.; Smith, K. 1. Greenbelt, Md. : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, [1994] iii, 27 p. : ill., col. maps, "December 1994."
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-United-States; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-United-States; Sustainable- agriculture-Government-policy-United-States; Agriculture- Environmental-aspects-Government-policy-United-States

334.
NAL Call No.: DISS-- F1995018
Learning to change, changing to learn : managing natural resources for sustainable agriculture in the Philippe uplands.
Campilan, D. M. 1. [Wageningen? : s.n., 1995?] ix, 231 p. : ill., maps, "Stellingen" ([2] p.) inserted.

335.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86L43-- 1993
Lectures presented at IFDC training program : plant nutrient management for sustainable agriculture : Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.A., September 14-25, 1992. Plant nutrient management for sustainable agriculture.
International Fertilizer Development Center. Muscle Shoals, Ala. : International Fertilizer Development Center, 1993. 37 p., At head of title: Abstracts.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Plant- nutrients-Congresses

336.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U52C27
Legislation regulating production or organic foods.
Vaupel, S. Small-Farm-News. Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center. Nov/Dec 1992. p. 1, 4, 9-10.
Includes references.
Descriptors: organic-foods; food-production; food- legislation; organic-farming; california

337.
NAL Call No.: 57.9- F41
Less-intensive integrated farming systems for arable crop production and environmental protection.
Jordan, V. W. L.; Hutcheon, J. A. Proc-Fert-Soc (346): p.1-32. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farming-systems; integrated-systems; intensive-farming; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; crop- management; crop-production; crop-quality; projects; environmental-protection; uk; less-intensive-farming-and- environment-project

338.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86L47-- 1992
Let farmers judge : experiences in assessing the sustainability of agriculture.
Hiemstra, W.; Reijntes, C.; Werf, E. J. v. d. London [England] : Intermediate Technology Pubs., 1992. vii, 208 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Case-studies

339.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
LISA as applied to vegetable production systems.
Bennett, M. A.; Creamer, N. G. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 24 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC 91-33.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; cover-crops; mixtures; vicia-villosa; secale-cereale; trifolium-incarnatum; hordeum-vulgare; weed-control; live-mulches; herbicides; low- input-agriculture; biomass-production; nitrogen-content; soil- water; soil-temperature; nitrate-nitrogen; insect-pests; carbaryl; bacillus- thuringiensis; plant-diseases; crop-yield; ohio

340.
NAL Call No.: SF41.L58-- 1994
Livestock for a small earth : the role of animals in a just and sustainable world.
Aaker, J.; DeVries, J.; Heifer Project. Washington, D.C. : Seven Locks Press, 1994. xv, 111 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-111).
Descriptors: Heifer-Project; Livestock; Livestock- projects; Sustainable-agriculture; Farms,-Small


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341.
NAL Call No.: S481.B85-- no.331
Local level institutional development for sustainable land use.
Bakema, R.; Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Royal Tropical Institute, c1994. 63 p. : ill., maps, "Issues in environmental management, Kit Agricultural Development"--Cover.
Descriptors: Land-use-Africa; Sustainable-agriculture- Africa; Environmental-policy-Africa

342.
NAL Call No.: S542.A8A34
Looking forward: finding a path for sustainable farm development.
McCown, R. L.; Keating, B. A. ACIAR-Proc (41): p.126-132. (1992)
In the series analytic: A search for strategies for sustainable dryland cropping in semi-arid eastern Kenya / edited by M.E. Probert. Paper presented at a symposium held Dec 10-11, 1990, Nairobi, Kenya.
Descriptors: farm-development; sustainability; semiarid-zones; population-pressure; kenya

343.
NAL Call No.: QH540.J6
Low-contaminant jarosite waste as a fertilizer amendment.
Kanabo, I. A. K.; Gilkes, R. J. J-Environ-Qual v.21(4): p.679-684. (1992 Oct.-1992 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; trifolium-subterraneum; lolium-perenne; oryza-sativa; industrial-wastes; jarosite; soil- amendments; ammonium-nitrate; zinc-sulfate; calcium-sulfate; bioavailability; nutrient-uptake; plant-nutrition; plant-tissues; chemical-composition; nitrogen; zinc; sulfur; cadmium; iron; copper; heavy- metals; crop-yield
Abstract: Low-contaminant jarosite (LCJ), with 1.1% N, 4.7% Zn, and 11% S, is a potential fertilizer source, but its use may create toxic conditions. This material was compared with standard fertilizers in glasshouse experiments and the effect of the application of jarosite to soils on the concentrations of heavy metals in plants was also investigated. On the basis of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yields, LCJ is about 5% as effective in supply N as NH4NO3. On the basis of Zn concentration in plant tops, LCJ was about 80% as effective as ZnSO4 in supplying Zn to wheat. Based on S concentrations in clover (Trifolium spp.) tops, LCJ was 30 and 60% as effective as CaSO4 in supplying S on light and heavy-textured soils, respectively. Application of LCJ to soils resulted in elevated concentrations of Cd, Cu, and Zn in plant tissue. The increase in Cd concentration was such that it is unlikely that LCJ could be recommended as a fertilizer for plants grown for human or animal consumption.

344. NAL Call No.: Videocassette-- no.1735
Low cost inputs for high yields. No cost inputs for high yields.
Touchton, J. & IMC Fertilizer, I. Mundelein, Ill. : IMC Fertilizer, Inc., [199-?] 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., col..
Title on container: No cost inputs for high yields.
Descriptors: Crop-yields/ Agricultural-productivity/ Farm-income
Abstract:Discusses management strategies for high crop yields. Describes research projects conducted to reduce cost in production, emphasizing simple details. Looks at inputs that are categorized as no cost, low cost, and high cost.
345.
NAL Call No.: 57.8- SO4
Low cost test for herbicide residue in soil.
White, F. Solutions v.37(3): p.40-42. (1993 Mar.-1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: soil-testing; herbicide-residues; immunoassay; photometers; usa

346.
NAL Call No.: 292.9- AM34
Low-input agriculture as a ground water protection strategy.
Diebel, P. L.; Taylor, D. B.; Batie, S. S.; Heatwole, C. D. Water-Resour-Bull v.28(4): p.755-761. (1992 July-1992 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: groundwater-pollution; water-quality; farm-inputs; farming-systems; profitability; economic-analysis; mathematical-models; virginia
Abstract: Protection of ground water quality is of considerable importance to local, state, and federal governments. This study uses a 15-year mathematical programming model to evaluate the effectiveness of low-input agriculture, under alternative policy scenarios, as a strategy to protect ground water quality in Richmond County, Virginia. The analysis considers eight policy alternatives: cost-sharing for green manures, two restrictions on atrazine applications levels, chemical taxation, a restriction on potential chemical and nitrogen levels in ground water only and in surface and ground water, and two types of land retirement programs. The CREAMS and GLEAMS models were used to estimate nitrate and chemical leaching from the crop root zone. The economic model evaluates production practices, policy constraints, and water quality given a long-term profit maximizing objective. The results indicate that low-input agriculture alone may not be an effective groundwater protection strategy. The policy impacts include partial adoption of low-input practices, land retirement, and the substitution of chemicals. Only mandatory land retirement policies reduced all chemical and nutrient loadings or ground water; however, they did not promote the use of low- input agricultural practices.

347.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Low-input apple production systems: consumer acceptance of disease-resistant cultivars.
Durner, E. F.; Polk, D. F.; Goffreda, J. C. HortScience v.27(2): p.177-179. (1992 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; disease-resistance; cultivars; consumer-preferences; organoleptic-traits; tastes
Abstract: An untrained panel evaluated five apple cultivars [Malus domestica Borkh. cvs. Liberty, Prima, Priscilla, and Freedom (all scab resistant) and Spur Red Delicious (Bisbee strain)] in 1988 and 1989 to determine consumer acceptability and opinion of quality. Testers evaluated fruit for five quality characteristics (texture, juiciness, aroma, tartness, and sweetness) plus overall quality in a random, blind taste test on 30 Sept. 1988. Testers consistently identified 'Spur Red Delicious' (9% soluble solids content) as undesirable for all attributes. Tasters could not discern differences in juiciness among the cultivars. 'Freedom' was rated excellent, 'Liberty' and 'Prima' very good to good, and 'Priscilla' good in overall quality. In a separate blind, random preference test, 'Freedom', 'Liberty', and 'Prima' received higher preference ratings than 'Priscilla'. The taste tests were repeated using the same five cultivars on 3 Oct. 1989. 'Freedom' and 'Liberty' received the highest ratings for overall quality. Freedom received the highest preference ratings. Results, in general, were consistent from year to year. Since we tested only one strain of 'Red Delicious', we cannot conclude from this work that resistant cultivars are preferred to any standard; however, we can conclude that resistant cultivars are acceptable to the consumer.

348.
NAL Call No.: S441.S8552
Low-input crop and livestock systems for the southeastern United States.
Fontenot, J. P. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE research projects Southern Region. [1988-. 1995. 69 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-37-120A. Record includes floppy disk. Reporting period for this report is February 1992 to December 1995. This is a final report.
Descriptors: farming-systems-research; cattle-farming; grazing-systems; zea-mays; medicago-sativa; triticum-aestivum; secale-cereale; millets; festuca-arundinacea; conservation- tillage; nitrogen-fertilizers; phosphorus-fertilizers; potassium- fertilizers; fattening-performance; maize-silage; hay; crop- production; demonstration- farms; sustainability; low-input- agriculture; virginia

349.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Low input production of peach (Prunus persica cv. 'Newhaven').
Flore, J. A.; Hansen, E.; Johnson, J.; Wisse, J.; Whalon, M.; Bird, G.; Jones, A. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 65-74.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: prunus-persica; low-input-agriculture; integrated-control; farm-inputs; herbicides; insecticides; fungicides; sulfur; chemical-control; plant-development; cold- resistance; buds; survival; crop-yield; crop-quality; crop- damage; michigan; chemical-inputs; integrated-fruit-production

350.
NAL Call No.: 1- Ag84y
Low-input sustainable agriculture.
Schaller, N. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1989. p. 216-219.
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; sustainability; environmental-protection; profitability; farm-management

351.
NAL Call No.: 10- Ex72
Low input technology options for millet-based cropping systems in the Sahel.
Klaij, M. C.; Renard, C.; Reddy, K. C. Exp-agric v.30(1): p.77-82. (1994 Jan.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: pennisetum-americanum; vigna-unguiculata; varieties; intercropping; continuous-cropping; rotations; phosphorus-fertilizers; tillage; crop-yield; soil-ph; soil- organic-matter; subsistence-farming; low-input-agriculture; sahel; niger

352.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Low-input without livestock.
Traupman, M. New-farm v.11(6): p.16, 18-21. (1989 Sept.-1989 Oct.)
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; farming-systems; crop-enterprises

353.
NAL Call No.: 56.9- So3
Maintenance of yields and soil fertility in nonmechanized cropping systems, Bolivia.
Barber, R. G.; Diaz, O. Soil-Sci-Soc-Am-j. [Madison, Wis.] Soil Science Society of America. May/June 1994. v. 58 (3) p. 858-866.
Includes references.
Descriptors: arachis-hypogaea; zea-mays; phaseolus- vulgaris; vigna-unguiculata; cropping-systems; low-input- agriculture; sustainability; soil-fertility; crop-yield; weed- control; fertilizers; application-rates; bolivia
Abstract: Slash and burn farmers in the tropical rain forests of eastern Bolivia are abandoning land after one rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop because of declining yields. A trial was conducted on a Typic Paleudult for 41 mo to investigate whether alternative low-input nonmechanized cropping systems could prolong soil fertility and yield maintenance, and whether soil fertility or weeds were responsible for declining yields. Twelve cropping systems were investigated in a factorial design, with three summer-winter crop sequences: rice-peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), corn (Zea mays L.)-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) later substituted by cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.], and rice-fallow (control); two weed control treatments: minimal and optimal; and two fertilizer treatments: with and without 60 kg N ha(-1) and 17.5 or 35 kg P ha(-1). Crop sequences significantly increased exchangeable acidity; the rice sequences significantly reduced exchangeable Ca, and corn- bean/cowpea and rice-peanut significantly reduced exchangeable Mg. Fertilization significantly increased soil P but decreased Ca. Foliar analysis revealed N, Mg, and Zn deficiencies in all cropping systems. Rice yields, unlike corn, were significantly increased by optimal weeding. Corn yields were dominated by fertilization, whereas rice yields were mainly influenced by fertilization in the first and fourth years, and by weeds in the intervening years. Without fertilizers, rice- fallow was not sustainable, and only corn-bean/cowpea was sustainable for 3 yr. With fertilization, rice-fallow plus optimal weed control and corn- bean/cowpea with minimal or optimal weeding were sustainable for 3 yr. Additional fertilization and future liming.

354.
NAL Call No.: S482.M35- 1991
Making haste slowly : strengthening local environmental management in agricultural development.
Savenije, H. H.; Huijsman, A. A. 1. Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Royal Tropical Institute, c1991. 239 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Agriculture-Environmental-aspects- Developing-countries-Congresses; Agricultural-resources- Developing-countries-Management-Congresses; Agriculture-and- state-Developing-countries-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture- Developing-countries-Congresses

355.
NAL Call No.: 23- W52J
Making horticulture sustainable.
Paulin, B.; Lantzke, N.; McPharlin, I.; Hegney, M. J- agric. South Perth, W.A. : Dept. of Agriculture, 1972-. 1995. v. 36 (2) p. 39-45.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; crop- management; soil-fertility; phosphorus; nitrogen; soil-types; horticulture; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; western- australia

356.
NAL Call No.: SB608.A6M35- 1990
Management guide for low-input sustainable apple production : a publication of the United States Department of Agriculture Northeast Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture Apple Production Project and these institutions: Cornell University...[et al]. Low-input sustainable apple production.
Cornell University. [Amherst, MA?] : The Project, 1990. 84 p., 2 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), Running title: LISA.
Descriptors: Apple-Diseases-and-pests-Northeastern- States; Apple-Northeastern-States; Sustainable-agriculture

357.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Management of low-volume water systems and soil nutrition to enhance the cultural and biological control of root diseases.
Schroth, M. N. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1989. 14 p.
SARE Project Number: 2W 89-13.2. Record includes 3 1/2 Floppy Disk.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; capsicum; crop- yield; root-rots; pythium; plant-pathogenic-fungi; surface- irrigation; trickle-irrigation; plastic-film; cultural-control; streptomyces; pseudomonas-cepacia; biological-control; biological-control-agents; fungus-control; metalaxyl; efficacy; insect-pests; low-input-agriculture; water-conservation; large- farms; small-farms; california

358.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Mandatory supply controls versus flexibility policy options for encouraging sustainable farming systems.
Dobbs, T. L.; Becker, D. L. Am-J-Alternative-Agric v.7(3): p.122-128. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; sustainability; alternative-farming; rotations; program-evaluation; crop-yield; cost-benefit-analysis; federal-programs; south-dakota
Abstract: We analyzed two sets of farm policy options, representing different ideological approaches to government involvement in agriculture, to estimate their effects on the relative economic attractiveness of "sustainable" and "conventional" farming systems. The mandatory supply control approach, through strict acreage limitations on program crops, represents a strong government role in commodity supply management. The Normal Crop Acreage approach on the other hand, allows farmers greater flexibility in deciding what crops to grow. We used economic models of five pairs of case study farms in different agroclimatic areas of South Dakota, covering corn- soybean, spring wheat, and winter wheat growing regions. Mandatory restrictions on the planted acreage of "program" crops, including soybeans, were found to favor the conventional systems, because they induced high prices for crops that predominate in conventional systems, especially corn, soybeans, and wheat. In principle, however, mandatory acreage controls could require compliance with certain sustainable agriculture practices. Normal Crop Acreage (NCA) proposals can encourage greater use of sustainable farming systems. Where conventional corn and soybean production is relatively profitable, as in parts of eastern South Dakota, NCA options by themselves appear insufficient to induce change overs to sustainable cropping systems. In wheat growing areas of northern and western South Dakota, however, where the two systems often are about equally profitable, NCA policies could promote sustainable systems, particularly if deficiency payments are not reduced for harvesting legumes and other non- program crops on NCA base. To have this positive effect, NCA policies must be introduced gradually and structured to limit adverse effects on the markets for legumes and other non-program crops that are important in sustainable rotations.

359.
NAL Call No.: 57.8- C734
Manure handling alternatives cut costs.
Logsdon, G. Biocycle v.34(7): p.52-54. (1993 July)
Descriptors: animal-manures; composting; costs; organic-farming

360.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Marketing meat comes naturally to these farmers.
Rotts, K. Small-farm-today v.10(4): p.50-51. (1993 Aug.)
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; alternative- farming; rotational-grazing; beef-production; lamb-production; marketing; beef; lamb-meat


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361.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.M37- 1992
Marketing natural or organic meat, poultry and eggs : information package.
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (Organization). [Fayetteville, Ark. : Appropriate Technology Tranfer for Rural Areas, 1991?] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., Caption title.
Descriptors: Meat-United-States-Marketing; Eggs-United- States-Marketing; Organic-farming-United-States

362.
NAL Call No.: SF5.B74
The marketing reality of alternative production systems.
Guy, R. BSAP-occas-publ (17): p.77-81. (1993)
In the series analytic: Safety and quality of food from animals / edited by J.D. Wood and T.L.J. Lawrence.
Descriptors: chickens; alternative-farming; quality- standards; marketing-techniques; public-relations; animal-welfare

363.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
The Maryland Nutrient Management Program.
Steinhilber, P. M.; Meisinger, J. J. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 219-222.
Includes references.
Descriptors: soil-fertility; phosphorus; potassium; nitrogen; nitrate; soil-analysis; cooperative-extension-service; fertilizer-requirement-determination; nutrient- requirements; manures; low-input-agriculture; crop-yield; zea-mays; nitrate- nitrogen; maryland; pre-sidedress-soil-nitrate-test

364.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.M379-- 1995
Maryland Organic Certification Program.
Pooler, R. L.; Maryland. Office of Marketing and Agricultural Development. Annapolis, Md. : State of Maryland, Dept. of Agriculture, Marketing and Agricultural Development, [1995] [3] leaves, Caption title. Maryland certified growers -- Maryland certified retailers -- Maryland certified processor/distributors.
Descriptors: Maryland-Organic-Certification-Program; Organic-farming-Certification-Maryland-Directories; Natural- foods-Marketing-Certification-Maryland- Directories

365.
NAL Call No.: 421- C16
Mating disruption for controlling the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in organic apple production in southwestern Ontario.
Trimble, R. M. Can-entomol v.127(4): p.493-505. (1995 July-1995 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: malus-pumila; cydia-pomonella; mating- disruption; sex-pheromones; crop-damage; organic-farming; biological-control; efficacy; ontario

366.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
A methodology for identifying social welfare maximizing policies to promote sustainable agriculture with an application to variable landscape farming in the Pacific Northwest Palouse.
Young, D. L. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 16 p.
SARE Project Number: SA-N91-20C. Record includes several papers on the research.
Descriptors: sustainability; triticum-aestivum; winter- wheat; hordeum-vulgare; pisum-sativum; lens-culinaris; erosion; crop-yield; nitrogen; leaching; hill-land; sloping- land; social- welfare; agricultural-policy; economic-policy; washington; sustainable-farm-practices

367.
NAL Call No.: S604.3.M84-- 1991
A microcosm of farmers strategies in Chitral.
Mulk, M.; Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan : AKRSP, 1991. ix, 85 p. : maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 85).
Descriptors: Hill-farming-Pakistan-Chitral-District; Agricultural-systems-Pakistan-Chitral-District; Sustainable- agriculture-Pakistan-Chitral-District

368.
NAL Call No.: 57.09- F41
Micronutrient focus in modern farming.
Stephen, R. M. Proc-annu-meet-Fert-Ind-Round-Table (44th): p.62-65. (1994)
Meeting held November 7-9, 1994, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; crops; trace-element- fertilizers; application-rates; soil-test-values; crop-yield; correlation; fertilizer-requirement-determination; illinois; precision-agriculture

369.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Mini-farm, maxi-profits: diverse crops and savvy marketing give these high-value growers the edge.
Sinclair, W.; Peterson, C. New-farm v.16(3): p.28- 35, 37, 39. (1994 Mar.-1994 Apr.)
Descriptors: horticultural-crops; organic-farming; small-farms; farm-management; marketing; farmers'-markets

370.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Modeling the benefits of best management practices on groundwater quality.
Nieber, J. L.; Nguyen, H. V.; Cooper, D. T.; Blaine, M. I.; King, J. S.; St Ores, J. L. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 147-150.
Descriptors: nitrate; leaching; zea-mays; crop-yield; nitrate-nitrogen; simulation-models; application-rates; low- input-agriculture; plowing; moldboards; chiselling; groundwater- pollution; water-quality; sandy-soils; minnesota; gleams-model

371.
NAL Call No.: 280.8- J822
Multiattribute assessment of alternative cropping systems.
Foltz, J. C.; Lee, J. G.; Martin, M. A.; Preckel, P. V. Am-j-agric-econ v.77(2): p.408-420. (1995 May)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; medicago-sativa; cropping-systems; profitability; low-input-agriculture; simulation-models; decision-analysis; corn-belt-states-of- usa
Abstract: Multiattribute rankings of seventy-two alternative midwestern cropping systems involving corn, soybeans, and alfalfa hay are analyzed from profitability and environmental quality perspectives. Environmental consequences are simulated using EPIC and GLEAMS, and profitability is based on budget analysis. Results are analyzed using an algorithm based on multiattribute decision theory. A corn-soybean rotation using low input levels and minimum tillage on high-productivity soil, and continuous corn using low input levels and minimum tillage on low-productivity soil are in the preferred set regardless of whether profits or preserving the environment is the first priority for the decision maker.

372.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Mycorrhizae in sustainable agriculture. I. Effects on seed yield and soil aggregation.
Bethlenfalvay, G. J.; Barea, J. M. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Fall 1994. v. 9 (4) p. 157-161.
Includes references.
Descriptors: pisum-sativum; glomus-mosseae; vesicular- arbuscular-mycorrhizas; silt-loam-soils; clay-loam-soils; seeds; crop-yield; roots; growth; length; colonization; aggregates; stability; carbon; crop-production; soil-conservation; sustainability; water-stable-soil-aggregates; carbon- allocation
Abstract: Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi colonize plant roots and the surrounding bulk soil. They transport mineral nutrients from the soil to the plant and carbon compounds from the plant to the soil, and have pervasive effects on plant form and function and on the composition of the soil microbiota. This experiment evaluated VAM effects on plants and soil to determine if VAM fungi mediate a relationship between changes in seed yield and soil aggregation. In a pot experiment with peas, an isolate of the VAM fungus Glomus mosseae (Nicol & Gerd.) Gerd. and Trappe did not significantly affect seed yield (8%), but improved soil aggregation by 400% in one soil, a gray silt-loam high in organic matter (OM) and phosphorus. In another soil, a yellow clay-loam low in OM and phosphorus, seed yield was enhanced significantly (57%), but there was only a small change (50%) in aggregation. The results suggest that carbon allocation between the plant (measured as seed yield) and the soil (measured as the formation of water-stable aggregates) is influenced by this VAM fungus. The soil appeared to gain carbon at the expense of carbon lost by the plant. Mycorrhizal fungi thus seem to affect two biologically controlled aspects of sustainable

373.
NAL Call No.: 10- J822
N, P and K on organic farms: herbage and cereal production, purchases and sales.
Fowler, S. M.; Watson, C. A.; Wilman, D. J-Agric- Sci v.120(pt.3): p.353-360. (1993 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: cereals; herbage; nitrogen-fertilizers; phosphorus-fertilizers; potassium-fertilizers; marketing; purchasing; organic-farming; rotations; crop-yield; site- factors; england

374.
NAL Call No.: HC79.P6W48
The national dialogue for sustainable agriculture.
Lawrence, K. Why (13): p.30-31. (1993 Summer)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; sustainability; alternative-farming; conferences; social-participation; usa

375.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
National policy options and strategies to encourage sustainable agriculture: Lessons from the 1990 farm bill-- Concluding remarks.
Bergland, B. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Fall 1993. v. 8 (4) p. 160-161.
Papers presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the Wallace Institute, "Alternative Agriculture Policy: A new time to choose," March 1, 1993, Washington, D.C.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; trends; sustainability; usa

376.
NAL Call No.: 290.9- Am32P
Need for selective mechanization for sustainable agriculture in Pakistan.
Mughal, A. Q.; Colvin, T. S.; Koondher, I. B. Pap-Am- Soc-Agric-Eng. St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural Engineers,. Summer 1991. (918001) 11 p.
Paper presented at the "1991 International Summer Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers," June 23-26, 1991, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Descriptors: sustainability; mechanization; pakistan

377.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Net returns from stale seedbed plantings of soybean (Glycine max) on clay soil.
Heatherly, L. G.; Wesley, R. A.; Elmore, C. D.; Spurlock, S. R. Weed-technol v.7(4): p.972-980. (1993 Oct.-1993 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: glycine-max; seedbed-preparation; minimum- tillage; clay-soils; weed-control; chemical-control; no-tillage; glyphosate; metribuzin; trifluralin; irrigated- conditions; dry- conditions; xanthium-strumarium; application-date; timing; low- input-agriculture; sustainability; economic-analysis; returns; mississippi

378.
NAL Call No.: HD2092.H577-- 1994
A new era for agriculture. Shohan. Nogyo shinjidai : kome ga chikyu o sukuu.
Hoshi, K. 1. Tokyo : Daiyamondosha, 1994. viii, 253 p., Descriptors: Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Japan; Organic- farming-Japan; Rice-Japan; Rural-development-Japan-Yamagata-ken

379.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Nitrate and water transport as affected by fertilizer and irrigation management.
Adamsen, F. J.; Rice, R. C. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 1-4.
Descriptors: nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; fertigation; irrigation-requirements; irrigation-scheduling; nitrate; leaching; low-input-agriculture; crop-yield; triticum- aestivum; nitrate-nitrogen; isotope-labeling; stable-isotopes; soil-fertility; nitrogen-content; seeds; straw; preplant- irrigation; best-management-practices

380.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Nitrate leaching, farming systems and diet--comparative evaluation and research.
Stopes, C. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.33-40. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: farming-systems; intensification; social- costs; intensification; social-costs; alternative-farming; low- input-agriculture; assessment; sustainability; comparisons; farming-systems-research; nitrate; leaching; water-pollution; food-production; food-consumption; consumption-patterns; uk; conventional-farming-systems


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381.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Nitrate leaching from livestock manures in England and the implications for organic farming of nitrate control policy.
Unwin, R. J.; Smith, K. A. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.319-327. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: organic-farming; animal-manures; nitrate; leaching; losses-from-soil; environmental-impact; water- pollution; pollution-control; agricultural-policy; england

382.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Nitrate leaching in alternate cover crop systems.
Herbert, S. J.; Mangan, F. X.; Liu, G.; Daliparthy, J.; Barker, A. V.; Moffitt, L. J. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 71-74.
Descriptors: vicia-villosa; cover-crops; secale- cereale; zea-mays; nitrate; leaching; nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; rotations; low-input-agriculture; crop-yield; soil- water

383.
NAL Call No.: 4- AM34P
Nitrogen credits in soybean-corn crop sequences on three soils.
Bundy, L. G.; Andraski, T. W.; Wolkowski, R. P. Agron- j v.85(5): p.1061-1067. (1993 Sept.-1993 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: glycine-max; zea-mays; sequential- cropping; nitrogen-fertilizers; nutrient-uptake; nitrogen; soil- fertility; nitrate; ammonia; crop-yield; grain; sandy-soils; silt-loam-soils; fertilizer-requirement-determination; low-input- agriculture; wisconsin
Abstract: Economic and environmental incentives to accurately predict corn (Zea mays L.) N requirements emphasize the need to assign appropriate N credits for soybean (Glycine max L.) in soybean-corn crop sequences. This study was conducted to determine corn response to N and N credits for soybean in crop sequences. The effects of corn-corn (CC), soybean-corn (SbC), and soybean-corn-corn (SbCC) crop. differing in climatic and soil characteristics. Four-year mean yields in SbC were 1.4 and 2.2 Mg ha-1 higher than in CC at two sites with nonirrigated silt loam soils, but yield effects due to crop sequence were small on an irrigated sandy soil. Corn response to applied N varied markedly among the three sites and between years at the sites on silt loam soils. Mean corn N uptake in SbC was higher (51 kg N ha-1) than in CC on silt loam soils but not on the sandy soil. Soybean N credits estimated with a fertilizer replacement value (FRV) approach and from the difference in N rates at maximum yield in SbC and CC sequences (DNM) differed markedly among locations and years and ranged from -22 to 210 kg N ha-1. Soybean provided little N to subsequent crops on sandy soils due to probable loss of residue N through leaching prior to use by the following crop. On silt loam soils, crop sequence effects on yield and N uptake indicate soybean. actual soybean N contributions. Site-specific diagnostic tests are needed to improve crediting of N supplied by soybean in crop sequences.

384.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Nitrogen cycling and nitrogen dynamics in ecological agriculture.
Oomen, G. J. M. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.188- 192. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; mixed-farming; nitrogen-cycle; flow; farming-systems; farm-management; nitrogen; leaching; losses-from-soil; identification; volatilization; mineralization; nitrogen-flow

385.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Nitrogen leaching in ecological agriculture: summary and recommendations.
Kristensen, L.; Stopes, C.; Kolster, P.; Granstedt, A. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.331-340. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farming-systems; nitrate; leaching; losses-from-soil; environmental-impact; water- pollution; pollution-control; sustainability

386.
NAL Call No.: S590.C63
Nitrogen recovery by orchardgrass from dairy manure applied with or without fertilizer nitrogen.
Kanneganti, V. R.; Klausner, S. D. Commun-soil-sci-plant- anal v.25(15/16): p.2771-2783. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: dactylis-glomerata; cattle-manure; application-to-land; nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; nutrient-uptake; crop-yield; forage; dry-matter-accumulation

387.
NAL Call No.: BJ52.5.J68
Nitrogen turnover on organic and conventional mixed farms.
Halberg, N.; Kristensen, E. S.; Kristensen, I. S. J- agric-environ-ethics v.8(1): p.30-51. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: nitrogen; losses-from-soil; fertilizer- requirement-determination; animal-production; stocking-rate; crop-production; organic-farming; farming; dairy-farms; farming- systems-research; denmark; conventional-farming

388.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
A no-tillage tomato production system using hairy vetch and subterranean clover mulches.
Abdul Baki, A. A.; Teasdale, J. R. HortScience v.28(2): p.106-108. (1993 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; vicia-villosa; trifolium-subterraneum; cover-crops; mulches; no-tillage; fruits; maturity; crop-yield; planting-date; earliness; low- input- agriculture; maryland
Abstract: A novel approach is described for using two winter annual legumes - hairy vetch (Vicia villosa L. Roth.) and 'Mt. Barker' subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) - as cover crops and plant mulches in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production. The approach calls for sowing the cover crops in the fall in prepared beds, mowing the cover crops with a high-speed flail mower immediately before transplanting the tomato seedlings into the field in early May, and then transplanting the seedlings into the beds with minimal interruption of the soil or mulch cover. Plants in the vetch treatment with no tillage produced a higher yield than those grown under black polyethylene, paper, or no mulch in conventional systems. Both plant mulches delayed fruit maturity by approximately 10 days relative to black polyethylene mulch. The proposed approach eliminates tillage, reduces the need for applying synthetic fertilizers and herbicides, and is adapted to large- and small-scale tomato production in a low-input, no- tillage system. It also may be used to produce other vegetables.

389.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I5N65-- 1993
Non-governmental organizations and the state in Africa : rethinking roles in sustainable agricultural development.
Wellard, K. 1.; Copestake, J. G. 1. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. xxx, 331 p., "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Descriptors: Agriculture-Africa,-Sub-Saharan- Technology-transfer; Agriculture-Research-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Agricultural-extension-work-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Sustainable- agriculture-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Agriculture-and-state-Africa,- Sub-Saharan; Non-governmental-organizations-Africa,-Sub-Saharan

390.
NAL Call No.: HN655.2.C6N66-- 1993
Non-governmental organizations and the state in Asia : rethinking roles in sustainable agricultural development.
Farrington, J. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. xxxii, 366 p. : ill., map, Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-353) and index.
Descriptors: Rural-development-Asia; Non-governmental- organizations-Asia

391.
NAL Call No.: HD1790.5.Z8B43-- 1993
Non-governmental organizations and the state in Latin America : rethinking roles in sustainable agricultural development.
Bebbington, A. 1.; Thiele, G. 1. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. xxviii, 290 p. : ill., map, Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-277) and index.
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-Latin-America; Non- governmental-organizations-Latin-America; Sustainable- agriculture-Latin-America; Agricultural-innovations- Latin- America; Rural-development-Latin-America

392.
NAL Call No.: 56.8- J822
Nonpoint source pollution impacts of alternative agricultural management practice in Illinois: a simulation study.
Phillips, D. L.; Hardin, P. D.; Benson, V. W.; Baglio, J. V. J-soil-water-conserv v.48(5): p.449-457. (1993 Sept.- 1993 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: erosion; carbon; nutrient-balance; rotations; water-pollution; no-tillage; alternative-farming; innovation-adoption; simulation-models; zea-mays; glycine- max; crop-yield; nitrogen; phosphorus; runoff; illinois; erosion- productivity-impact-calculator-epic-simulation-model; soil- carbon; nutrient-exports

393.
NAL Call No.: SF229.5.N67-- 1992
The North American organic dairy directory & farm case studies.
Working Land Fund (U.S.). Montpelier, VT : Organic Dairy Project, [1992?] 38 p., Cover title.
Descriptors: Dairy-farms-United-States-Directories; Dairy-farms-Canada-Directories; Organic-farming

394.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Novel rotation crops as alternatives to fu migant nematicide treatment in deciduous tree fruit production.
Halbrendt, J. M. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1990. 20 p.
SARE Project Number: LNE 90-22.
Descriptors: fruit-trees; rotations; crops; brassica; calendula; xiphinema; plant-parasitic-nematodes; tomato-ringspot- nepovirus; disease-vectors; population-density; cultural-control; nematode-control; glucosinolates; plant-extracts; toxicity; bioassays; efficacy; low-input-agriculture; pennsylvania; west- virginia; maryland

395.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Nutrient balances and measurement of nitrogen losses on mixed ecological farms on sandy soils in the Netherlands.
Werff, P. A. v. d.; Baars, A.; Oomen, G. J. M. Biol- agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.41-50. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: dairy-farming; mixed-farming; organic- farming; comparisons; nutrients; cycling; sandy-soils; nitrogen; phosphorus; potassium; farm-inputs; nitrogen- fixation; losses- from-soil; leaching; nitrate; ammonia; volatilization; groundwater; water-quality; groundwater-pollution; sustainability; farm-management; netherlands; nutrient-management

396.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Nutrient, labor, energy, and economic evaluations of two farming systems in Iowa.
Karlen, D. L.; Duffy, M. D.; Colvin, T. S. J-prod- agric v.8(4): p.540-546. (1995 Oct.-1995 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; evaluation; farming- systems; comparisons; economic-evaluation; feasibility; nutrients; cycling; energy-balance; labor-requirements; farming- systems-research; iowa; conventional-farming; farmer-researcher- partnerships
Abstract: Farmer-researcher partnerships are needed to ensure soil and crop management practices are productive, environmentally safe, economically sound, and socially acceptable. We developed a farmer-researcher partnership to compare nutrient, labor, energy, and economic budgets for two "conventional" 40-acre fields where a 2-yr corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] rotation is used with those for two adjacent fields where a 5-yr corn, soybean, corn, oat (Avena sativa L.), and hay rotation is used. Conventional fields received commercial fertilizer and herbicides. Alternative fields received no herbicides and a mixture of animal manure plus municipal sewage sludge as the primary nutrient source. A 10-yr nutrient budget suggests that N2 fixation would have to provide at least 53% of the N removed by soybean grain to prevent depletion of soil organic matter or other soil N sources from conventional fields. By assuming similar amounts of N fixation in the alternative fields, we show that 962 lb N/acre, 244 lb P/acre, and 844 lb K/acre were applied (or fixed) in excess of crop removal. Soil- test P, K, and organic matter changes reflect these applications. More fieldwork hours per acre per year were required to handle manure, avoid using herbicides, and harvest hay than to use conventional practices. Energy budgets were dependent on whether nutrients in the manure plus municipal sludge were considered as (i) an input cost for the crop, or (ii) a disposal cost that should be charged against an animal enterprise. Economic budgets were dependent on assumptions made regarding how to account for management costs. Overall, developing farmer-researcher partnerships was an effective method for evaluating alternative.

397.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Nutrient management in organic farming systems: the case of nitrogen.
Kopke, U. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.15-29. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: organic-farming; farming-systems; nitrogen; management; farm-inputs; organic-amendments; nitrogen- fixation; nitrate; leaching; ammonia; volatilization; losses- from-soil

398.
NAL Call No.: SB317.5.H68
Nutritional quality of organically grown vegetables.
Reiners, S. HortTechnology v.3(3): p.363. (1993 July- 1993 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: vegetables; nutritive-value; organic- farming; food-quality; opinions

399.
NAL Call No.: HD2006.A1R3-- nr.83
Nye produktionssystemer til svin : med fokus pa reduceret kapitalindsats = Economic analyses of new pig production systems : focused on reduced capital input.
Norgaard, N. H. Kobenhavn : Statens jordbrugs- og Fiskeriokonomiske institut, 1995. 89 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79).

400.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
On-farm research and demonstration of ridge tillage for sustainable agriculture.
Exner, D. N. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 34 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC 92-44.
Descriptors: zea-mays; ridging; tillage; intercropping; forage; cover-crops; nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; manures; weed-control; economic-analysis; energy- consumption; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; iowa

401.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
On-the-go changes in fertilizer rates to agree with claypan productivity.
Kitchen, N. R.; Kanwar, R. S. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995. v. 2 p. 103-106.
Descriptors: nitrogen-fertilizers; fertilizer- requirement-determination; application-rates; spatial-variation; fields; crop-yield; variation; claypan-soils; mapping; maps; zea- mays; glycine-max; sorghum-bicolor; triticum-aestivum; low-input- agriculture; soil-fertility; nitrate; missouri; claypan-depth- map; historical-yield-maps

402.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Opinion: alternative agriculture in the Third World.
Santos, R. H. S.; Cardoso, I. M. Am-J-Alternative- Agric v.7(3): p.98. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; quality-of-life; organic-foods; food-prices; moral-values; land-reform; credit- policy; federal-programs; income-distribution; developing- countries; brazil

403.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Opportunities and challenges for the inclusion of soil- improving crops in vegetable production systems.
Sarrantonio, M. HortScience v.27(7): p.754-758. (1992 July)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Sustainable Vegetable Production, held at the 88th American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Meeting, July 22, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; sustainability; soil-fertility; soil-properties; summer-fallow; fallow-systems; alternative-farming

404.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I5O77-- 1994
Opportunities, use, and transfer of systems research methods in agriculture to developing countries : proceedings of an international workshop on systems research methods in agriculture in developing countries, 22-24 November 1993, ISNAR, The Hague.
Goldsworthy, P. R.; Penning de Vries, F. W. T.; International Workshop on Systems Research Methods in Agriculture in Development Countries (1993 : Hague, N. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1994. xiii, 366 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Agricultural-systems-Developing-countries- Research-Congresses; Agriculture-Technology-transfer-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Developing- countries-Congresses

405.
NAL Call No.: 281.8-Ag826- Suppl.124
Optimum organization of alternative agriculture farms. Zur optimalen organisation alternativer landwirtschaftlicher betriebe : untersucht am Beispiel organisch-biologischer Haupterwerbsbetriebe in Baden- Wurttemberg.
Dabbert, S. Frankfurt am Main : A. Strothe, 1990. x, 231 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194).

406.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.O672- 1989
The Oregon Tilth Certified Organically Grown standards and guidelines handbook. Rev. ed.
MacCormack, H.; Oregon Tilth. Tualatin, Or. : Oregon Tilth Organically Grown, [1989] 47 p., "December 1989."
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Standards-Oregon; Natural- foods-industry-Standards-Oregon

407.
NAL Call No.: SB950.2.A1J58
Oregonians put their money where their mouths are.
Beal, C. A. J-pestic-reform v.13(1): p.14-15. (1993 Spring)
Descriptors: interest-groups; small-farms; investment; sustainability; organic-farming; oregon; association-for- agriculture-building-the-local-economy

408.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Organic agriculture in Ohio: an economic perspective.
Batte, M. T.; Forster, D. L.; Hitzhusen, F. J. J-prod- agric v.6(4): p.536-542. (1993 Oct.-1993 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: organic-farming; profitability; sustainability; economic-analysis; ohio

409.
NAL Call No.: SB363.2.U6O73- 1991
Organic and low-spray apple production : information package. [Rev.].
Ames, G. K.; Rugen, C.; Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (Organization). Fayetteville, Ark. : Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, 1991. 28, [51] p. : ill., Caption title.
Descriptors: Apple-United-States; Sustainable- agriculture-United-States; Organic-farming-United-States; Plants,-Protection-of-Research-United-States

410.
NAL Call No.: SB249.N6
Organic certification program for cotton.
Wiseman, B. W. Proc-Beltwide-Cotton-Conf. Memphis, Tenn. : National Cotton Council of America, 1991-. 1993. v. 3 p. 1401-1402.
Meeting held January 10-14, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Descriptors: gossypium; organic-farming; certification; texas

411.
NAL Call No.: SB249.N6
Organic cotton production in the Texas High Plains.
Wiseman, B. W. Proc-Beltwide-Cotton-Conf. Memphis, Tenn. : National Cotton Council of America, 1991-. 1993. v. 3 p. 1376-1378.
Meeting held January 10-14, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Descriptors: gossypium; crop-production; organic- farming; farm-management; texas

412.
NAL Call No.: SB379.A9A9
Organic experiences in codling moth control.
Caprile, J. Calif-Grow v.16(9): p.31-32. (1992 Sept.)
Descriptors: malus-pumila; cydia-pomonella; organic- farming; pest-control; cover-crops; ryania-speciosa; bacillus- thuringiensis; granulosis-viruses; bagging; thinning; cost- benefit-analysis; plant-protection; cultivars; california

413.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Organic family feud.
Freeman, P. New-farm v.11(7): p.26-27. (1989 Nov.-1989 Dec.)
Descriptors: prunus-dulcis; crop-production; organic- farming; california

414.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A37- 1992
Organic farming. Agricultura organica : experiencias de cultivo ecologico en la Argentina.
Schnitman, G.; Lernoud, P.; Eco Agro (Organization). Buenos Aires? Argentina : Eco Agro, c1992. 350 p. : ill. (some col.), Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Organic-farming; Organic-farming-Argentina

415.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Organic farming moves south of the border.
Kraus, S. New-farm v.11(5): p.30-31, 41. (1989 July- 1989 Aug.)
Descriptors: organic-foods; fruit; vegetables; supply; international-trade; mexico; usa

416.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.O745-- 1993
Organic Farming Research Foundation 1993 National Organic Farmers' Survey results. 1993 National Organic Farmers' Survey results.
Organic Farming Research Foundation. Santa Cruz, CA (P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061) : The Foundation, [1993?] 15 p., Caption title.
Descriptors: Organic-farming-United-States-States; Organic-farming-United-States-States-Information-services; Farm- produce-United-States-States-Marketing

417.
NAL Call No.: HD1765.A94-- 1994
The organic farming threat to people and wildlife.
Avery, D. T.; Hudson Institute. Indianapolis, Ind. : Hudson Institute, 1994. 12 p., Caption title.
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Environmental-aspects; Agricultural-ecology-United-States; Farm-management-United- States; Environmental-policy-United-States

418.
NAL Call No.: aS441.D86-- 1995
Organic food and fiber : an analysis of 1994 certified production in the United States.
Dunn, J. A.; United States. Agricultural Marketing Service. Transportation and Marketing Division. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Division, [1995] 5 p., "September 1995."
Descriptors: Organic-farming-United-States-Statistics;Natural-foods-Certification-United-States; Crop-yields-United- States; Livestock-productivity-United-States; Poultry- Productivity-United-States

419.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Organic foods and the vegetable industry.
Fritz, S. Acta-hortic (247): p.397-402. (1989 Sept.)
Paper presented at the Research and Development Conference on Vegetables, the Market and the Producer, July 11-15, 1988, Richmond, N.S.W., Australia.
Descriptors: organic-foods; vegetables; crop- production; sustainability; organic-farming; quality; consumer- attitudes; marketing; standards; australia

420.
NAL Call No.: aS21.D27S64
Organic production: recent publications and current information sources.
Gold, M. V. Spec-ref-briefs. Beltsville, Md. : Reference Section, National Agricultural Library, 1983-. Mar 1995. (95- 01) 20 p.
Descriptors: organic-farming; publications; information; sources; bibliographies


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421.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U52C27
Organic registration and certification.
Klonsky, K.; Tourte, L. Small-farm-news. Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center. May/June 1994. p. 1, 4-5.
Descriptors: organic-foods; organic-farming; food- production; food-marketing; regulations; law; registration; standards; certification; guidelines; california

422.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Organic vegetable production and how it relates to LISA.
Grubinger, V. P. HortScience v.27(7): p.759-760. (1992 July)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Sustainable Vegetable Production, held at the 88th American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Meeting, July 22, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: organic-farming; vegetables; crop- production; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; terminology; comparisons; farm-inputs; low-input-sustainable-agriculture

423.
NAL Call No.: HD1775.S8E262-- no.95-2
Organic versus sustainable fed cattle production : a South Dakota case study.
Taylor, D. C.; Feuz, D. M.; Guan, M. Brookings, S.D. : Economics Dept., South Dakota State University, [1995] iii, 21 p., "May 1995."
Descriptors: Beef-industry-South-Dakota; Beef-cattle- Feeding-and-feeds; Sustainable-agriculture

424.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Organically grown products: perception, preferences and motives of Dutch consumers.
Hack, M. D. Acta-hortic (340): p.247-253. (1995 Jan.)
Paper presented at the XII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics / edited by J.-C Montigaud, L.M. Albisu, U. Avermaete, L. Ekelund, D. Meijaard, and E. de Kleijn.
Descriptors: organic-farming; organic-culture; fruits; vegetables; consumer-preferences; consumer-surveys; consumer- behavior; purchasing-habits; perception; consumer-attitudes; labeling; netherlands

425.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Organisation of integrated fruit production in Switzerland.
Bonauer, A. Acta-hortic. Wageningen : International Society for Horticultural Science. Oct 1993. v. 347 p. 75-77.
Paper presented at the, "Second International Symposium on Integrated Fruit Production", August 24-28, 1992, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Descriptors: tree-fruits; integrated-control; crop- production; low-input-agriculture; switzerland

426.
NAL Call No.: HD1405.I58-- 1991b
Papers of the plenary and invited paper sessions : XXI International Conference of Agricultural Economists : August 22- 29, 1991, Tokyo, Japan. XXI International Conference of Agricultural Economists.
International Conference of Agricultural Economists (21st : 1991 : Tokyo, J. [Tokyo?] : International Association of Agricultural Economists, [1991?] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-Congresses; Agricultural-innovations-Economic-aspects-Congresses; Agriculture-Environmental-aspects-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture-Government-policy-Congresses

427.
NAL Call No.: 1.90- C2OU8
Partnerships for a sustainable agriculture: an agricultural industry perspective.
Eld, R. F. Outlook. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Mar 1993. p. 696-700.
Paper presented at the conference "Agriculture's changing horizon," December 1-3, 1992, Washington, DC.
Descriptors: sustainability; agribusiness; partnerships; usa

428.
NAL Call No.: 1- Ag84y
The pendletons of Kansas: doing better with asparagus and tomatoes.
Jordan, C. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1989. p. 94-98.
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
Descriptors: family-farms; crop-enterprises; alternative-farming; farm-management; kansas

429.
NAL Call No.: S589.7.E57- 1994
Perennial peanut in citrus groves--an environmentally sustainable agricultural system.
Mullahey, J. J.; Rouse, R. E.; French, E. C. Environmentally sound agriculture proceedings of the second conference 20-22 April 1994 / p.479-483. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: citrus; crop-production; arachis-glabrata; ground-cover; stand-establishment; plant-density; herbicides; fertilizers; sustainability; farming-systems

430.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
A perspective on the economic impacts of reducing agricultural chemical use.
Lee, L. K. Am-J-Alternative-Agric v.7(1/2): p.82-88. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-chemicals; cost-benefit- analysis; economic-impact; farm-income; farm-surveys; field- tests; sustainability; environmental-degradation; risk- analysis
Abstract: Adoption of agricultural practices that reduce or eliminate chemical use creates tradeoffs among yields and output, production costs and net income at the farm level. If widespread adoption is to occur, potential improvements in human health and the environment from reduced chemical use must be weighed against effects on aggregate farm income and consumer food prices. At present, these tradeoffs are subject to considerable debate. I review available farm level and aggregate economic studies of reductions in total agricultural chemical use. At the farm level, available studies suggest that organic and low-input farming systems result in declines in per acre yields and in lower net returns than most conventional farming systems, although the studies do indicate that net returns for the two systems can be comparable under some conditions. Several studies suggest that low-input systems perform well with respect to risk criteria. I also discuss the potential influence of government programs on the profitability of some low-input farming systems. All aggregate economic models conclude that widespread adoption of organic farming would result in decreased yields, decreased aggregate output, increased farm income, and large increases in consumer prices. These models have limitations, however. Recommendations are made for further economic research of the impacts of reducing agricultural chemical use at both the farm and aggregate levels.

431.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
Perspectives from agricultural economics on research methodology for sustainable agricultural development.
Green, D. A. G. J-sustain-agric v.4(4): p.101-115. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-economics; agricultural- development; interdisciplinary-research; methodology; sustainability

432.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86A97-- 1993
Pest control & sustainable agriculture. Pest control and sustainable agriculture.
Corey, S. A. S. A. 1.; Dall, D. J. D. J.; Milne, W. M. W. M. 1.; Australian Applied Entomological Research Conference. (5th : 1992 : Canberra, A. East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Information Services, c1993. xiii, 514 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Agricultural-pests-Congresses

433.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Pest management and orchard floor management strategies to reduce pesticide and nitrogen input.
Smith, M. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [41] 14 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-36-93. Record includes 5 1/4 inch floppy disk. Reporting period for this report is February 1993 to January 1994. This is a final report. Record includes manuscripts submitted for publication.
Descriptors: carya-illinoinensis; orchards; cover- crops; legumes; beneficial-insects; insect-pests; biological- control; insect-control; nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; low-input-agriculture; economic-analysis; oklahoma; georgia

434.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Pineapples cultivated by conventional and organic methods in a soil from a banana plantation. A comparative study of soil fertility, plant nutrition and yields.
Alvarez, C. E.; Carracedo, A. E.; Iglesias, E.; Martinez, M. C. Biol-Agric-Hort-Int-J v.9(2): p.161-171. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: ananas-comosus; organic-farming; farming; comparisons; soil-fertility; plant-nutrition; crop-yield; canary- islands

435.
NAL Call No.: S441.P53- 1991
Planetor for SMART farming. Version 1.21. Planetor.
Minnesota Extension Service. Center for Farm Financial Management. St. Paul, MN : Center for Farm Financial Management, Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, [1991?] 3 computer disks 1 user's manual + 1 Planetor overview.
Demo version.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-United-States- Software; Agricultural-conservation-United-States-Software; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-United-States-Software; Agriculture- Environmental-aspects-United-States-Software

436.
NAL Call No.: 442.8- An72
A plant breeding contribution to sustainable agriculture.
Innes, N. L. Ann-appl-biol v.126(1): p.1-18. (1995 Feb.)
Presidential address.
Descriptors: plant-breeding; crop-production; crop- yield; sustainability; biotechnology; genotype-environment- interaction; disease-resistance; pest-resistance; stress

437.
NAL Call No.: SB99.D4S67-- 1995,-nr.17
Plant production on three ecological cattle farms. Planteproduktion pa tre okologiske kvaegbedrifter.
Nielsen, A. L. Lyngby [Denmark] : Landbrugsministeriet, Statens planteavlsforsog, 1995. 93 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-72).

438.
NAL Call No.: S441.P58-- 1995
Planting the future : developing an agriculture that sustains land and community. 1st ed.
Bird, E. A. R.; Bultena, G. L.; Gardner, J. C. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1995. xxiii, 276 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-United-States; Agriculture-United-States; Sustainable-agriculture-Research- United-States; Agriculture-Research-United-States

439.
NAL Call No.: S674.43.G3K8-- Nr.168
Plastic materials for economical and ecological production in agriculture. Kunststoffe fur eine okonomische und okologische Produktion im Landbau : Vortrage der GKL-Jahrestagung am 14./15. Oktober 1991 in Friedrichroda.
GKL Jahrestagung (1991 : Friedrichroda, G. Darmstadt : Kuratorium fur Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft, 1992. 104 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 99).

440.
NAL Call No.: HT401.R47
Policy instruments designed to foster sustainable agriculture: an appraisal.
Black, A. W. Res-rural-sociol-dev. Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press Inc., c1984-. 1995. v. 6 p. 123-147.
In the series analytic: Sustaining agriculture and rural communities / edited by H.K. Schwarzweller and T.A. Lyson.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; sustainability; ecosystems; educational-programs; regulations; fiscal-policy; agroecosystems


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441.
NAL Call No.: HD9000.1.W55-- no.92-2
A policy perspective on the sustainability of production environments : toward a land theory of value.
Runge, C. F. C. F.; University of Minnesota. Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy. St. Paul, Minn. : Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota, [1992] 14 p. : ill., "July 1992"-- Cover. dialogue, Berlin, Germany, January 13-18, 1992."
Descriptors: Agricultural-productivity; Agricultural- productivity-Environmental-aspects; Sustainable-agriculture

442.
NAL Call No.: NBU S494.5-P75- R86-1992
A policy perspective on the sustainability of production environments : toward a land theory of value.
Runge, C. F. C. F.; University of Minnesota. Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy. St. Paul, Minn. : Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota, 1992. 14 p. : ill., "July 1992"-- Cover. dialogue, Berlin, Germany, January 13-18, 1992."
Descriptors: Agricultural-productivity; Agricultural- productivity-Environmental-aspects; Sustainable-agriculture

443.
NAL Call No.: aHD1751.A42
Policy & sustainable agriculture.
Ikerd, J. Agric-Outlook-AO-U-S-Dept-Agric-Econ-Res- Serv (193): p.14-16. (1993 Jan.-1993 Feb.)
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; sustainability; industrialization; usa; industrial-agriculture

444.
NAL Call No.: HD1405.I58-- 1991a
Poster sessions program. XXI International Conference of Agricultural Economists.
International Conference of Agricultural Economists (21st : 1991 : Tokyo, J. [Tokyo?] : International Association of Agricultural Economists, [1991?] ix, 67 p., "August 22-29, 1991, Tokyo, Japan"--Cover.
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-Congresses; Agricultural-innovations-Economic-aspects-Congresses; Agriculture-Environmental-aspects-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture-Government-policy-Congresses

445.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
The potential and importance of oats under the reformed CAP.
Laverick, R. M.; Hayes, J. H. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.125-132. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: avena-sativa; fungal-diseases; fungicides; application-rates; crop-yield; yield-response-functions; low- input-agriculture; yield-increases; sowing-rates; west- midlands- of-england; south-east-england

446.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Potential effects on rural economies of conversion to sustainable farming systems.
Dobbs, T. L.; Cole, J. D. Am-J-Alternative-Agric v.7(1/2): p.70-80. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; farm-income; sustainability; rural-economy; multipliers; cost-benefit- analysis; south-dakota
Abstract: Conversions from conventional to sustainable farming systems could affect local rural economies either positively or negatively, by several means: changes in income of agricultural households; backward linkages to input supply firms; forward linkages to transportation, processing, and marketing firms; and changes in consumer expenditures by agricultural and other households. We estimated these effects for five local rural economies in South Dakota, representing different agroclimatic and population settlement patterns. Whole- farm economic models of case study conventional and sustainable farms in each area were used to estimate differences in input purchase and marketing patterns. We found declines in on-farm personal income (returns to farm labor and management) in four of the five case comparisons under a conversion to sustainable farming systems if organic price premiums are ignored; we found increases in three of five cases if applicable organic premiums are included. In all five study areas, total off-farm personal income drops in the portions of local economies connected to farming through backward linkages. It also drops in four of the five study areas in the portions of local economies connected through forward linkages if organic premiums are ignored (all five if organic premiums are included). However, net forward linkage effects are usually much smaller than net backward linkage effects, and on- farm personal income effects are substantially greater than either backward or forward off-farm linkage effects in most cases. The total (on- and off-farm) personal income effect of converting to sustainable systems is positive in only one area without organic premiums, and in one additional area with premiums. The ratio of total to on-farm personal income effects within local economies, considering only first round effects on backward- and forward-linked firms, averages 1.2 without organic premiums, or 0.6 with them. Taking account of more complete multiplier effects, which also consider changes in consumer expenditures and changes in expenditures for supplies by backward- and forward-linked firms, the average is 1.8 without organic premiums, or 0.8 with them. With more time for changes in sustainable production techniques and in the structure of farms and the rural economy, the overall economic effects of conversions to sustainable farming are likely to be more positive than our estimates.

447.
NAL Call No.: S631.F422
Potential for Eppawala Apatite as directly applied low- cost fertilizer for rice production in Sri Lanka.
Dahanayake, K.; Ratnayake, M. P. K.; Sunil, P. A. Fertil-res v.41(2): p.145-150. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: oryza-sativa; rock-phosphate; mineral- resources; apatite; triple-superphosphate; phosphorus- fertilizers; comparisons; phosphorus; nutrient-availability; crop-yield; soil-fertility; residual-effects; acid-soils; fertilizer-analysis; chemical-composition; sri-lanka; selectively-mined-eppawala-rock-phosphate
Abstract: Apatite in Sri Lanka is mined from Eppawala (Eppawala Rock Phosphate or ERP). The finely ground product is used as a direct application fertilizer for tea, rubber and coconut. ERP is an indiscriminate mixture of more soluble primary crystals and a less soluble secondary phosphate matrix rich in ferruginous and aluminous compounds with an average P2O5 content of 30%. The primary crystals can easily be separated from the groundmass by mechanical separation to produce selectively mined primary crystals (SERP) which has higher P2O5 (35 to 42%) and lower R2O3 contents (around 1%) than the matrix. The ground SERP shows promise, as measured using yield and bicarbonate- extractable soil P, as fertilizer for rice grown in lowland and midland acid soils. In the second crop residues of SERP produced larger yields and bicarbonate-extractable P than Triple super phosphate (TSP) for the first crop. TSP is imported and its price is four times that of SERP. Therefore SERP is a potentially more profitable alternative fertilizer for TSP for rice on Sri Lankan acid soils.

448.
NAL Call No.: HD256.S37-- 1991
Potential of natural areas and agricultural land use in Darfur, Sudan. Naturraumpotential und agrare Landnutzung in Darfur, Sudan : Vergleich der agraren Nutzungspotentiale und deren Inwertsetzung im westlichen und ostlichen Jebel-Marra- Vorland.
Schrenk, H. Munchen : Geobuch, 1991. 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps, Summary in English.
Descriptors: Land-use,-Rural-Sudan-Darfur; Natural- areas-Sudan-Darfur

449.
NAL Call No.: FU S49.I57-92- 10
Poverty reduction and sustainable agricultural development in the Caribbean : the conflict and convergence dilemma.
Davis, C. G. C. G. 1. Gainesville, Fla. : Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, [1992] 23 p., Title from cover.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Caribbean-Area; Rural-poor-Caribbean-Area; Agriculture-Economic-aspects- Caribbean-Area

450.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Precision farming technology: application to claypen soils.
Sudduth, K. A.; Birrell, S. J.; Borgelt, S. C.; Hughes, D. F. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 267-270.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; crop-management; claypan-soils; crop-yield; data-collection; spatial-variation; fields; sensors; combine-harvesters; glycine-max; zea- mays; sorghum-bicolor; phosphorus; soil-fertility; soil-depth; topsoil; pilot-farms; research-projects; missouri; site-specific-crop- management; management-systems; evaluation-areas

451.
NAL Call No.: HD796.G45-- 1992
Problem solutions between agriculture and nature protection. Problemlosungen zwischen Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz : das Vorrang- und Ausgleichskonzept in der Raumplanung : Ergebnisse aus der Fallstudie Okologische Planung Bundner Rheintal.
Gfeller, M. Zurich : Verlag der Fachvereine an den schweizerischen Hochschulen und Techniken, [1992] xviii, 241, 25 p., [6] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps (some col.), Includes bibliographical references (p. A-5--A-25).
Descriptors: Regional-planning-Rhine-River-Valley; Land-use-Switzerland; Agriculture-Environmental-aspects- Switzerland; Nature-conservation-Switzerland

452.
NAL Call No.: SF196.U5P76- 1992
Proceedings of special symposium : sustainability of quality food production in the twenty-first century at 1990 American Forage and Grassland Conference, June 9, 1990, Blacksburg, Virginia. Sustainability of quality food production in the twenty-first century.
American Forage and Grassland Council. Conference (1990 : Blacksburg, Va. Blacksburg, Va. : The Program, 1992. vii, 51 p., Cover title: Sustainability of quality food production in the twenty-first century.
Descriptors: Beef-cattle-United-States-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-United-States-Congresses; Food-supply- United-States-Congresses; Food-industry-and-trade- United-States- Congresses

453.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86T7- 1991
Proceedings of the 1991 farming for profit and stewardship,sustainable agriculture in the Pacific Northwest : West Cascades conference, Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, 1991, Portland Airport Holiday Inn, Portland, Oregon. Farming for profit and stewardship, sustainable agriculture in the Pacific Northwest.
Murray, H. [Corvalis, Or.? : Oregon State University?, 1991?] 90 p. : ill., Cover title: Farming for profit and stewardship, sustainable agriculture in the Pacific Northwest. USDA low-input sustainable agriculture programs in the Pacific Northwest."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Northwest,- Pacific-Congresses

454.
NAL Call No.: S604.64.D44N67-- no.4
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Sustainability of Agricultural Production Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, 4-7 September, 1989, Aas, Norway.
Symposium on the Sustainability of Agricultural Production Systems in Sub Saharan Africa (1989 : Aas, N. Aas, Norway : NORAGRIC, 1990. 320, v p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Africa,-Sub- Saharan; Agricultural-systems-Africa,-Sub-Saharan

455.
NAL Call No.: 18-G313E-Heft- 407
Producer unions in ecological agriculture. Erzeugerzusammenschlusse im okologischen Landbau : Vermarktung alternativ erzeugter Produkte.
Hamm, U. Munster-Hiltrup : Landwirtschaftsverlag, 1992. v, 123 p., Includes bibliographical references.

456.
NAL Call No.: TJ163.4.U6E36
Producing garden vegetables with organic soil amendments.
Stephens, J. M.; Kostewicz, S. R. EES. Gainesville, Fla. : Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida,. Mar 1994. (327) 6 p.
Descriptors: organic-amendments; vegetable-growing; organic-matter; organic-fertilizers; green-manures; cover-crops; mulches; composting; composts; animal- manures; florida

457.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Producing vegetables in the southeastern U.S. using low- input sustainable techniques: collection and analysis of database.
Peet, M. M. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [35] 15 p.
SARE Project Number: LS 91-32-185. Record includes 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. Reporting period for this report is December 1992 to December 1993. Record includes the manual entitled, "Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the Southeastern U.S. (Draft)."
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; organic-farming; handbooks; databases

458.
NAL Call No.: 281.28- R88
The production function, crop diversity, and the debate between conventional and sustainable agriculture.
Lyson, T. A.; Welsh, R. Rural-sociol v.58(3): p.424- 439. (1993 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-production; diversity; production-functions; farm-inputs; usa
Abstract: Organizational assumptions embedded in the production function of neoclassical economics have served to structure production agriculture in the United States for the past 100 years. The narrow focus of the production function on the inputs of land, labor, capital, and management and the use of on-farm profitability as the primary definition of sustainability have come under attack from sustainable agriculturalists, who argue that the social and environmental consequences of production are as important as the economic outcomes. Using diversity of crops harvested as an indicator of sustainability, the production function is operationalized to inform the debate between the conventional, neoclassical model of production and the alternative, sustainable model. Census of agriculture data from 1978, 1982, and 1987 are used in both cross-sectional and temporal models. Results show that increases in expenditures for equipment and machinery, prevalence of corporate farms, higher rates of tenancy, and the prevalence of large farms are associated with lower levels of diversity at the county level. Conversely, higher levels of diversity are found in counties with greater farm labor expenses, where there are more medium-size farms, and where farmers are more likely to farm full-time.

459.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.K56-- 1993
Production practices and sample costs for a diversified organic vegetable operation in the Central Coast.
Klonsky, K.; Tourte, L.; Chaney, D.; University of California (System). Cooperative Extension. Oakland, Calif. : U. C. Cooperative Extension, [1993?] 99 p., Includes bibliographical references (p. 99).
Descriptors: Organic-farming-California; Organic- farming-Economic-aspects-California; Farm-produce-California; Farm-produce-Economic-aspects-California

460.
NAL Call No.: 100-SO82- 3
Productivity of systems, 1985-1991.
Smolik, J. TB-Agric-Exp-Stn-S-D-State-Univ. Brookings, S.D. : The Station. Oct 1992. (99) 8 p.
In the series analytic: Soil science research in the Plant Science Department : 1991 Annual Report. Soil PR 91-5.
Descriptors: farming-systems-research; crop-yield; livestock-farming; rotations; biomass-production; cost-benefit- analysis; alternative-farming; minimum-tillage; row- tillage; fertilizers; herbicides; rain; south-dakota


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461.
NAL Call No.: TJ163.4.U6E36
A profile of Florida's commercial organic citrus growers.
Swisher, M. E.; Monaghan, P.; Ferguson, J. EES. Gainesville, Fla. : Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida,. Apr 1994. (108) 8 p.
Includes references.
Descriptors: organic-farming; farmers; citrus-fruits; farm-surveys; crop-production; florida

462.
NAL Call No.: TJ163.4.U6E36
A profile of Florida's commercial organic vegetable farmers.
Swisher, M. E.; Monaghan, P.; Schuster, D.; Brinen, G. A. EES. Gainesville, Fla. : Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida,. Apr 1994. (107) 12 p.
Includes references.
Descriptors: organic-farming; farmers; vegetables; crop-production; farm-surveys; florida

463.
NAL Call No.: 57.8- C734
A profit center grows on composted manure.
Logsdon, G. Biocycle v.34(11): p.66-67. (1993 Nov.)
Descriptors: composting; animal-manures; composts; application-to-land; organic-farming

464.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Profitability of a range of input programmes for winter wheat and winter barley as grain prices decrease.
McCabe, T.; Gallagher, E. J. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.97-100. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; hordeum-vulgare; winter-wheat; farm-inputs; profitability; production-costs; returns; low-input-agriculture; yield-response-functions; crop- yield; marginal-analysis; irish-republic; net-margins

465.
NAL Call No.: HD1773.A2N6
The profitability of sustainable agriculture on a representative grain farm in the Mid-Atlantic region, 1981-89: comment.
Roberts, W. S.; Swinton, S. M. Agric-resour-econ-rev v.24(1): p.136-138. (1995 Apr.)
Reply by J.C. Hanson, p. 138.
Descriptors: maize; soybeans; wheat; oats; grain; farming-systems; low-input-agriculture; farm-comparisons; commercial-farming; sustainability; profitability; liquidity; risk; models; federal-programs; participation; middle-atlantic- states-of-usa; pennsylvania; rodale-research-farms,-kutztown,- pennsylvania; solvency; financial-analysis

466.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.I47J68
Profitable and environmentally sound agriculture: a sustainable approach to the future.
Novak, J. L.; Goodman, W. R. J-agric-food-inf v.2(4): p.43-62. (1994)
Paper presented at the U.S. Agricultural Information Network National Conference "Rural information at the crossroads: issues and opportunities," October 28-30, 1993, Auburn, Alabama.
Descriptors: farming-systems; sustainability; objectives; profitability; environmental-protection; incentives; farmers; motivation

467.
NAL Call No.: S451.C2U65-- 1990
Progress report, 1986-1990.
University of California, D. S. A. R. &. E. P. Davis, CA : UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program, [1990] 127 p. : ill., "July 1990."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-California; Alternative-agriculture-California; Agricultural-ecology- California

468.
NAL Call No.: 56.8- J822
The promise of precision agriculture.
Vanden Heuvel, R. M. J-soil-water-conserv v.51(1): p.38-40. (1996 Jan.-1996 Feb.)
Commentary.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; low-input- agriculture; sustainability; agricultural-development

469.
NAL Call No.: HD1401.M78-- no.18
Promoting farm investment for sustainable intensification of African agriculture.
Reardon, T. A. East Lansing, Mich. : Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Dept. of Economics, Michigan State University, 1995. ix, 37 p., Cover title.

470.
NAL Call No.: HD1401.M78-- no.17
Promoting food security in Rwanda through sustainable agricultural productivity : meeting the challenges of population pressure, land degradation, and poverty.
Clay, D. C. East Lansing, Mi.: Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Dept. of Economics, Michigan State University, 1995. xviii, 115 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-115).

471.
NAL Call No.: HD1905.S24P76- 1989
Proposal for organic farming in the highlands. 1. ed. Propuesta de agricultura organica para la sierra : sistematizacion de la experiencia en San Marcos, Cajamarca.
Chavez Achong, J.; Cuba, A.; Machuca, R.; Ideas (Organization). Lima, Peru : IDEAS : CONCYTEC, 1989. 246 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Peru-San- Marcos-Cajamarca; Agriculture-Social-aspects-Peru-San-Marcos- Cajamarca; Organic-farming-Peru-San- Marcos-Cajamarca; Agricultural-innovations-Peru-San-Marcos-Cajamarca

472.
NAL Call No.: HT401.R47
Prospects for a sustainable agriculture in the northeast's rural/urban fringe.
Pfeffer, M. J.; Lapping, M. B. Res-rural-sociol-dev. Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press Inc., c1984-. 1995. v. 6 p. 67- 93.
In the series analytic: Sustaining agriculture and rural communities / edited by H.K. Schwarzweller and T.A. Lyson.
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-production; trends; farmland; land-use-planning; urban-areas; rural-areas; regionalization; land-diversion; northeastern-states-of- usa

473.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86P76-- 1989
Protecting groundwater through sustainable agriculture : an introduction to farming practices that can keep groundwater pure.
Kemp, A.; Minnesota Project (Organization). Minneapolis, MN : Minnesota Project, [1989] 41 p. : ill., "January, 1989." wrote several chapters."--T.p. verso.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Minnesota; Agricultural-ecology-Minnesota

474.
NAL Call No.: HT401.A36
Public agricultural researchers: reactions to organic, low input and sustainable agriculture.
Harp, A.; Sachs, C. Agric-Hum-Val v.11(4): p.58-63. (1992 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-research; sustainability; organic-farming; farm-inputs

475.
NAL Call No.: BJ52.5.J68
Public policy decisions for farm animal welfare.
Tweeten, L. J-agric-environ-ethics v.6(special suppl.1): p.87-104. (1993)
Paper presented at the international conference "Farm Animal Welfare: Ethical, Technological and Sociopolitical Perspectives," June 1991, Queenstown, Maryland.
Descriptors: livestock-farming; animal-welfare; public- opinion; attitudes; agricultural-policy; alternative-farming; economics; law; legislation; usa

476.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Purchases and sales of N, P, and K, soil inorganic N and nitrate leaching on an organic horticultural holding.
Watson, C. A.; Fowler, S. M.; Wilman, D. Biol-agric- hortic v.10(3): p.189-195. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: horticultural-crops; farms; organic- farming; farm-inputs; organic-amendments; nitrogen; phosphorus; potassium; nutrient-sources; purchasing; turnover; ammonium- nitrogen; nitrate-nitrogen; nitrogen-content; soil; plant- tissues; nitrate; leaching; losses-from-soil; england

477.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) control in reduced- tillage cotton (Gossypium hisutum L.) with low-volume technology.
Bryson, C. T.; Hanks, J. E.; Wills, G. D. Weed- technol v.8(1): p.28-31. (1994 Jan.-1994 Mar.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: gossypium-hirsutum; weed-control; cyperus- rotundus; chemical-control; minimum-tillage; low-input- agriculture; application-rates; glyphosate; diluents; carriers; emulsions; low-volume-spraying; nonionic-surfactants; phytotoxicity; abiotic-injuries; crop-yield; yield-losses; mississippi

478.
NAL Call No.: 1.90- C2OU8
Quality of life issues and sustainable agriculture.
Flora, C. B. Outlook. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Mar 1993. p. 701-704.
Paper presented at the conference "Agriculture's changing horizon," December 1-3, 1992, Washington, DC.
Descriptors: sustainability; quality-of-life

479.
NAL Call No.: S478.A1R63-- 1995
The quest for sustainable agriculture and land use. Sustainable agriculture and land use.
Roberts, B. R. B. R. 1. Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press ; Portland, Or. : Available in North America through ISBS, Inc., 1995. ix, 245 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Australia; Land- use,-Rural-Australia

480.
NAL Call No.: SB599.C8
Rating index as a basis for decision making on pesticide use reduction and for accreditation of fruit produced under integrated pest management.
Penrose, L. J.; Thwaite, W. G.; Bower, C. C. Crop- prot v.13(2): p.146-152. (1994 Mar.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: pesticides; usage; pesticide-residues; indexes; integrated-pest-management; decision-making; low-input- agriculture; new-south-wales


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481.
NAL Call No.: S602.5.R35
RCMP research monograph. Resource and Crop Management Program research monograph.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Resource and Crop Management Program. Ibadan, Nigeria : Resource and Crop Management Program, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, [ -c1991] v. : ill.
Description based on: No. 4, published in 1991; title from analytical t.p.
Descriptors: Cropping-systems-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Sustainable-agriculture-Africa,-Sub-Saharn; Agriculture-Africa,- Sub-Saharan; Agriculture-Economic-aspects- Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Farm-management-Africa,-Sub-Saharan

482.
NAL Call No.: S451.N8K56- 1990
Reduced chemical input cropping system experiment, North Carolina State University : progress report. Progress report, reduced chemical input cropping system experiment, North Carolina State University.
King, L. D. L. D. 1.; North Carolina State University. [Raleigh : The University, 1990] 34 leaves : ill., Caption title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-North-Carolina; Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects-North-Carolina; Agricultural-chemicals-Economic-aspects-North- Carolina

483.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Reduced chemical input cropping systems in the southeastern United States. I. Effect of rotations, green manure crops and nitrogen fertilizer on crop yields.
King, L. D.; Buchanan, M. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. 1993. v. 8 (2) p. 58-77.
Includes references.
Descriptors: rotations; green-manures; crop-yield; cropping-systems; crop-management; agricultural-regions; agricultural-chemicals; farm-inputs; legumes; weed- control; nitrogen-fertilizers; substitution; southeastern-states-of- usa
Abstract: Interest in reducing purchased chemical inputs to reduce production costs and avoid possible environmental damage prompted this 7-year study. Two management systems, current management practices (CMP) and reduced chemical inputs (RCI), were evaluated for four crop sequences from 1985 through

484.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Reduced chemical input cropping systems in the southeastern United States. II. Effects of moderate rates of N fertilizer and herbicides, tillage, and delayed cover crop plow-down on crop yields.
King, L. D. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Fall 1994. v. 9 (4) p. 162-170.
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; triticum-aestivum; trifolium-pratense; sorghum-bicolor; continuous-cropping; rotations; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; nitrogen- fertilizers; application-rates; green-manures; trifolium- incarnatum; cover-crops; incorporation; timing; chemical-vs; - cultural-weed-control; herbicides; tillage; no-tillage; crop- yield; north-carolina; cropping-sequences
Abstract: In a previous study of reduced chemical cropping systems (N from legumes; chisel plow and disk tillage; cultivation for weed control) in the southeastern U.S., corn and wheat yields were less than half those obtained with recommended practices. The following practices were studied as possible ways to improve yields in the reduced chemical systems: 1) conventional tillage (chisel plowing and disking), inorganic N at 70 or 140 kg/ha, and either cultivation or herbicides; 2) early versus late plow-down of clover green manures; 3) supplemental inorganic N fertilizer on corn and wheat in rotations relying on clover green manures for N; and 4) nicosulfuron herbicide banded on corn. Yield of soybean in the rotations was not affected by any of these practices. With herbicides and fertilizer N at 140 kg/ha, continuous corn yields with no-till and conventional tillage were equal in 1990 and 1992, but no-till yield was 30% higher in 1991. When cultivation was used for weed control in the conventional tillage treatment, corn yield was similar to that of no-till with herbicide in the one year when rain was plentiful (yield 6000 kg/ha). However, in 2 of 4 dry years, yields (<2600 kg/ha) were higher with no-till. Clover biomass consistently increased by between 700 and 3500 kg/ha when plow-down was delayed from mid-April to early or mid-May (13 to 26 days). However, biomass N content increased significantly (by between 35 and 90 kg/ha) in only 2 of 5 years. Corn yields were affected in only 2 of 12 possible comparisons. In these cases, delayed clover plow-down reduced yield by about 50%. Supplementing corn with 45 kg N/ha and banding nicosulfuron increased yields, but only to between 62 and. 90 kg N/ha.

485.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Reduced chemical input production of peach.
Flore, J. A. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 54 p.
SARE Project Number: ANC91-9. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk and appendices.
Descriptors: prunus-persica; insecticides; herbicides; fungicides; fertilizers; application-rates; integrated-pest- management; insect-control; weed-control; chemical- control; pesticide-residues; groundwater; water-quality; fruits; crop- yield; michigan

486.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Reduced-herbicide weed management systems for no-tillage corn (Zea mays) in a hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop.
Teasdale, J. R. Weed-technol v.7(4): p.879-883. (1993 Oct.-1993 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; no-tillage; cover-crops; vicia- villosa; live-mulches; weed-control; chemical-control; cultural- weed-control; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; crop-yield; atrazine; dicamba; metolachlor; sulfonylurea-herbicides; paraquat; efficacy; chemical-vs; -cultural-weed-control; crop- weed-competition; maryland

487.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Reduced input corn weed control: the effects of planting date:, early season weed control, and row-crop cultivator selection.
Mulder, T. A.; Doll, J. D. J-prod-agric v.7(2): p.256-260. (1994 Apr.-1994 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; weed-control; chemical-control; cultural-weed-control; timing; atrazine; hoeing; mechanical- methods; cultivators; comparisons; sowing-date; variation; crop- yield; profitability; wisconsin

488.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Reduced input systems of cropping.
Easson, D. L.; Picton, J. R. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.77-80. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; pesticides; nitrogen-fertilizers; profitability; farm-inputs; rotations; arable-farming; field-crops; horticultural-crops; gross-margins; gross-margins-analysis; northern-ireland

489.
NAL Call No.: QK1.C83
Reduced pesticide use in Scandinavian agriculture.
Pettersson, O. Crit-rev-plant-sci v.13(1): p.43-55. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; crop-production; pesticides; application-rates; history; political-attitudes; social-impact; trends; literature-reviews; sweden; norway; denmark

490.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Reduced rates of postemergence herbicides for weed control in sweet corn (Zea mays).
O'Sullivan, J.; Bouw, W. J. Weed-technol v.7(4): p.995-1000. (1993 Oct.-1993 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; low-input-agriculture; application-rates; weed-control; chemical-control; cyanazine; atrazine; metolachlor; sulfonylurea-herbicides; herbicide- mixtures; efficacy; crop-yield; ontario; nicosulfuron; rimsulfuron

491.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Reduced rates of postemergence herbicides in conventional soybeans (Glycine max).
Prostko, E. P.; Meade, J. A. Weed-technol. Champaign, Ill. : The Weed Science Society of America. Apr/June 1993. v. 7 (2) 365-369.
Includes references.
Descriptors: glycine-max; weed-control; chemical- control; application-rates; bentazone; acifluorfen; fomesafen; chlorimuron; sethoxydim; herbicide-mixtures; efficacy; crop- yield; ambrosia-artemisiifolia; chenopodium-album; eragrostis- cilianensis; low-input-agriculture; new-jersey; reduced- application-rates

492.
NAL Call No.: 100- F663
Reduced soil insecticide use in sugarcane planted after rice.
Cherry, R.; Powell, J.; Ulloa, M. Belle-Glade-EREC-res- rep (EV-1993-3): p.62-66. (1993)
Paper presented at the 1993 Sugarcane Growers Seminar, May 13, 1993, Belle Glade, Florida.
Descriptors: saccharum-officinarum; oryza-sativa; crop- production; sequential-cropping; elateridae; soil-insects; insecticides; crop-yield; florida

493.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Reducing herbicide inputs in weed management systems for the Corn Belt.
Hummel, J. W.; Wax, L. M.; Stoller, E. W. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 1 p. 93-96.
Includes references.
Descriptors: herbicides; weed-control; chemical- control; low-input-agriculture; crop-yield; glycine-max; zea- mays; tillage; no-tillage; weed-biology; weeds; seedling- emergence; sensors; soil-organic-matter; corn-belt-states-of-usa

494.
NAL Call No.: 100- AL1H
Reducing production inputs may be profitable for cotton producers.
Patterson, M. G.; Goodman, W. R.; Norris, B. E.; Freeman, B. L. Highlights-Agric-Res-Ala-Agric-Exp-Stn v.40(1): p.11. (1993 Spring)
Descriptors: gossypium-hirsutum; conservation-tillage; cost-benefit-analysis; production-costs; herbicides; insecticides; fungicides; alabama

495.
NAL Call No.: QH540.J6
Reducing soil erosion and agricultural chemical losses with conservation tillage.
Seta, A. K.; Blevins, R. L.; Frye, W. W.; Barfield, B. J. J-environ-qual v.22(4): p.661-665. (1993 Oct.-1993 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: conservation-tillage; chiselling; no- tillage; runoff-water; losses-from-soil; water-quality; nitrate- nitrogen; ammonium-nitrogen; phosphates; atrazine; kentucky
Abstract: As nonpoint source pollution of water becomes more evident, more concern is being focused on the effects of agricultural practices on water quality. This study evaluated the effects of conventional tillage (CT), chisel-plow tillage (CP), and no tillage (NT) on the quality of runoff water from a Maury silt loam soil (fine, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalf) near Lexington, KY. The mean runoff rate, total runoff volume, mean sediment concentration, and total soil losses were significantly less for NT than for CP and CT. Concentration of NO3-, NH4+, and PO4(3-) in the runoff water from NT were greater than from CP or CT. Concentration of atrazine [6-chloro- N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3, 5-triazine-2,4-diamine] in the runoff water tended to be higher from CP than from NT or CT. Total losses of NO3-, NH4+, PO4(3-), and atrazine in runoff water were generally in the order CT > CP > NT. The sum of all chemicals lost was less than 3% of the total amount of each applied.

496.
NAL Call No.: SB950.S83- 1993
Reducing the tonnage of pesticides for peanut production in Virginia.
Phipps, P. M. Successful implementation of integrated pest management for agricultural crops / edited by Anne R Leslie, Gerrit W Cuperus. Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis Publishers, c1993.. p. 117-127.
Paper presented at the National Forum on Agricultural IPM held June 17-19, 1992 in Arlington, VA., organized by the Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society.
Descriptors: arachis-hypogaea; crop-production; integrated-pest-management; virginia

497.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Reference manual of LISA Resource Management Strategy crop budgets for the mid-south region.
Johnson, L. A. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1994. [36] 10 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-33A. Record includes 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. This is a final report.
Descriptors: crop-enterprises; cropping-systems; sustainability; agricultural-budgets; costs; farm-inputs

498.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Reference manual of LISA resource management strategy crop budgets for the mid-south region.
Johnson, L. A. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 67 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-33A. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; gossypium; triticum-aestivum; sorghum; nicotiana-tabacum; tillage; conservation; conservation-tillage; minimum-tillage; no- tillage; economic-analysis; costs; returns; pesticides; leaching; soil- types; losses-from-soil; crop-yield; sustainability; low-input- agriculture; tennessee; georgia- ; alabama; mississippi; kentucky; virginia; conventional-tillage

499.
NAL Call No.: S464.5.S86P74-- 1995
Regenerating agriculture : policies and practice for sustainability and self-reliance.
Pretty, J. N. Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, 1995. p. cm., Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture; Sustainable- agriculture-Government-policy

500.
NAL Call No.: GB611.D47
Regional development and desertification control through ecological farming: three examples in Argentina.
Martinez Carretero, E. Desertif-control (23): p.34-38. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; zygophyllaceae; cercidium; sorghum-almum; crop-production; arid-lands; desertification; environmental-control; argentina; bulnesia- retama; cercidium-praecox


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501.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.Y85- 1991
The regional development of the organic agriculture movement. Dai 1-han. Yuki nogyo undo no chiikiteki tenkai : Yamagata-ken Takahata-machi no jissen kara.
Aoki, S. 1. Tokyo : Ie no Hikari Kyokai, Heisei 3 [1991] 277 p. : ill., maps, Descriptors: Organic-farming- Japan-Takahata-machi; Organic-farming-Social-aspects-Japan- Takahata-machi

502.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Relative costs of a weed-activated versus conventional sprayer in Northern Great Plains fallow.
Ahrens, W. H. Weed-technol v.8(1): p.50-57. (1994 Jan.-1994 Mar.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: fallow; weed-control; chemical-control; application-rates; low-input-agriculture; weeds; detection; sensors; sprayers; technology-transfer; cost-benefit- analysis; farm-inputs; herbicides; comparisons; broadcasting; north-dakota; detectspray-weed-activated; sprayer-technology; infrared-sensors; electronic-sensors

503.
NAL Call No.: HD1417.F34-- 1993
Reluctant partners? : non-governmental organizations, the state and sustainable agricultural development.
Farrington, J.; Bebbington, A. 1. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. xxvii, 222 p., Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Descriptors: Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Developing- countries-Case-studies; Agricultural-innovations-Developing- countries-Case-studies; Non-governmental- organizations- Developing-countries-Case-studies; Sustainable-agriculture- Developing-countries-Case-studies; Agriculture-and-state- Developing-countries- Case-studies

504.
NAL Call No.: HD2130.W67- 1987
Report of a Workshop on Agricultural Alternatives for Southern Africa held in Lesotho from May 31 to June 4, 1987.
Workshop on Agricultural Alternatives for Southern Africa (1987 : Maseru, L. Maseru, Lesotho : The Centre, [1987?] 65 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Agriculture-Africa,-Southern; Agriculture- Economic-aspects-Africa,-Southern

505.
NAL Call No.: HD1431.W67-- 1985
Report of the inaugural workshop and proposal for implementation of the tropical land clearing for sustainable agriculture network : August 27 - September 2, 1985, Jakarta and Bukittinggi, Indonesia.
Workshop of the Tropical Land Clearing for Sustainable Agriculture Network (1985 : Jakarta and Bukittinggi, I. [Bangkok, Thailand] : International Board for Soil Research and Management, Inc., 1985? 48 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Workshop-of-the-Tropical-Land-Clearing- for-Sustainable-Agriculture-Network-1985-:-Jakarta-and- Bukittinggi,-Indonesia; Agriculture-International- cooperation- Congresses; Agricultural-assistance-Congresses; Technical- assistance-Congresses

506.
NAL Call No.: HD1917.F3-- 1994
Report of the nineteenth FAO Regional Conference for Europe : Killarney, Ireland, 6-10 June 1994. Nineteenth FAO Regional Conference for Europe.
FAO Regional Conference for Europe (19th : 1994 : Killarney, K. I. Rome : FAO, 1994. viii, 51 p., "ERC/94/REP."
Descriptors: Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Europe- Congresses; Food-supply-Europe-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture-Europe-Congresses

507.
NAL Call No.: SB191.R5R583-- 1993
Report of the Regional Expert Consultation on the Sustainability of the Rice-Wheat Production System in Different Agro-ecological settings in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 6-9 July, 1993. Regional Expert Consultation on the Sustainability of the Rice-Wheat Production System in Different Agro-ecological Settings in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 6- 9 July, 1993.
Regional Expert Consultation on the Sustainability of the Rice Wheat Production System in Different Agro ecological Settings in Asia (1993 : Bangkok, T. Bangkok : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 1993. 40 p., Descriptors: Rice- Ecology-Asia-Congresses; Wheat-ecology-Asia-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Asia-Congresses

508.
NAL Call No.: S602.5.R35
Resource and crop management research monograph.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Resource and Crop Management Division. Ibadan, Nigeria : Resource and Crop Management Division, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c1992- v. : ill.
Title from analytical t.p.
Descriptors: Cropping-systems-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Sustainable-agriculture-Afric,-Sub-Saharn; Agriculture-Africa,- Sub-Saharan; Agriculture-Economic-aspects- Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Farm-management-Africa,-Sub-Saharan

509.
NAL Call No.: aS592.16.I57
Resource conservation and sustainable agriculture on wet soils.
Juo, A. S. R.; Hossner, L. R. Proc-Int-Soil-Correl-Meet- ISCOM (8th): p. 161-167. (1992)
Paper presented at the meeting: "Characterization, classification, and utilization of wet soils: Louisiana and Texas, held October 6-21, 1990.
Descriptors: wetlands; wetland-soils; land-use; paddy- soils; sustainability; resource-conservation; rice-soils; environmental-impact; economic-analysis; conversion; wetland- conversion

510.
NAL Call No.: 290.9- Am32P
Resource inventory applications for identifying sustainable agricultural issues in Africa.
Jagtap, S. S. Pap-Am-Soc-Agric-Eng. St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural Engineers,. Winter 1991. (91- 5533) 15 p.
Paper presented at the "1991 International Winter Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers," December 17-20, 1991, Chicago, Illinois.
Descriptors: sustainability; resource-management; models; africa

511.
NAL Call No.: HC79.P6W48
Resources--resources--resources.
Elswick, L. Why (13): p.32-33. (1993 Summer)
Descriptors: alternative-farming; bibliographies

512.
NAL Call No.: QH301.N32
Resources to implement biological control in greenhouses.
Jacobson, R. J. NATO-ASI-ser,-Ser-A,-Life-sci. New York : Plenum, 1984-. 1995. v. 276 p. 211-219.
In the series analytic: Thrips biology and management / edited by B. L. Parker, M. Skinner and T. Lewis. Burlington, Vermont.
Descriptors: greenhouse-crops; insect-pests; frankliniella-occidentalis; insect-control; biological-control; biological-control-agents; integrated-control; integrated-pest- management; cost-analysis; insecticides; low-input-agriculture

513.
NAL Call No.: 421- J822
Response of dry bean yield to injury by Mexican bean beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in low-input and conventional cropping systems.
Fan, Y.; Groden, E.; Liebman, M.; Alford, A. R. J- econ-entomol v.86(5): p.1574-1578. (1993 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: phaseolus-vulgaris; crop-damage; epilachna-varivestis; crop-yield; cropping-systems; maine
Abstract: Field cage studies were conducted during 1989 and 1990 to estimate the yield response of 'Maine Yelloweye' dry bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L., to injury by Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, at the preflowering (R5) and flowering (R6) stages of plant growth in the low-input and conventional cropping systems in Maine. Plants, caged singly, were infested with 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 first instars. Caging had no significant effect on yield. No significant relationship was detected between yield and Mexican bean beetle infestation level except at the R5 stage in the low- input treatment in 1989, where a significant linear relationship was found. In 1990, the low-input treatment at the R5 stage infested by 20 larvae was the only treatment with significant yield loss. Defoliation in this treatment was an estimated 28%, whereas defoliation of all other treatments was < 20%. It was estimated that the economic injury level for Mexican bean beetle on dry bean in Maine may exceed 20 first instars per plant or 20% defoliation. Effects of plant size, cropping system, plant growth stage, and sample size on the development of economic injury level were discussed.

514.
NAL Call No.: HD1.A3
The response of low-input agricultural systems to environmental variability. A theoretical approach.
Viglizzo, E. F. Agric-syst v.44(1): p.1-17. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; environmental- impact; responses; variation; productivity; stability; sustainability; farming-systems; systems-approach; economic- situation; theory; models; energy; economic-environment; environmental-sensitivity; systems-articulation-hypothesis; biological-articulation; economic-articulation

515.
NAL Call No.: S589.7.R47-- 1990
Return to the good earth : damaging effects of modern agriculture and the case for ecological farming.
Third World Network (George Town, P. Penang, Malaysia : Third World Network, [1990?] 570 p. : ill., maps, "A Third World Network Dossier."
Descriptors: Agricultural-ecology; Agriculture- Environmental-aspects; Sustainable-agriculture

516.
NAL Call No.: HT401.J68
The rise and fall of agricultural policy cycles: from planned economy to green liberalism.
Almas, R. J-rural-stud v.10(1): p.15-25. (1994 Jan.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; regulation; social- welfare; market-economies; cyclic-fluctuations; models; case- studies; low-input-agriculture; farm-management; norway; three- dimensional-model
Abstract: The article presents a country case study (Norway) of changing agricultural policy in the triangular field of forces formed by state regulation, the markets and the social welfare of the farming population. The article starts with an outline of a three-dimensional model of agricultural policies in developed capitalist countries. The policy is torn between three poles: state regulation, the liberalist market economy, and welfare support for the farmers. Each historical epoch has its own compromise between these three dimensions, called a policy cycle. When the cycle of agricultural policy changes, we may expect a change in the farmers' survival strategies. The findings, however, show that there is more persistence than change, independent of policy cycle, and farmers adapt themselves to policy changes even before the actual changes are made, in anticipation of the future. As a consequence, farmers in Norway lowered their investments and used less fertilizer and pesticides even before the present policy of 'green liberalism' was implemented.

517.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Risk indices for economic and water quality tradeoffs: an application to Great Plains agriculture.
Teague, M. L.; Mapp, H. P.; Bernardo, D. J. J-prod- agric v.8(3): p.405-415. (1995 July-1995 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: water-quality; water-pollution; point- sources; risk; evaluation; indexes; comparisons; environmental- impact; economic-impact; alternative-farming; farming-systems; great-plains-states-of-usa; nonpoint-source-pollution; environmental-risk-indices
Abstract: Agricultural nonpoint source pollution is a multidimensional problem encompassing several forms of contaminants and several environments (e.g., surface water and groundwater). Environmental risk indices can account for differences in chemical attributes and aggregate environmental outcomes across several forms of contaminants and environments. The objective of this analysis is to develop three environmental risk indices and use the indices to compare the environmental risk and economic returns associated with alternative production systems in the Oklahoma Panhandle region of the Central High Plains. Three environmental risk indices are developed that incorporate different information concerning the environmental effects of pesticide use. The first index--the environmental impact quotient (EIQ)--incorporates only chemical properties into the environmental risk assessment, while the two other indices- -chemical environmental index (CINDEX) and chemical concentration index (CONC) also factor in estimates of expected annual runoff and percolation loadings and concentrations, respectively. Both statistical and graphical comparisons indicate that the three indices provide similar rankings of alternative production systems based upon their potential environmental consequences. The CONC index is characterized by greater volatility than the other indices, and its rankings of the production activities are least correlated with those derived from the two other indices. Results suggest some potential for reduction in environmental risk without large reductions in net returns. Application of the EIQ index, which does not explicitly incorporate chemical loading or concentration estimates, provides the highest estimate of income. Therefore, although the three indices generate similar rankings of alternative production activities, their application can provide very different estimates of the economic consequences of attaining environmental objectives.

518.
NAL Call No.: SF371.R47
The role of grazing sheep in sustainable agriculture.
Ely, D. G. Sheep-res-j p.37-51. (1994)
In the special issue: Role of sheep grazing in natural resource management.
Descriptors: sheep; grazing; sustainability; forage; digestibility; agricultural-production; maturity-stage; feed- conversion; solar-energy; nitrogen-fertilizers; triticum- aestivum; grazing-systems; profitability; soil-conservation; literature-reviews

519.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
The role of livestock in sustainable agriculture.
Coppinger, R.; Clemence, E.; Coppinger, T. Small-Farm- Today v.10(1): p.32-34. (1993 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: livestock; animal-production; sustainability

520.
NAL Call No.: HD1.A3
The role of modelling in the quest for sustainable farming systems.
Pandey, S.; Hardaker, J. B. Agric-syst v.47(4): p.439-450. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farming-systems-research; sustainability; natural-resources; resource-utilization; equations; mathematical- models


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521.
NAL Call No.: S589.7.E57- 1994
Role of mycorrhizae in sustainable agriculture.
Sylvia, D. M. Environmentally sound agriculture proceedings of the second conference 20-22 April 1994 / p.559-566. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: mycorrhizal-fungi; vesicular-arbuscular- mycorrhizas; soil-fungi; biological-activity-in-soil; rhizosphere; sustainability; land-productivity; soil-inoculation; inoculum; biological-production; techniques

522.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Role of soil microbial biomass and microbivorous nematodes in functioning of sustainable agricultural systems.
Scow, K.; Ferris, H. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 18 p.
SARE Project Number: AW 92-7. Record includes 3 1/2 floppy disk and appendices.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; soil-flora; microbial-activities; biomass-production; carbon; nitrogen; mineralization; free-living-nematodes; population-density; arginine; respiration; soil-fertility; biological-activity-in- soil; low-input-agriculture; organic-farming; farming; sustainability; california; conventional-farming

523.
NAL Call No.: HD1957.T48- 1993
Role of the Green Party in the process of forming agricultural political opinions. Die Rolle der Partei "Die Grunen" im Prozess der agrarpolitischen Willensbildung.
Thomma Schleipfer, E. Kiel : Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, 1993. 318 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 269- 284).
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-politics-Germany; Agriculture-and-state-Germany; Political-parties-Germany

524.
NAL Call No.: 80- J825
Root and shoot growth and chlorophyll content of Taraxacum officinale provenances as affected by defoliation and debudding under organic and hydroponic cultivation.
Letchamo, W.; Gosselin, A. J-hortic-sci v.70(2): p.279-285. (1995 Mar.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: taraxacum-officinale; crop-production; organic-farming; hydroponics; roots; shoots; growth; plant- composition; chlorophyll; provenance; defoliation; disbudding; industrial-applications; roots; plant-extracts; canada

525.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Root-zone water quality and grain production at the Missouri MSEA.
Hughes, D. F.; Kitchen, N. R.; Donald, W. W.; Alberts, E. E. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 137-140.
Includes references.
Descriptors: nitrate-nitrogen; herbicide-residues; water-quality; soil-water; downward-movement; leaching; glycine- max; triticum-aestivum; zea-mays; rotations; tillage; no-tillage; claypan-soils; crop-yield; mulching; research-projects; application-rates; low-input-agriculture; pilot-farms; missouri; management-systems-evaluation-areas

526.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Rooting characteristics and nitrogen utilisation of brussels sprouts and leeks.
Smit, A. L.; Booij, R.; Enserink, C. T.; Werf, A. v. d. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.247-256. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: brassica-oleracea-var; -gemmifera; allium- porrum; nitrogen; use-efficiency; rooting; patterns; rooting- depth; root-systems; nutrient-uptake; seasonal- fluctuations; crop-management; losses-from-soil; alternative-farming; rooting- intensity; ecological-farming

527.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Rotational grazing for Wisconsin and Minnesota dairy farmers--an evaluation of animal and forage performance and whole farm socio-economic analysis.
Sheaffer, C. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. [46] 25 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC90-27. Previous SARE Report indexed under LWF 162-016-02932. This is a final report.
Descriptors: rotational-grazing; grassland-management; pastures; plant-composition; dairy-cows; liveweight-gain; body- condition; animal-nutrition; milk-production; milk- composition; low-input-agriculture; economic-analysis; wisconsin; minnesota

528.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Rotational grazing for Wisconsin and Minnesota dairy farmers--an evaluation of animal and forage performance and whole farm socioeconomic analysis.
Sheaffer, C. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. [12] 12 p.
SARE Project Number: LWF/62-016-02932. This is a preliminary final report since research, economic analysis is on going.
Descriptors: rotational-grazing; grassland-management; medicago-sativa; varieties; permanent-grasslands; dairy-cows; dairy-farms; milk-production; low-input- agriculture; wisconsin; minnesota

529.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S95R972-- 1994
Rural and farming systems analysis : European perspectives.
Dent, J. B. J. B. 1.; McGregor, M. J. M. J. Wallingford : CAB International, c1994. xix, 361 p. : ill., map, Includes bibliographies and index.
Descriptors: Agricultural-systems-Europe; Alternative- agriculture-Europe; Rural-development-Europe; Family-farms- Europe; Agricultural-extension-work-Research; Agriculture- Research-Europe

530.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S74-- 1991
Rural economic development and sustainable agriculture.
Strange, M.; Center for Rural Affairs (Walthill, N. Walthill, NE : Center for Rural Affairs, [1991] 22 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture; Rural-development

531.
NAL Call No.: HD9259.A47C22-- 1992
Sample costs to produce organic almonds in the northern San Joaquin Valley : flood irrigation.
Asai, W. [Davis, Calif.?] : University of California Cooperative Extension, 1992. 25 p., Cover title.
Descriptors: Almond-California-San-Joaquin-River- Watershed-Costs; Organic-farming-California-San-Joaquin-River- Watershed; Irrigation-farming-California-San- Joaquin-River- Watershed

532.
NAL Call No.: HD9066.C23S232-- 1992
Sample costs to produce organic rice water seeded in the Sacramento Valley.
Williams, J.; University of California (System). Cooperative Extension. [Davis, Calif.?] : U.C. Cooperative Extension, 1992. 23 p., Caption title.
Descriptors: Rice-California-Sacramento-River- Watershed-Costs; Organic-farming-California-Sacramento-River- Watershed-Costs

533.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Scenario analysis for estimating the socio-economic consequences in Dutch bulbgrowing by restricting fertilizers and pesticides.
Vroomen, C. O. N. d.; Groot, N. S. P. de. Acta- hortic (340): p.235-240. (1995 Jan.)
Paper presented at the XII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics / edited by J.-C Montigaud, L.M. Albisu, U. Avermaete, L. Ekelund, D. Meijaard, and E. de Kleijn.
Descriptors: ornamental-bulbs; horticulture; fertilizers; pesticides; low-input-agriculture; application- rates; pollution-control; economic-impact; income; farm-income; profitability; netherlands

534.
NAL Call No.: 56.8- J822
The search for sustainable agroecosystems.
Stinner, B. R.; House, G. J. J-Soil-Water-Conserv v.44(2): p.111-116. (1989 May-1990 Apr.)
Editorial.
Descriptors: sustainability; farming-systems; ecosystems; low-input-agriculture; conservation-tillage; multiple-cropping; usa

535.
NAL Call No.: 275.9- N213
Secondary agricultural teachers need college level instruction on sustainable agriculture.
Shaw, B. F. Jr.; Key, J. P. NACTA-j v.37(3): p.44- 47. (1993 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: secondary-education; teacher-training; sustainability; agricultural-education; curriculum

536.
NAL Call No.: 56.9- So3
Sediment and chemical load reduction by grass and riparian filters.
Daniels, R. B.; Gilliam, J. W. Soil-Sci-Soc-Am-j. [Madison, Wis.] Soil Science Society of America. Jan/Feb 1996. v. 60 (1) p. 246-251.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-land; pollution; erosion; pollution-control; erosion-control; filters; grass-strips; riparian-vegetation; runoff; sediment; nutrients; losses-from- soil; soil-types-physiographic; north-carolina; vegetated-filter- strips; nonpoint-source-pollution; piedmnot-soils
Abstract: Vegetated filter strips help reduce non-point source pollution from agricultural areas. Even though they are an accepted and highly promoted practice, little quantitative data exist on their effectiveness under field conditions. The objective of this research was to determine the amount of nutrients and sediment removed by natural and planted filters. This was achieved by collecting and analyzing runoff at field edges and at various locations in vegetated buffers. Total weight of sediment and nutrients in runoff from North Carolina agricultural fields showed that the grass and riparian filter strips studied reduced runoff load by 50 to 80%. Total sediment decrease through the filters was about 80% for both grass and riparian vegetation. The reduction in the chemical load depended on the nutrient and its form. Filters reduced total P load by 50%, but 80% of the soluble PO4-P arriving at the field edge frequently passed through the filters. The filters retained 20 to 50% of the NH4 and approximately 50% of the total Kjeldahl N and NO3. High-volume flows commonly overwhelmed both grass and riparian filters next to culivated fields. Forested ephemeral channels had little vegetation and were effective sediment sinks during the dry season but were ineffective during large storm events because there was little resistance to flow. When possible, drainageways should be designed to hold sediment and to disperse the discharge into a riparian area.

537.
NAL Call No.: SF376.8.L37-- 1990
Sheep and goat milk as a new agricultural business alternative. Leche ovina y caprina : una nueva alternativa agroindustrial.
Larrosa Borean, J. R.; Kremer, R.; Jornadas de Produccion Animal (3rd : 1990 : Montevideo, U. Montevideo, Uruguay : Hemisferio Sur, [1990] 172 p. : ill., "En el presente libro se recogen las conferencias y comunicaciones cortas que tuvieron lugar en las III Jornadas de Produccion Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Leche Ovina y Caprina, una Nueva Alternativa Agroindustrial, 26-27 julio, 1990, Montevideo, Uruguay."- -Preliminaries.
Descriptors: Sheep-milk-Congresses; Goat's-milk- Congresses; Sheep-Uruguay-Congresses; Goats-Uruguay-Congresses; Goat-cheese-Congresses; Cheese-factories- Congresses; Dairy- products-Economic-aspects-Congresses

538.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Shooting for the highest average: quality is the key to his farming and grain-business success.
Cramer, C. New-farm v.15(7): p.26-29. (1993 Nov.-1993 Dec.)
Descriptors: organic-farming; grain; processing; marketing

539.
NAL Call No.: BJ52.5.J68
Since animal machines.
Harrison, R. J-agric-environ-ethics v.6(special suppl.1): p.4-14. (1993)
Paper presented at the international conference "Farm Animal Welfare: Ethical, Technological and Sociopolitical Perspectives," June 1991, Queenstown, Maryland.
Descriptors: livestock-farming; animal-husbandry; animal-welfare; history; legislation; animal-production; alternative-farming; europe; food-animals

540.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.E2S58-- 1991
Situation of the small and medium farms in Ecuador. Situacion de la pequena y mediana explotacion pecuaria en el Ecuador : analisis y perspectivas de sistemas de produccion de seis zonas agroecologicas.
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit. Quito, Ecuador : Ediciones PROFOGAN, [1991] xxviii, 330 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, At head of title: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur technische Zusammenarbeit.
Descriptors: Farms,-Small-Ecuador; Agriculture- Technology-transfer-Ecuador; Alternative-agriculture-Ecuador


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541.
NAL Call No.: GN407.4.N48- 1993
Smallholders, householders : farm families and the ecology of intensive, sustainable agriculture.
Netting, R. M. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1993. xxi, 389 p., [30] p. of plates : ill., map, Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-378) and index.
Descriptors: Traditional-farming; Agricultural-ecology; Agriculture-Economic-aspects; Sustainable-agriculture; Family- farms

542.
NAL Call No.: SB319.2.F6F56
Snap bean, sweet corn, muskmelon and cucumber variety evaluations in organic garden culture.
Kostewicz, S. R. Proc-annu-meet-Fla-State-Hort-Soc. [S.l.] : The Society,. May 1993. v. 105 p. 267-270.
Meeting held November 3-5, 1992, Tampa, Florida.
Descriptors: zea-mays; phaseolus-vulgaris; cucumis- sativus; cucumis-melo; variety-trials; cultivars; crop-yield; organic-culture; organic-farming; poultry-manure; organic- fertilizers; preplanting-treatment; live-mulches; varietal- reactions; adaptability

543.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Social and cultural factors affecting sustainable farming systems and the barriers to adoption.
Salamon, S. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. 6 p.
SARE Project Number: 92-COOP-1-7266.
Descriptors: farming; alternative-farming; sustainability; environmental-impact; economic-impact; rural- communities; educational-programs; rural-sociology; illinois

544.
NAL Call No.: T49.5.S64-- 1993
Social science research for agricultural technology development : spatial and temporal dimensions : proceedings of an International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)- Rockefeller Foundation workshop, 2-5 October 1990, Ibadan, Nigeria. Proceedings of an International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)-Rockefeller Foundation workshop, 2-5 October 1990, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dvorak, K. A.; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Oxon, UK : CAB International on behalf of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, with the support of the Rockeffeller Foundation, c1993. xx, 223 p. : ill., maps (some col.), Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Appropriate-technology-Developing- countries-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Developing- countries-Congresses

545.
NAL Call No.: HD1415.S63-- 1993
Socio-economic and policy issues for sustainable farming systems.
Paoletti, M. G. Padova, Italy : Cooperativa Amicizia S.r.l., 1993. 308 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects

546.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Socio-economics of commercial implementation of integrated arable production systems under the reformed CAP.
Farmer, D. P.; Hutcheon, J. A.; Jordan, V. W. L. Asp- appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.81-85. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: cap; integrated-systems; farming-systems; farming-systems-research; technology-transfer; arable-farming; pesticides; conservation-tillage; rotations; disease-resistance; cultivars; low-input-agriculture; demonstration-farms; integrated-farming-systems

547.
NAL Call No.: QH545.P4P4793- 1993
Socioeconomic impacts and social implications of reducing pesticide and agricultural chemical use in the United States.
Buttel, F. H. The Pesticide question environment, economics, and ethics / David Pimentel, Hugh Lehman, editors. New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993.. p. 153- 181.
Includes references.
Descriptors: pesticides; agricultural-chemicals; usage; economic-impact; social-impact; usa

548.
NAL Call No.: Z5074.E3G69- 1992
The socioeconomics of sustainable agriculture : an annotated bibliography.
Goreham, G. A.; Watt, D. L.; Jacobsen, R. M. New York : Garland, 1992. xix, 334 p., Includes indexes.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects- Bibliography; Agriculture-Environmental-aspects-Bibliography; Family-farms-Bibliography; Organic-farming- Bibliography; Rural- development-Bibliography

549.
NAL Call No.: HD1131.G73- 1993
Soil conservation and sustainable land use : an economic approach.
Graaff, J. de. Amsterdam : Royal Tropical Institute, c1993. 191 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190).
Descriptors: Soil-conservation-Economic-aspects- Developing-countries; Land-use,-Rural-Economic-aspects- Developing-countries; Sustainable-agriculture-Economic- aspects- Developing-countries

550.
NAL Call No.: HD1131.G73- 1993
Soil conservation and sustainable land use : an economic approach.
Graaff, J. de. Amsterdam : Royal Tropical Institute, c1993. 191 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-190).
Descriptors: Soil-conservation-Economic-aspects- Developing-countries; Land-use,-Rural-Economic-aspects- Developing-countries; Sustainable-agriculture-Economic- aspects- Developing-countries

551.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Soil nitrate tests improve nitrogen recommendations and protect water quality.
Bundy, L. G.; Andraski, T. W. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 23-26.
Includes references.
Descriptors: nitrogen; soil-fertility; nitrate; fertilizer-requirement-determination; soil-analysis; zea-mays; medicago-sativa; crop-yield; application-rates; low-input- agriculture; preplant-soil-nitrate-test; pre-sidedress-soil- nitrate-test

552.
NAL Call No.: 57.9- F41
The soil nutrient balance: an indicator of sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
Smaling, I. E. M. Proc-Fert-Soc (340): p.1-18. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: soil-fertility; nutrient-content; cycling; sustainability; land-use; land-management; land-productivity; cropping-systems; zero-grazing; agroforestry; soil- conservation; fertilizers; use-efficiency; africa

553.
NAL Call No.: 470- SCI2
Soil quality and financial performance of biodynamic and conventional farms in New Zealand.
Reganold, J. P.; Palmer, A. S.; Lockhart, J. C.; Macgregor, A. N. Science v.260(5106): p.344-349. (1993 Apr.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; organic-farming; soil- fertility; yields; finance; new-zealand
Abstract: Biodynamic farming practices and systems show promise in mitigating some of the detrimental effects of chemical-dependent, conventional agriculture on the environment. The physical, biological, and chemical soil properties and economic profitability of adjacent, commercial biodynamic and conventional farms (16 total) in New Zealand were compared. The biodynamic farms in the study had better soil quality than the neighboring conventional farms and were just as financially viable on a per hectare basis.

554.
NAL Call No.: HD1401.A47
Soil, water and crop management alternatives in rainfed agriculture in the Sahel: an economic analysis.
Day, J. C.; Hughes, D. W.; Butcher, W. R. Agric- econ v.7(3/4): p.267-287. (1992 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; rain; crop- management; soil-water; soil-management; water-management; npk- fertilizers; technical-progress; traditional-farming; case- studies; economic-analysis; linear-programming; sahel; mali
Abstract: Most agriculture in the Sahel Region is carried out under rainfed conditions where low and uncertain soil moisture levels limit productivity. Improved soil, water and crop management practices are required to reverse the steady decline in per capita food production and sustain output over the long term. Several technological innovations and related farm management practices are evaluated in a case study of a typical farm in Mali. Through use of a soil-water balance model and a whole-farm economic model an optimal mix of these measures is identified. Compared to a base case where no modern inputs ate utilized, the combination of animal traction (oxen team), low levels of NPK fertilizer, tied-ridges, traditional long- season food grain crops and early planting was most effective: food grain output was 35% higher than with the traditional base case; soil erosion was reduced by 72%; and even with residual future soil erosion damage capitalized into current income, net farm income was larger by a factor of almost 45.

555.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Spanish almond costs: alternatives and future evolution.
Abdelawed, M.; Albisu, L. M. Acta-hortic (373): p.317-324. (1994 Sept.)
Paper presented at the First International Symposium on Almond / edited by G. Barbera.
Descriptors: almonds; prunus-dulcis; crop-production; production-costs; irrigated-farming; dry-farming; organic- farming; spain

556.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86R73-- no.19
Special issue on training.
International Institute for Environment and Development. Sustainable Agriculture Programme. London : IIED, [1994] 121 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Methodology; Sustainable-agriculture-Study-and-teaching; Rural-development

557.
NAL Call No.: HD2130.Z8O88-- 1992
Stabilization of agricultural resources : concept, requirements, and measures to ensure sustainable agricultural development, with examples from southern Africa.
Otzen, U. Berlin : German Development Institute (GDI), 1992. xii, 143 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-123).
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-Environmental- aspects-Africa,-Southern; Agricultural-resources-Africa,- Southern-Management-Environmental-aspects; Conservation-of- natural-resources-Africa,-Southern; Rural-development-Africa,- Southern

558.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Start dairy farming--profitability.
McNamara, K. New-farm v.12(7): p.24-27. (1990 Nov.- 1990 Dec.)
Descriptors: dairy-farming; low-input-agriculture; pastures; intensive-husbandry; rotational-grazing

559.
NAL Call No.: S596.75.G47- 1993
Start with the soil : the organic gardener's guide to improving soil for higher yields, more beautiful flowers, and a healthy, easy-care garden.
Gershuny, G. Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press ; [New York] : Distributed in the book trade by St. Martin's Press, c1993. xiii, 274 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 263) and index.
Descriptors: Garden-soils; Organic-gardening

560.
NAL Call No.: S30.5.M43- 1989
State policy issues in sustainable agriculture.
Meeks, G.; National Conference of State Legislatures. Denver, Colo. : National Conference of State Legislatures, c1989. v, 60 p., "May 1989."
Descriptors: Agriculture-United-States-States; Agriculture-and-state-United-States-States; Sustainable- agriculture-United-States-States; Agricultural-conservation- United-States-States; Agricultural-conservation-Iowa


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561.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.K67-- 1995
Statistical review of California's organic agriculture, 1992-1993 : report prepared for California Department of Food and Agriculture, Organic Program.
Klonsky, K.; Tourte, L. [Davis, Calif.] : Cooperative Extension, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis, [1995] ii, 36 p. : ill., "September 1995."
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Economic-aspects- California-Statistics; Organic-farming-Licenses-California

562.
NAL Call No.: SB950.A1I66
Stepwise progress toward IPM and sustainable agriculture.
Prokopy, R. J. IPM-Pract v.15(3): p.1-4. (1993 Mar.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: integrated-pest-management; sustainability; economic-impact; ecological-balance; usa

563.
NAL Call No.: HD2017.U622- no.47
Strategies for a sustainable agricultural production. Att gora jordbruk mera miljovanligt.
Petrini, F. Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen for ekonomi, 1992. 43 p. : ill., In Swedish; summary in English.

564.
NAL Call No.: 64.9- Am3
Strategies for developing a viable and sustainable agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa: some issues and options.
Kesseba, A. M. ASA-spec-publ (56): p.211-243. (1993)
In the series analytic: Technologies for sustainable agriculture in the tropics / edited by J. Ragland and R. Lal.
Descriptors: agricultural-sector; sustainability; agricultural-production; productivity; agricultural-development; technology; low-input-agriculture; agricultural-policy; africa- south-of-sahara

565.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Strategies for reduced-input disease control in integrated wheat production systems.
Hutcheon, J. A.; Jordan, V. W. L. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.1): p.293-296. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; low-input-agriculture; integrated-systems; fungus-control; plant-disease-control; fungicides; decision-making; cost-effectiveness- analysis

566.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S76-- 1993
Strategies for sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD) : the role of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy : FAO, [1993?] 57 p., "November 1993."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture; Rural-development

567.
NAL Call No.: HD2117.C562-- 1992
A strategy to develop agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and a focus for the World Bank : draft for discussion.
Cleaver, K. M. [Washington, D.C.] : World Bank, Africa Region, [1992?] iv, 104 p. : 1 ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Africa,-Sub- Saharan; Agriculture-and-state-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Agricultural- assistance-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Agricultural-development- projects-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Sustainable-agriculture-Africa,- Sub-Saharan

568.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S75-- 1994
Stressed ecosystems and sustainable agriculture.
Virmani, S. M. New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., c1994. xi, 441 p. : ill., Report on a workshop held at Hyderabad, India, February 15-20, 1993.
Descriptors: Agricultural-ecology-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Soil-degradation-Congresses

569.
NAL Call No.: 290.9- Am32P
Strip tillage in reduced chemical input corn production.
Vaughan, D. H.; Laub, C. A.; Luna, J. M.; Ess, D. R. Pap-Am-Soc-Agric-Eng. St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural Engineers,. Winter 1992. (92-1552/92-1579) 18 p.
Paper presented at the "1992 International Winter Meeting sponsored by The American Society of Agricultural Engineers," December 15-18, 1992, Nashville, Tennessee.
Descriptors: zea-mays; tillage; sustainability; cover- crops; weed-control

570.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.B5
Studies of the flow, supply and losses of nitrogen and other plant nutrients in conventional and ecological agricultural systems in Sweden.
Granstedt, A. Biol-agric-hortic v.11(1/4): p.51-67. (1995)
Paper presented at a workshop on Nitrate Leaching in Ecological Agriculture held October 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Descriptors: farming-systems; alternative-farming; comparisons; nitrogen; nutrients; budgets; flow; farm-inputs; losses-from-soil; regional-surveys; farms; sustainability; sweden; conventional-farming-systems; nutrient-flow; nitrogen- dynamics

571.
NAL Call No.: HD8039.F32U626-- 1990
A study of Illinois farmers' attitudes and current farming practices. Illinois farmers' attitudes and current farming practices.
Cavanaugh Grant, D.; Illinois. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources. Office of Research and Planning. Springfield, Ill. : Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Research and Planning, [1990] vii, 86 p. : ill., maps, forms, "Printed: January 1990."
Descriptors: Farmers-Illinois-Attitudes; Sustainable- agriculture-Illinois; Agriculture-Illinois

572.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Substituting legumes for fallow in U.S. Great Plains wheat production.
Gardner, J. C. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [20] 29 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC88-10.1. Reporting period for this report is August 1992 to October 1993. Record includes presentations, publications, and executive summary of 5 year report from conference (October 25-26, 1993, Rapid City, SD).
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; cropping-systems; legumes; green-manures; fallow; farming-systems-research; demonstration-farms; low-input-agriculture; economic- analysis; north-central-states-of-usa; chemical-fallow; black-fallow

573.
NAL Call No.: S601.A34
Subterranean clover living mulch: an alternative method of weed control.
Ilnicki, R. D.; Enache, A. J. Agric-Ecosyst-Environ v.40(1/4): p.249-264. (1992 May)
In the Special Issue: Biotic Diversity in Agroecosystems / edited by M.G. Paoletti and D. Pimentel. Proceedings from a symposium on Agroecology and Conservation Issues in Tropical and a Temperate Regions, September 26-29, 1990, Padova, Italy.
Descriptors: weed-control; live-mulches; trifolium- subterraneum; mulches; secale-cereale; cover-crops; zea-mays; glycine-max; cucurbita-pepo; brassica-oleracea; phaseolus- vulgaris; lycopersicon-esculentum; tillage; minimum-tillage; no- tillage; herbicides; weeds; biomass-production; crop-yield; alternative-farming; new- jersey; dead-mulches; conventional- tillage

574.
NAL Call No.: SB317.5.H68
Sustainability: defining the new paradigm.
Fretz, T. A.; Keeney, D. R.; Sterrett, S. B. HortTechnology v.3(2): p.118-126. (1993 Apr.-1993 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; low-input-agriculture; erosion; farm-inputs; alternative-farming; crop-production; trends; universities; university-research; technology- transfer; usa; land-grant-universities

575.
NAL Call No.: BJ52.5.J68
Sustainability in cattle production systems.
Phillips, C. J. C.; Sorensen, J. T. J-Agric-Environ- Ethics v.6(1): p.61-73. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: cattle-husbandry; sustainability; pollution-control; organic-farming

576.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
Sustainability in perspective: strengths and limitations of farming systems research in contributing to a sustainable agriculture.
Harrington, L. J-sustain-agric v.5(1/2): p.41-59. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farming-systems; sustainability; farming- systems-research; extension; population-growth; poverty; marginalization; property; legal-rights; common-lands; policy; prevention; problem-solving

577.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86D47-- 1994
Sustainable agricultural development. Desarrollo agropecuario sustentable : [actas].
Verde, L. S.; Viglizzo, E.; Desarrollo Agropecuario Sustentable (1994? : Buenos Aires, A. Buenos Aires, Argentina : Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria : Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos, 1994. x, 85 p. : ill., map, One presentation in Portuguese.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Agricultural-development-projects-Congresses; Sustainable- development-Congresses; Agriculture-Economic-aspects- Congresses

578.
NAL Call No.: FU S49.I57-92- 11
Sustainable agricultural development in the Caribbean : some conceptual and process dimensions.
Davis, C. G. C. G. 1. Gainesville, Fla. : Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, [1992] 28 p., Title from cover.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Caribbean-Area; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Caribbean-Area; Conservation-of- natural-resources-Caribbean-Area

579.
NAL Call No.: HD1405.I58- 1991
Sustainable agricultural development : the role of international cooperation : proceedings of the Twenty-first International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held at Tokyo, Japan, 22-29 August 1991.
Peters, J. H.; Stanton, B. F. B. F. 1.; Tyler, G. J.; International Conference of Agricultural Economists (21st : 1991 : Tokyo, J. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Dartmouth, 1992. xv, 704 p. : ill., "International Association of Agricultural Economists, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford."
Descriptors: Agriculture-and-state-Congresses; Agricultural-innovations-Economic-aspects-Congresses; Agriculture-Environmental-aspects-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture-Government-policy-Congresses

580.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86K732-- 1991
Sustainable agriculture.
Kramer, M.; Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture for Northern and Luapula Provinces (1990 : Musa Farm Institute, K. [Mpika? Zambia : s.n., 1991] vii, 60 p. : ill., Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture; Farms,-Small; Sustainable-agriculture-Zambia-Northern-Province; Sustainable- agriculture-Zambia-Luapula-Province


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581.
NAL Call No.: 1- Ag84y
Sustainable agriculture.
O'Connell, P. F. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1991. p. 175-185.
In the series analytic: Agriculture and the Environment / edited by D. Takiff Smith.
Descriptors: agriculture; sustainability; farming- systems; integrated-systems; usda

582.
NAL Call No.: TX341.C6
Sustainable agriculture: a better row to hoe.
Nutr-week v.25(4): p.4-5. (1995 Jan.)
Descriptors: food-production; sustainability; agricultural-development; innovation-adoption; farmers; usa

583.
NAL Call No.: HD1751.C45
Sustainable agriculture: a global perspective.
Crosson, P. Choices v.8(2): p.38-42. (1993)
Third in a series of three articles on "Changing agricultural institutions"
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-production; demand; land; water-use; energy; capital; social-capital

584.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86G66
Sustainable agriculture and economic development: mutual benefits.
Bissell, R. E. International markets and the environment the stake of US Agriculture proceedings of a roundtable for international leadership. Washington, DC : The Network, [1992].. p. 20-23.
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; economic-development; usa

585.
NAL Call No.: 390.9- AM33
Sustainable agriculture and grape production.
Ingels, C. Am-J-Enol-Vitic v.43(3): p.296-298. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: vineyards; organic-culture; sustainability

586.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
Sustainable agriculture and migrant farmworkers.
Abel, A.; Prather, P.; Martin, P. B. J-Sustainable- Agric v.3(1): p.99-106. (1992)
Includes references.
Descriptors: migrant-labor; community-development; quality-of-life

587.
NAL Call No.: HT401.R47
Sustainable agriculture and prospects for rural community development in the United States.
Gillespie, G. W. Jr. Res-rural-sociol-dev. Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press Inc., c1984-. 1995. v. 6 p. 167- 191.
In the series analytic: Sustaining agriculture and rural communities / edited by H.K. Schwarzweller and T.A. Lyson.
Descriptors: rural-communities; community-development; agricultural-development; sustainability; economic-viability; usa; ecocentric-agriculture; agraxian-sociocentric-agriculture; green-productionist-agriculture

588.
NAL Call No.: S439.H36-- 1993
Sustainable agriculture and rural development : FAO at the crossroads. FAO at the crossroads.
Hansen, M.; Consumer Policy Institute. Yonkers, N.Y. : Consumer Policy Institute/Consumers Union ; [San Francisco, Calif.?] : Pesticide Action Network, c1993. vi, 71 p. : 1 ill., Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-71).
Descriptors: Food-and-Agriculture-Organization-of-the- United-Nations; Sustainable-agriculture; Rural-development; Agriculture-and-state

589.
NAL Call No.: S451.P4P5
Sustainable agriculture and the 1990 Farm Bill.
Bird, G. W. Proc-Phila-Soc-Promot-Agric p.108-117. (1992)
Meeting held March 5, 1992.
Descriptors: agricultural-policy; sustainability; legislation; usa; food,-agriculture,-conservation-and-trade-act- of-1990

590.
NAL Call No.: DISS-- F1991258
Sustainable agriculture and the U.S. cattle industry : an examination of laws, production practices and research studies.
Wilder, J. R. 1991. i, 288 leaves, "December 1991"-- T.p.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-United-States; Animal-industry-Law-and-legislation-United-States; Agricultural- laws-and-legislation-United-States

591.
NAL Call No.: ArU KF1730.W55- 1991
Sustainable agriculture and the U.S. cattle industry : an examination of laws, production practices and research studies.
Wilder, J. R. 1991. i, 288 leaves, "December 1991"-- T.p.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-United-States; Animal-industry-Law-and-legislation-United-States; Agricultural- laws-and-legislation-United-States

592.
NAL Call No.: 290.9- Am32P
Sustainable agriculture as a strategy in agricultural safety.
Myers, M. L. Pap-Am-Soc-Agric-Eng. St. Joseph, Mich. : American Society of Agricultural Engineers,. Winter 1992. (928510) 7 p.
Paper presented at the "1992 International Winter Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers," December 15-18, 1992, Nashville, Tennessee.
Descriptors: sustainability; safety; toxic-substances; hazards

593.
NAL Call No.: HD1920.5.Z8E32- 1992
Sustainable agriculture caught between competitiveness and protection of the environment the marginal nature of urban- fringe agriculture.
Pirani, A.; Proverbio, F. EC agricultural policy by the end of the century proceedings of the 28th Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, September 10- 12, 1992, Lisbon, Portugal / European Association of Agricultural Economists Symposium p.421-435. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; market-competition; trade- protection; agricultural-development; urban-areas; european- communities; europe; italy

594.
NAL Call No.: HD9007.K4K43
Sustainable agriculture: concepts, definitions and myths.
Debertin, D. L. Agribus-News-Ky-Univ-Ky-Coop-Ext-Serv (81): p.1-4. (1992 Oct.-1992 Nov.)
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-production; profitability; agricultural-policy

595.
NAL Call No.: TX341.C6
Sustainable agriculture hurt by USDA conflicts.
Nutr-Week v.22(42): p.4-5. (1992 Nov.)
Descriptors: agricultural-development; sustainability; usda; management; usa

596.
NAL Call No.: 1- Ag84y
Sustainable agriculture in developing countries: challenges and U.S. role.
Eswaran, H. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1980-. 1991. p. 199-204.
In the series analytic: Agriculture and the Environment / edited by D. Takiff Smith.
Descriptors: agriculture; sustainability; agricultural- development; trends; developing-countries; usa

597.
NAL Call No.: S473.E38S88-- 1993
Sustainable agriculture in Egypt.
Faris, M. A.; Khan, M. H. Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 1993. ix, 273 p. : ill., Papers presented at the international conference held in Alexandria, Egypt in May 1992.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Egypt; Agriculture-Egypt; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Egypt

598.
NAL Call No.: HT401.A36
Sustainable agriculture in historical perspective.
Pfeffer, M. J. Agric-Hum-Val v.11(4): p.4-11. (1992 Fall)
In the special issue: The human dimensions of sustainability / edited by J. Burkhardt.
Descriptors: sustainability; history; innovation- adoption; agricultural-development; usa

599.
NAL Call No.: 64.9- Am3
Sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: perception, scope, complexity, and challenges.
Okigbo, B. N. ASA-spec-publ (56): p.245-255. (1993)
In the series analytic: Technologies for sustainable agriculture in the tropics / edited by J. Ragland and R. Lal.
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-development; agricultural-production; food-supply; agricultural-situation; technology; africa-south-of-sahara; food-security

600.
NAL Call No.: S451.P4P5
Sustainable agriculture in the 1990 Farm Bill.
Yetley, M. J. Proc-Phila-Soc-Promot-Agric p.21-38. (1992)
Meeting held October 3, 1991.
Descriptors: sustainability; legislation; usa; food,- agriculture,-conservation,-and-trade-act-of-1990


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601.
NAL Call No.: aHD1751.A42
Sustainable agriculture in the coming decade.
Hyberg, S.; Setia, P. Agric-outlook (212): p.3-4. (1994 Oct.)
Descriptors: agricultural-production; sustainability; agricultural-policy; forecasting; usa

602.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Sustainable agriculture in the southeast: farm-system and regional socioeconomic impacts under alternative production practices and policy scenarios.
Ray, D. E. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 4 p.
SARE Project Number: SA-N91-20B. Record includes 3 1/2 Floppy Disk.
Descriptors: economic-analysis; agricultural- production; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; alabama; arkansas; georgia; louisiana; mississippi; north-carolina; south- carolina; tennessee

603.
NAL Call No.: aHD1751.A42
Sustainable agriculture: Industry's role.
Eid, R. F. Agric-Outlook-AO-U-S-Dept-Agric-Econ-Res- Serv (193): p.16-17. (1993 Jan.-1993 Feb.)
Descriptors: agricultural-development; sustainability; industry; usa

604.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S875- 1992
Sustainable agriculture program directory 1992 : a comprehensive listing of state, national, and international sustainable agriculture initiatives.
Cuchetto, A.; American Farmland Trust. Washington, D.C. : American Farmland Trust, [1992] iv, 70 p., "March 1992."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Directories

605.
NAL Call No.: ArU S494.5.S86S875-1992
Sustainable agriculture program directory 1992 : a comprehensive listing of state, national, and international sustainable agriculture initiatives.
Cuchetto, A.; American Farmland Trust. Washington, D.C. : American Farmland Trust, [1992]. iv, 70 p., "March 1992."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Directories

606.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S92-- 1991
Sustainable agriculture project report : project papers, 1991. Project papers, 1991.
Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Program. Madison, WI : State of Wisconsin, Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Agricultural Resource Management, Land and Water Resource Bureau, Sustainable Agriculture Program, [1991] 1 v. (unpaged), Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Wisconsin; Alternative-agriculture-Wisconsin

607.
NAL Call No.: SB321.G85
Sustainable agriculture: why green ideas raise a red flag.
Green, J. Grower. Storrs, Conn. : Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, The University of Connecticut,. Oct 1993. v. 93 (10) p. 7.
Descriptors: sustainability; feasibility; economic- viability; organic-farming

608.
NAL Call No.: HD2152.W93- 1990
Sustainable and conventional agriculture in south-eastern Australia : a comparison.
Wynen, E. Bundoora, Vic., Australia : School of Economics and Commerce, La Trobe University, [1990] v, 98 p., "August 1990."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects- Australia; Agriculture-Economic-aspects-Australia

609.
NAL Call No.: Z5863.A35R67-- 1992
Sustainable development and sustainable agriculture : a partially annotated bibliography with emphasis on economics.
Rosenberg, E.; Eisgruber, L. M. Corvallis, Or. : Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State Univerisity, [1992] 1 v. (various pagings), "May 1992."
Descriptors: Sustainable-development-Bibliography; Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects-Bibliography

610.
NAL Call No.: **LD5655.V855- 1992.C372
Sustainable development in Honduras : economic evaluation of soil conservation practices.
Ca'rcamo, J. A. 1. 1992. ix, 111 leaves : ill., Vita.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Honduras; Soil- conservation-Honduras

611.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S878-- 1994
Sustainable development of the Indian arid zone : a research perspective.
Singh, R. P. R. P. 1.; Singh, S. 1.; Mann, H. S. H. S. 1. Jodhpur : Scientific Publishers, c1994. xvii, 335 p. : ill. (some col.), "Volume dedicated to the memory of Dr. H.S. Mann."
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-India; Sustainable-development-India; Arid-regions-agriculture-India

612.
NAL Call No.: FU S49.I57-93- 2
Sustainable development, poverty reduction, and agricultural sector privatization in the developing world : whether the complementarity?.
Davis, C. G. C. G. 1.; University of Florida. Food and Resource Economics Dept. Gainesville, Fla. : Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, [1993] 20 p., Title from cover.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Developing- countries; Rural-poor-Developing-countries; Agriculture-Economic- aspects-Developing-countries; Privatization- Developing-countries

613.
NAL Call No.: HC79.E5S98-- 1995
Sustainable development : voices from rural Asia.
McGrath, P.; Bamford, A. [Bandung?] : Studio Driya Media & CUSO, [1995?] 2 v. (183; 175 p.) : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Sustainable-development-Asia; Sustainable- agriculture-Asia; Conservation-of-natural-resources-Asia; Environmental-protection-Asia; Agricultural- biotechnology-Asia

614.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S879- 1990
Sustainable farming and the role of farmers' organizations.
International Federation of Agricultural Producers. Paris, France : International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), 1990. 62 p. : ill., Based on the IFAP developing country farm leaders' seminar, Adelaide, Australia, and a follow-up information search.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture; Agriculture- Societies,-etc; Farmers; Agriculture-Research; Agricultural- systems

615.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S96
Sustainable farming : the quarterly magazine of resource efficient agricultural production. Magazine of resource efficient agricultural production.
REAP Canada. Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec : REAP-Canada, 1990- v. : ill.
Title from cover.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Canada-Periodicals

616.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86- 1991
Sustainable fertility management : information package.
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (Organization). [Fayetteville, Ark. : Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Ares, 1991?] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., Caption title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Economic-aspects; Soil-fertility-Management; Organic-farming

617.
NAL Call No.: SB176.A465S87-- 1992
Sustainable food production in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Russell, N. C.; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Ibadan, Nigeria : International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, c1992-c1993. 2 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, "Text, Nathan Russell, with various authors indicated in each chapter"--T.p. verso. 1. IITA's contributions -- 2. Constraints and opportunities.
Descriptors: International-Institut-of-Tropical- Agriculture; Food-crops-Africa,-Sub-Saharan; Sustainable- agriculture-Africa,-Sub-Saharan

618.
NAL Call No.: SB351.P3S97-- 1994
Sustainable groundnut production in southern and eastern Africa : proceedings of a workshop, 5-7 Jul 1994, Mbabane, Swaziland.
Ndunguru, B. J.; Hildebrand, G. L.; Subrahmanyam, P.; International Crops Research Institute for the Semi arid Tropics. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India : International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, 1994. 157 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Peanuts-Africa,-Eastern-Congresses; Peanuts-Africa,-Southern-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture- Africa,-Eastern-Congresses; Sustainable-agriculture- Africa,- Southern-Congresses

619.
NAL Call No.: HD9435.U62G45- 1992
Sustainable hog production.
Gegner, L. E.; Rugen, C.; Adam, K.; Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (Organization). Fayetteville, Ark. : Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, [1992] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., map, Caption title.
Descriptors: Pork-industry-and-trade-Environmental- aspects-United-States; Sustainable-agriculture-United-States

620.
NAL Call No.: HD105.I57-- 1993
Sustainable land management for the 21st century : proceedings of the International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada, June 20-26, 1993. International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century.
Wood, R. C.; Dumanski, J.; International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century (1993 : Lethbridge, A. [Lethbridge, Alta.? : University of Lethbridge?], c1994. 2 v. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references. v. 1. Workshop summary -- v. 2. Plenary papers.
Descriptors: Land-use-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture-Congresses; Conservation-of-natural-resources- Congresses; Environmental-policy-Congresses


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621.
NAL Call No.: HD706.S87-- 1993
Sustainable land use.
Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Voorlichtingsdienst Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. 's-Gravenhage : Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1993] 66 p., Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-66).
Descriptors: Land-use,-Rural-Government-policy- Netherlands; Land-use,-Rural-Environmental-aspects-Netherlands; Sustainable-agriculture-Netherlands; Conservation- of-natural- resources-Netherlands

622.
NAL Call No.: KF1682.H64-- 1992
Sustainable options guide to farm and conservation programs in the 1990 Farm Bill. Farmer experience with conservation and sustainable agriculture programs of the 1990 Farm Bill and recommendations for the future.
Hoefner, F.; Cleaveland, M.; Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. Walthill, NE : Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, c1992. v, 38 p. 1 v. (6 p. ; 28 cm), "February 1992."
Descriptors: United-States-Food,-Agriculture,- Conservation,-and-Trade-Act-of-1990; Agricultural-laws-and- legislation-United-States; Rural-development-United-States; Sustainable-agriculture-United-States; Alternative-agriculture- United-States; Water-quality-United-States; Agricultural- conservation-United-States; Agricultural- subsidies-United-States

623. NAL Call No.: Videocassette-- no.2180
Sustainable potato farming : the farmers' side of the story produced by Oregon Tilth ; director/producer, Paul Thiers ; script writers, Paul Thiers, Sharon Genasci, Harry MacCormack.
Oregon Tilth, I. Tualatin, Or. : Oregon Tilth, c1993. 1 videocassette (ca. 29 min.) : sd., col..
Descriptors: Potatoes-Oregon/ Potato-growers-Oregon/ Organic-farming-Oregon
Abstract:Several Oregon farmers discuss their experiences growing potatoes without environmentally damaging chemicals and describe their techniques for soil, weed, insect, and disease management.
624.
NAL Call No.: SF483.4.K34- 1991
Sustainable poultry production information package. [Rev.].
Kellam, A. L. Fayetteville, Ark. : Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, [1991] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., Caption title.
Descriptors: Poultry-United-States; Sustainable- agriculture-United-States

625.
NAL Call No.: **LD5655.V855- 1992.H936
Sustainable use of soil resource base in the Dominican Republic: a farm level economic analysis of soil conservation practices.
Hwang, S. W. 1. 1992. ix, 185 leaves : ill., Vita.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Dominican- Republic; Soils-Dominican-Republic; Soil-conservation-Dominican- Republic

626.
NAL Call No.: SB1.H6
Sustainable vegetable production: introduction to the colloquium.
McGrady, J. HortScience v.27(7): p.735-736. (1992 July)
Paper presented at the "Colloquium on Sustainable Vegetable Production, held at the 88th American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Meeting, July 22, 1991, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; sustainability; alternative-farming

627.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Sustainable whole farm grain/silage production systems for the southeast.
Reeves, D. W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. 42 p.
SARE Project Number: LS93-53. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk and appendices.
Descriptors: zea-mays; pennisetum-americanum; lupinus- albus; glycine-max; triticum-aestivum; rotations; double- cropping; biomass-production; dry-matter; silage- making; nutrient-content; fiber-content; ph; temperature; alabama; florida; georgia

628.
NAL Call No.: S441.S8552
Sustainable whole farm grain/silage production systems for the Southeast.
Reeves, D. W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE research projects Southern Region. [1988-. 1995. 44 p.
SARE Project Number: LS93-53. Includes several publications on the research. Date of report is December 1995.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; lupinus-albus; zea- mays; pennisetum-americanum; glycine-max; rotations; double- cropping; nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; crop- yield; biomass-production; dry-matter; silage-making; nutrient-content; bacillus-thuringiensis; insect-pests; insect-control; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; alabama; florida; georgia

629.
NAL Call No.: 41.8- AM3
Sustaining sustainable agriculture.
Herrick, J. B. J-Am-Vet-Med-Assoc v.202(8): p.1229. (1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: animal-production; sustainability

630.
NAL Call No.: HT401.A36
A synthetic approach to sustainable agriculture and resource conservation.
Moles, J. Agric-Hum-Val v.11(4): p.64-71. (1992 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; agricultural-development; resource-conservation

631.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Taking the low input message around the world and back again.
Rosenberg, R.; Wheelock, J. Small-Farm-Today v.9(5): p.32-35. (1992 Oct.)
Descriptors: small-farms; farm-inputs; farming-systems; animal-power; technology-transfer; sustainability; developing- countries; developed-countries

632.
NAL Call No.: HJ5347.I8T39-- 1990
Taxing pesticides to fund research for sustainable agriculture : the Iowa model.
Americans for Safe Food (Project). Washington, D.C. : Americans for Safe Food, Center for Science in the Public Interest, [1990] 73 p. : ill., "August 1990"--P. 2.
Descriptors: Environmental-impact-charges-Iowa; Pesticides-Taxation-Iowa; Fertilizers-Taxation-Iowa; Sustainable- agriculture-Government-policy-Iowa

633.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Technological transfer in the Ecuadorian andean fruticulture with an agroecological focus. Transferencia tecnologica en la frutidultura andina Ecuatoriana con enfoque agroecologico.
Kiefer, L. J. Acta-hortic (310): p.59-62. (1992 Sept.)
Paper presented at the International Symposium on "Fruit Growing in Tropical Highlands," September 26-29, 1990, Tunja, Colombia.
Descriptors: fruit-crops; crop-production; technology; transfer; development-projects; small-farms; environmental- factors; mountain-areas

634.
NAL Call No.: HT401.A36
Technology adoption and Sub-Sahara African agriculture: the sustainable development option.
Durosomo, B. Agric-human-values v.10(4): p.58-70. (1993 Fall)
In the Tenth Anniversary Issue, 1984-1993.
Descriptors: agricultural-development; sustainability; technology; innovation-adoption; growth-models; africa-south-of- sahara

635.
NAL Call No.: HD9000.A1I47-- no.7
Technology policy for sustainable agricultural growth.
International Food Policy Research Institute. Washington, D.C. : IFPRI, 1990. 36 p. : ill., Papers presented at a seminar held in The Hague, Netherlands, July 2-3, 1990.
Descriptors: Agricultural-productivity-Congresses; Agriculture-and-state-Congresses

636.
NAL Call No.: S471.I3P475-- 1993
Tending the earth : traditional, sustainable agriculture in India.
Pereira, W. 1. Bombay : Earthcare Books, 1993. 315 p., Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-294) and index.
Descriptors: Agricultural-systems-India; Agriculture- India; Traditional-farming-India; Food-supply-India; Sustainable- agriculture-India

637.
NAL Call No.: S599.5.A1A37- 1991
Testing ales in Tanzania: a case study in computerized physical and economic land suitability assessment for smallholer low-input maize.
Kimaro, D. N.; Kips, P. A. Second African Soil Science Society Conference on Soil and Water Management for Sustainable Productivity proceedings of the conference at the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt, November 4-10, 1991 / African Soil Science Society Conference on Soil and Water Management for Sustainable Productivity. Cairo, Egypt : [Ain Shams University, Faculty of Agriculture], 1993.. p. 325-335.
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; soil-surveys; land-use; computer-analysis; tanzania; automated-land-evaluation-system

638.
NAL Call No.: GE195.C47-- 1993
There is still time. 1. ed. Aun hay tiempo.
Cesarman, F. C. 1. Mexico, D.F. : Grupo Editorial Siete, 1993. 236 p., Descriptors: Green-movement; Human- ecology; Pollution-Environmental-aspects

639.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Total resource budgeting of LISA related management strategies.
Crews, J. R. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [38] 8 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-34-97. Reporting period for this report is January 1992 to December 1992.
Descriptors: crop-enterprises; livestock-enterprises; sustainability; low-input-agriculture; computer-software; sustainable-farm-practices

640.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Total resource budgeting of LISA related management strategies.
Crews, J. R. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 11 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-34-97. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk.
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; sustainability; crop-enterprises; livestock-enterprises; costs; returns; computer-software; sustainable-farm-practices; smart-software- program


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641.
NAL Call No.: S599.9.T783T76- no.91-02
Toward sustainable agriculture in the humid tropics : building on the TropSoils experience in Indonesia.
Colfer, C. J. P.; Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program. Raleigh, NC : Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program, North Carolina State University, 1991. 86 p. : ill., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-79).
Descriptors: Agriculture-Research-Indonesia; Gardening- Research-Indonesia; Indonesia-Social-life-and-customs

642.
NAL Call No.: 57.9- F41
Towards a sustainable agriculture in the UK.
O'Riordan, T. Proc-Fert-Soc. Peterborough : The Fertiliser Society. 1993. (344) 20 p.
Includes references.
Descriptors: sustainability; farming-systems; agriculture; uk

643.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Towards making mountain farming system sustainable: study of vegetable cultivation in Himachal Pradesh (India).
Sikka, B. K.; Vaidya, C. S. Acta-hortic (369): p.16- 25. (1994 Sept.)
Paper presented at the Joint Symposium on Small Scale Vegetable Production and Horticultural Economics in Developing Countries, June 23-26, 1992, Bogor, Indonesia.
Descriptors: vegetables; vegetable-growing; mountain- areas; irrigation; costs; profitability; sustainability; india

644.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Towards reducing cereal herbicide costs as gross margins fall.
Davies, D. H. K.; Fisher, N. M.; Proven, M. J.; Courtney, A. D.; Lawson, H. M.; Wright, G. M. Asp-appl-biol (40,pt.2): p.307-316. (1994)
In the series analytic: Arable farming under CAP reform / edited by J. Clarke, A. Lane, A. Mitchell, M. Ramans and P. Ryan.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; hordeum-vulgare; winter-wheat; gross-margins; weed-control; herbicides; chemical- control; low-input-agriculture; weeds; risk; galium- aparine; yield-response-functions; uk

645.
NAL Call No.: 4- AM34P
Tracing nitrogen movement in corn production systems in the North Carolina Piedmont: analysis of nitrogen pool site.
Crozier, C. R.; King, L. D.; Hoyt, G. D. Agron-j v.86(4): p.642-649. (1994 July-1994 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; weeds; trifolium-incarnatum; cover-crops; crop-residues; nitrogen-content; tillage; conservation-tillage; nitrogen-cycle; nitrogen-fertilizers; soil- fertility; seasonal-fluctuations; nutrient-uptake; low-input- agriculture; north-carolina; strip-till
Abstract: The fate of N in North Carolina Piedmont corn (Zea mays L.) was traced using N pool size analysis. In 1989 and 1990, selected N pools [corn; weeds; surface residues; and soil NH4+, NO3-, and potentially mineralizable N (N(o))] were sequentially sampled in four reduced chemical input systems: (i) crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.) with conventional tillage (clover-till), (ii) no cover crop with conventional tillage and 70 kg N ha-1 as NH4NO3 (fertilizer-till), (iii) crimson clover with strip-tillage (clover-strip), and (iv) no cover crop with no tillage and 70 kg N ha-1 as NH4NO3 (fertilizer-no-till). The largest of the repeatedly measured N pools was soil N(o), which accounted for < 10% of the total Kjeldahl soil N. Soil N(o) was highest in the clover-till treatment, and had large seasonal fluctuations: 170 to 255 kg N ha-1 in clover-till, and 117 to 210 kg N ha-1 in other treatments. Fertilizer treatments had higher inorganic N levels than did clover treatments only immediately after fertilizer application. Although clover shoots contained 97 to 134 kg N ha-1 yr-1, more than the N applied to fertilizer treatments, no significant differences among treatments in plant (corn + weed) aboveground N accumulation (38 to 132 kg N ha-1) were observed. Of these totals, weed N accounted for 5 to 30 kg N ha-1. Surface residue N content was highest in reduced tillage treatments. In reduced chemical input systems such as these, N transfers among soil N(o), weed, and residue pools may be as large or larger than N transfers among soil inorganic and crop pools.

646.
NAL Call No.: HD9000.5.I58- 1991
Trade in organic foods : growing as partners into the 21st century : November 11th to 13th, 1991 in Vienna/Austria. Growing as partners into the 21st century.
Geier, B.; Haest, C.; Pons, A.; International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. International Conference (2nd : 1991 : Vienna, A. [Tholey-Theley, Germany] : IFOAM, [1991?] 149 p. : ill., Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: Natural-foods-industry-Congresses; Organic-farming-Congresses

647.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Tradeoffs between economics and water quality.
Supalla, R. J.; Selley, R. A.; Ahmad, S. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 275-278.
Descriptors: nitrate; water-quality; irrigation-water; irrigation; crops; nutrient-requirements; irrigation-scheduling; low-input-agriculture; fertilizer-requirement- determination; application-rates; nitrogen-fertilizers; returns; cost-benefit- analysis; leaching; pollution-control; groundwater-pollution; nebraska

648.
NAL Call No.: S471.T5B46-- 1993
Training needs for farming systems approach to sustainable agriculture and rural development in Thailand.
Benchaphun Shinawatra. Chiang Mai, Thailand : Multiple Cropping Centre, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, [1993] 22 leaves : ill., Paper presented at a conference held Feb. 9-12, 1993 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Thailand; Agricultural-extension-work-Thailand

649.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
The transformation of Cuban agriculture after the cold war.
Perfecto, I. Am-J-altern-agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Summer 1994. v. 9 (3) p. 98-108.
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-situation; change; low-input- agriculture; sustainability; farm-inputs; appropriate-technology; biological-control; pest-control; alternative-farming; weed- control; soil-management; labor; agricultural-planning; cuba
Abstract: Cuba's agriculture after the 1959 revolution had been based on large-scale, capital intensive monoculture, which made Cuba heavily dependent on the socialist bloc for subsidized agrichemical inputs and for set prices of agricultural exports. However, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies in 1989-90, Cuba's inputs of fertilizer, pesticides, and petroleum dropped by more than half. Cuba responded with a dramatic shift in its agricultural development model that featured appropriate technology, alternative organization of labor, alternative planning, and environmental preservation. Cuban pest control efforts now focus on biological control and on enhanced monitoring and diagnostic techniques. Soil management emphasizes biofertilizers and vermiculture. Minimum tillage and crop rotation are frequent practices among Cuba's independent farmers, agricultural cooperatives, and state farms. The transition to low-input agriculture has decreased the exodus of people from rural areas to cities, and has led to establishment of labor camps with volunteer labor and long-term programs for rebuilding rural communities. To address the loss of important food imports while ensuring environmental conservation, agricultural planning now gives priority to crop rotations, city gardens, and introduction of food crops in sugar cane areas.

650.
NAL Call No.: HT401.A36
Transforming extension for sustainable agriculture: the case of integrated pest management in rice in Indonesia.
Roling, N.; Fliert, E. v. de. Agric-human-values v.11(2/3): p.96-108. (1994 Spring-1994 Summer)
In the special issue: "Participation and empowerment" in sustainable rural development / edited by L.A. Thrupp.
Descriptors: oryza-sativa; integrated-pest-management; extension; sustainability; participation; technology-transfer; case-studies; indonesia; pardigm-shift

651.
NAL Call No.: 57.8- C734
Transitional farmers expand compost markets.
Biocycle v.35(4): p.54-55. (1994 Apr.)
Descriptors: composts; application-to-land; markets; alternative-farming

652.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Trap cropping to minimize insecticide application and farm input costs in sunflower production.
Brewer, G. J. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1994. [28] 14 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC 91-32. Reporting period for this report is September 1993 to May 1994. This is a final report.
Descriptors: helianthus-annuus; smicronyx-fulvus; cropping-systems; trap-crops; costs; economic-analysis; insect- control; cultural-control; low-input-agriculture; north- dakota; south-dakota; minnesota

653.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Trap cropping to minimize insecticide application and farm input costs in sunflower production.
Brewer, G. J. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 21 p.
SARE Project Number: LNC-91-32.
Descriptors: helianthus-annuus; smicronyx-fulvus; cropping-systems; trap-crops; insecticides; usage; costs; insect- control; chemical-control; cultural-control; low-input- agriculture

654.
NAL Call No.: S530.J6
Trees of Sogolonbougou: a decision case of sustainable agriculture in the semiarid tropics.
McPeak, G.; Simmons, S. R. J-nat-resour-life-sci- educ v.24(2): p.178-184. (1995 Fall)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-education; environmental- policy; shifting-cultivation; subsistence-farming; tropical- forests; protection-of-forests; law; teaching-methods; case- studies; higher-education; ecology; sustainability; rural- sociology; ethics; mali

655. NAL Call No.: Videocassette-- no.2026
Turn here sweet corn.
De Michiel, H. & Bullfrog Films, i. [Minneapolis, Minn.] : H. De Michiel [producer] ; Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films [distributor], c1990. 1 videocassette (38 min.) : sd., col..
"VH S0003" on container.
Descriptors: Diffley-family/ Urbanization-Minnesota- Eagan/ Cities-and-towns-Growth/ Organic-farming-Minnesota-Eagan/ Eagan-Minn/ -History
Abstract:A video essay on the Diffley family, organic farmers in Eagan, Minnesota, and their struggle to continue farming amidst rapid suburban development.

656.
NAL Call No.: HD9018.A8U47- 1990
The Ultimate organic resource guide. Ultimate organic resource guide, 1990.
Snodgrass, M.; Henry Doubleday Research Association. Sydney, N.S.W.? : Henry Doubleday Research Association, Inc., 1990. 58 p., Cover title: The Ultimate organic resource guide, 1990.
Descriptors: Natural-foods-industry-Australia- Directories; Natural-foods-Australia-Directories; Sustainable- agriculture-Australia-Directories

657.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
United we stand.
Bowman, G. New-farm v.16(7): p.34-39. (1994 Nov.-1994 Dec.)
Descriptors: cooperative-marketing; organic-farming; michigan

658.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
An upbeat look at government policies and proposals involving cattle and sustainable agriculture.
Wilder, J. R. J-sustain-agric v.4(2): p.81-98. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: beef-cattle; dairy-cattle; livestock- farming; farming-systems; sustainability; alternative-farming; grazing-systems; agricultural-policy

659.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Use of organic nitrogen sources for sweetpotatoes: production potential and economic feasibility.
Collins, W. W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. [14] 9 p.
SARE Project Number: LS92-45. Reporting period for this report is February 1992 to December 1992.
Descriptors: ipomoea-batatas; genotypes; zea-mays; rotations; nitrogen; use-efficiency; application-rates; nitrogen- content; plant; nutrient-uptake; crop-growth-stage; trifolium- incarnatum; fertilizer-requirement-determination; crop-quality; crop-yield; low-input-agriculture; north-carolina; alabama

660.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Use of organic nitrogen sources for sweetpotatoes: production potential and economical feasibility.
Collins, W. W. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [17] 12 p.
SARE Project Number: LS92-45. Record includes 3 1/2 inch floppy disk. Reporting period for this report is December 1992 to December 1993.
Descriptors: ipomoea-batatas; genotypes; zea-mays; rotations; nitrogen; use-efficiency; application-rates; nitrogen- content; plant; nutrient-uptake; crop-growth-stage; trifolium- incarnatum; fertilizer-requirement-determination; crop-quality; crop-yield; low-input-agriculture; north-carolina; alabama


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661.
NAL Call No.: 80-Ac82
Use of plastics in ecologically sound vegetable production in the open.
Benoit, F. Acta-hortic (371): p.235-246. (1994 July)
Paper presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Timing Field Production of Vegetables held August 23-27, 1993, Skierniewice, Poland.
Descriptors: vegetables; crop-production; plastic-film; mulching; low-input-agriculture; efficacy

662.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Use of poultry litter or manure for root-knot nematode management on vegetables and field crop.
Fortnum, B. A. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. 18 p.
SARE Project Number: 3-31-XXX-0385-30-5414. Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk.
Descriptors: cucurbita; poultry-manure; meloidogyne; plant-parasitic-nematodes; soil-temperature; soil-water; ammonia; soil-fertility; nitrogen-content; crop-yield; nematode-control; cultural-control; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; south- carolina; georgia

663.
NAL Call No.: SB950.2.A1J58
Using fewer pesticides on Idaho potatoes.
Thiers, P. J-pestic-reform v.14(3): p.6-7. (1994 Fall)
Descriptors: solanum-tuberosum; pesticides; usage; rotations; farmers'-attitudes; farming-systems-research; consumer-attitudes; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; idaho; pesticide-use-reduction

664.
NAL Call No.: 80- Ac82
Using mulches for weed control and preventing leaching of nitrogen fertiliser.
Hembry, J. K.; Davies, J. S. Acta-hortic (371): p.311-316. (1994 July)
Paper presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Timing Field Production of Vegetables held August 23-27, 1993, Skierniewice, Poland.
Descriptors: brassica-oleracea-var; -capitata; brassica-oleracea-var; -botrytis; crop-management; nitrogen- fertilizers; application-rates; herbicides; plastic-film; mulches; weed-control; leaching; pollution-control; low-input- agriculture; crop-yield; uk

665.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Utilization of dairy manure in low-input, conservation tillage animal feed production systems.
Mullen, M. D. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1993. [48] 18 p.
SARE Project Number: LS93-52. Reporting period for this report is July 1993 to November 1993. Record includes publications by the authors.
Descriptors: zea-mays; liquid-manures; dairy-wastes; ammonium-nitrate; application-rates; application; timing; split- dressings; soil-fertility; nitrogen; phosphorus; no- tillage; mineralization; silt-loam-soils; nitrate-nitrogen; leaching; runoff; losses-from-soil; water-quality; low-input-agriculture; tennessee; alabama

666.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Utilization of winter legume cover crops for pest and fertility management in cotton.
Rothrock, C. S. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. [43] 51 p.
SARE project number: LS91-40(44). Reporting period for this report is October 1991 to December 1992.
Descriptors: gossypium; cover-crops; legumes; tillage; minimum-tillage; pest-management; pythium; rhizoctonia; thielaviopsis-basicola; plant-pathogenic-fungi; plant- diseases; insect-pests; insect-control; weed-control; plant-parasitic- nematodes; nematode-control; plant-disease-control; soil- fertility; soil; soil-properties; nutrients; crop-yield; low- input-agriculture; arkansas; louisiana; south-carolina; conventional-tillage

667.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Utilization of winter legume cover crops for pest and fertility management in cotton.
Rothrock, C. S. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1991. 39 p.
SARE Project Number: LS91-40(44). Record includes 5 1/4 floppy disk.
Descriptors: gossypium; cover-crops; legumes; tillage; minimum-tillage; pest-management; insect-control; weed-control; nematode-control; plant-disease-control; soil- fertility; nitrate-nitrogen; soil-properties; pesticides; fertilizers; usage; economic-analysis; low-input-agriculture; arkansas; oklahoma; texas; conventional-tillage

668.
NAL Call No.: S590.S68
Utilizing the nitrogen content of organic manures on farms--problems and practical solutions.
Smith, K. A.; Chambers, B. J. Soil-use-manage v.9(3): p.105-112. (1993 Sept.)
Paper presented at the National Agricultural Conference, "Nitrogen management in a changing environment," January 29, 1992, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.
Descriptors: manures; nitrogen-content; nitrogen; use- efficiency; farm-management
Abstract: Organic manures contain valuable quantities of nitrogen, phosphate and potash, but many farmers regard them as 'waste materials' rather than as sources of plant nutrients. Utilization of the plant-available nitrogen content is poor at present because of manure management practices which lead to leaching and atmospheric losses. Experiments studying the effect of timing suggest that, in order to decrease nitrate leaching, applications of manures which contain much available nitrogen should not be made during the period September to December on freely draining grassland and arable soils. Spring top dressings of dilute pig or cattle slurries and poultry manures to growing cereal crops are generally more efficient than autumn applications, particularly on freely draining soils. Legislation requiring manures to be applied in an environmentally acceptable manner and the economic need for farmers to realize the nutrient value of organic manures are likely to change the farming industry's perception of manures as 'waste materials'.

669.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Variable nitrogen management: the importance of yield mapping.
Redulla, C. A.; Havlin, J. L.; Kluitenberg, G. J.; Schrock, M. D.; Zhang, N. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 183-186.
Includes references.
Descriptors: nitrogen-fertilizers; application-rates; soil-fertility; nitrogen; fertilizer-requirement-determination; crop-yield; spatial-variation; fields; mapping; nitrate; zea- mays; low-input-agriculture; kansas; soil-test-nitrogen

670.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86V27- 1991
Varieties of sustainability : reflecting on ethics, environment, and economic equity : Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, May 10-12, 1991 : abstracts of presentations. Reflecting on ethics, environment, and economic equity.
University of California, S. C. A. P. [Santa Cruz, Calif.? : The University?, 1991?] i v. (unpaged), Cover title.
Descriptors: Sustainable-agriculture-Congresses; Alternative-agriculture-Congresses; Sustainable-development- Congresses

671.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Vetch cuts costs.
Shirley, C. New-farm v.14(7): p.26-30. (1992 Nov.-1992 Dec.)
Descriptors: organic-farming; farming-systems; sustainability; illinois

672.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Walnut Acres: organic farming since 1946.
Williams, L. G. Small-farm-today v.11(6): p.27-29. (1994 Dec.)
Descriptors: small-farms; family-farms; organic-farming

673.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Water quality and land treatment in the Long Creek Watershed Project.
Jennings, G. D.; Line, D. E.; Coffey, S. W.; Spooner, J.; White, N. M. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 3 p. 159- 162.
Includes references.
Descriptors: watersheds; water-quality; surface-water; water-pollution; pollution-control; erosion-control; water- erosion; riverbank-protection; feedlots; feedlot-wastes; feedlot- effluent; runoff; arable-land; crop-production; low-input- agriculture; animal-wastes; waste-disposal; nitrogen; phosphorus; fecal-coliforms; north-carolina; nonpoint-source-pollution

674.
NAL Call No.: aS21.R44A7
Water quality research plan for management systems evaluation areas (MSEA's): an ecosystems management program.
ARS. Springfield, VA : National Technical Information Service. Mar 1994. (123) 49 p.
Descriptors: water-quality; agricultural-research; research-projects; alternative-farming; farming-systems; economic-viability; environmental-protection; sustainability; iowa; minnesota; missouri; nebraska; ohio; wisconsin; south- dakota; north-dakota

675.
NAL Call No.: SB610.W39
Weed and corn (Zea mays) responses to a hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop.
Hoffman, M. L.; Regnier, E. E.; Cardina, J. Weed- technol v.7(3): p.594-599. (1993 July-1993 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; no-tillage; cover-crops; vicia- villosa; cultural-weed-control; alternative-farming; low-input- agriculture; glyphosate; application-rates; efficacy; chenopodium-album; competitive-ability; crop-yield; yield-losses; sowing-date; ohio

676.
NAL Call No.: SB610.2.B74
Weed control in the developed world without chemicals: implications for agriculture, agriculture-related industries and consumers.
Askew, M. F. Brighton-Crop-Prot-Conf-Weeds. Surrey : BCPC Registered Office. 1991. v. 2 p. 775-788.
Conference held November 18-21, 1991, Brighton, England.
Descriptors: weed-control; herbicides; cultural-weed- control; crop-production

677.
NAL Call No.: 56.8- J822
What biotechnology means for soil water conservation.
Elliott, L. F.; Wildung, R. E. J-soil-water-conserv v.47(1): p.17-20. (1992 Jan.-1992 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agriculture; biotechnology; soil- conservation; water-conservation; crop-production; low-input- agriculture

678.
NAL Call No.: ArU KFC385.Z9V38-1992
What every farmer needs to know : a summary of California & federal organic production laws. 2nd ed. Summary of California and federal organic production laws.
Vaupel, S.; Committee for Sustainable Agriculture. Sacramento, CA : Vaupel Associates for the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, 1992. 31 p., "A Guide to understanding the new laws that affect farmers and producers of organic foods in California and the U.S."--Cover.
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Law-and-legislation- California; Organic-farming-Law-and-legislation-United-States; Agricultural-laws-and-legislation-California; Agricultural-laws- and-legislation-United-States

679.
NAL Call No.: KFC385.Z9V38-- 1992
What the farmer needs to know : a summary of California & federal organic production laws. 2nd ed. Summary of California and federal organic production laws.
Vaupel, S.; Committee for Sustainable Agriculture. Sacramento, CA : Vaupel Associates for the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, c1992. 31 p., "A Guide to understanding the new laws that affect farmers and producers of organic foods in California and the U.S."--Cover.
Descriptors: Organic-farming-Law-and-legislation- California; Organic-farming-Law-and-legislation-United-States; Agricultural-laws-and-legislation-California; Agricultural-laws- and-legislation-United-States

680.
NAL Call No.: 281.28- R88
Where the grass grows again: knowledge exchange in the sustainable agriculture movement.
Hassanein, N.; Kloppenburg, J. R. Jr. Rural-sociol v.60(4): p.721-740. (1995 Winter)
Includes references.
Descriptors: grasses; dairy-cattle; grazing; technical- progress; social-change; agricultural-production; sustainability; theory; wisconsin; rotational-grazing; social-movement-theory
Abstract: Many analysts of sustainable agriculture have given considerable attention to issues of knowledge production, but in general they have not engaged social movement theory. This neglect is addressed by examining the emergence of intensive rotational grazing as a local expression of the sustainable agriculture movement. Conceptual frameworks drawn from recent contributions to social movement theory are used to describe the cognitive praxis of graziers along technological, cosmological, and organizational dimensions. Contrary to current interpretations, which emphasize the idiosyncratic character of local knowledge in agriculture, this analysis shows that through horizontal forms of organizing and information exchange, graziers overcome the limits of their personal experience and usefully share local knowledge in networks that they have forged expressly for that purpose.

681.
NAL Call No.: 450- R11
White rust infection and leaf chlorosis in relation to crop strategies in spinach.
Leskovar, D. I.; Black, M. C. Environ-exp-bot v.34(4): p.363-370. (1994 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: spinacia-oleracea; albugo; rust-diseases; chlorosis; metalaxyl; unclassified-fungicides; fungus-control; irrigation; infestation; myzus-persicae; genotypes; roots; growth; crop-yield; low-input-agriculture; albugo-occidentalis; cga-2014

682.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Whole farm impact of converting conventionally managed eastern vineyards to organic management practices.
Pool, R. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1990. 26 p.
SARE Project Number: LNE 90-20. Record includes 3 1/2 floppy disk and publications resulting from project.
Descriptors: vitis; organic-farming; pest-management; insect-control; weed-control; plant-disease-control; economic- impact; economic-analysis; viticulture; new-york

683.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Whole-farm nutrient and agchemical input budgeting for sustainable farming: analysis and demonstration.
Wyman, J. A. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1992. [21] 15 p.
SARE Project Number: 91-COOP-1-6592.
Descriptors: dairy-farms; farming-systems; grazing- systems; rotational-grazing; farm-inputs; pesticides; fertilizers; soil-fertility; phosphorus; potassium; nitrate- nitrogen; crop-production; rotations; sustainability; wisconsin; conventional-grazing

684.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Whole farm systems research: an integrated crop and livestock systems comparison study.
Luna, J.; Allen, V.; Fontenot, J.; Daniels, L.; Vaughan, D.; Hagood, S.; Taylor, D.; Laub, C. Am-J-altern- agric. Greenbelt, MD : Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture. Winter/Spring 1994. v. 9 (1/2) p. 57- 63.
Papers presented at the conference on "Science and Sustainability", October 24-26, 1993, Seattle, Washington.
Descriptors: alternative-farming; low-input- agriculture; farming-systems; livestock-enterprises; crop- enterprises; integrated-systems; farming-systems; research- projects; crop-management; grazing-systems; long-term- experiments; virginia
Abstract: To examine the long-term productivity, profitability, and ecological interactions associated with whole farming systems, we established an interdisciplinary replicated comparison of a conventional and an experimental alternative crop-livestock farming system in southwest Virginia in 1988. The conventional system uses the best management practices commonly used in the mid-Atlantic region. The alternative system puts more emphasis on crop rotation, grazing and forage management, conservation tillage, cover crops, and integrated pest management. Each is managed as a year-round system, with management decisions based on the system's overall goals. The comparison is planned to run for 10 years, so that only preliminary conclusions can be drawn so far. These include the following: 1) similar total productivity can be achieved with either reduced or full use of herbicides and insecticides; 2) the need for N fertilization can be decreased using grazing management and short-rotation alfalfa; and 3) recycling of manure from cattle fed corn silage provides most nutrients needed for the following corn crop. The comparative profitability of the two systems has fluctuated among years, and it is too early to know which system is more profitable. The process of interdisciplinary systems research has increased our knowledge of total system interactions, challenged prior assumptions, and clarified the methodological problems of integrated systems research.

685.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86A47-- no.90-8
Why America needs a commitment to organic-sustainable agriculture : a consumer's perspective.
Ziomek, R. Urbana, Ill. : College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1990] 6 p., "April 1990."

686.
NAL Call No.: 56.8- J822
Why farmers adopt production technology.
Nowak, P. J-soil-water-conserv v.47(1): p.14-16. (1992 Jan.-1992 Feb.)
Descriptors: intensive-farming; alternative-farming; low-input-agriculture; crop-residues; straw-incorporation; farmers'-attitudes; soil-conservation; production-farming

687.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Why soil health matters: you have more at stake than next year's yields.
New-farm v.16(1): p.10-16. (1994 Jan.)
Descriptors: alternative-farming; soil; health; quality; interviews

688.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Winter cover crops for corn production in the Northeast: N balance and soil moisture status.
Decker, A. M. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [1988-. 1989. 39 p.
SARE Project Number: LNE 89-13. Includes Agronomy Mimeo 34 from Maryland Cooperative Extension Service.
Descriptors: zea-mays; crop-yield; vicia-villosa; secale-cereale; cover-crops; winter; mixtures; dry-matter; biomass-production; nitrogen-content; planting-date; no- tillage; soil-water-content; low-input-agriculture; sustainability; maryland

689.
NAL Call No.: QH301.A76
Winter wheat production systems: effect of reduced inputs on grain yield, quality and economic return.
McCabe, T.; Gallagher, E. J. Asp-appl-biol. Wellesbourne, Warwick : The Association of Applied Biologists. 1993. v. 36 p. 251-256.
In the series analytic: Cereal quality III / edited by P.S. Kettlewell, J.K. Gorstang, C.M. Duffus, N. Magan, W.T.B. Thomas and N.D. Paveley.
Descriptors: triticum-aestivum; winter-wheat; low- input-agriculture; fungicides; nitrogen-fertilizers; crop-yield; seeds; seed-weight; crop-quality; protein-content; returns; irish-republic

690.
NAL Call No.: GF75.M35- v.12
The World's savannas : economic driving forces, ecological constraints, and policy options for sustainable land use.
Young, M. D. M. D. 1.; Solbrig, O. T. Paris : UNESCO ; Carnforth, Lancs, UK ; New York, USA : Parthenon Pub. Group, 1993. xx, 350 p. : ill., maps, "Output from an international workshop held at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi (Kenya) from 23-26 January 1991"--Pref.
Descriptors: Land-use-Environmental-aspects-Congresses; Savannas-Congresses; Conservation-of-natural-resources- Congresses; Land-tenure-Congresses; Sustainable- agriculture- Congresses; Land-use-Government-policy-Congresses

691.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54- 1995
Yield and N uptake of inbred corn with reduced N- fertilizer application.
Wilhelm, W. W.; Johnson, B. E.; Koopman, R.; Peterson, W. R. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich. : ASAE, c1995.. v. 2 p. 243-246.
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; nitrogen; nutrient-uptake; fertilizer-requirement-determination; foliar-diagnosis; chlorophyll; leaves; meters; low-input-agriculture; inbred-lines; crop-yield; crop-quality; nitrogen-fertilizers; soil-fertility; nitrate; nebraska

692.
NAL Call No.: S590.C63
Yield contribution of nitrogen fertilizer, herbicide, and insecticide in a corn-soybean rotation.
Hons, F. M.; Saladino, V. A. Commun-soil-sci-plant- anal v.26(17/18): p.3083-3097. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: zea-mays; glycine-max; rotations; nitrogen-fertilizers; insecticides; herbicides; interactions; crop-yield; low-input-agriculture; texas
Abstract: Interest is increasing in alternative, reduced input cropping systems. Potential interactive effects of input additions or eliminations on crop yield must be delineated to develop the most resource-efficient cropping systems. Information of this type is especially lacking in the southern United States. The principal objective of this field study was to determine the main and interactive effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization herbicide, and insecticide on grain yields in a corn (Zea mays L.) - soybean [(Glycine max (L.) Merr.)] rotation. Dryland studies were conducted for four years (1990-1993) on a Weswood silt loam soil (fine, mixed, thermic Fluventic Ustochrept). Variables included none or "optimal" applications of N fertilizer, herbicide, and insecticide. Mean corn grain yield was increased 156% by N fertilization compared to the no N control. Herbicide significantly increased corn grain yield two of four years, while soil-applied insecticide had no effect. Johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.] was identified as the primary competitive weed species in corn. No interactions of inputs were observed for corn grain yield. Nitrogen fertilization and herbicide did not affect soybean yield, but insecticide increased average soybean yield by 29%. Interactions of N fertilization and insecticide and herbicide and insecticide were significant for soybean yield.

693.
NAL Call No.: HD1401.S73- no.93-11
A yield sensitivity analysis of conventional and alternative whole-farm budgets for a typical northeast Kansas farm.
Diebel, P. L. Manhattan, Kan. : Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, [1993] 16 p., "Presented at the 1993 Western Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, July 11-14, 1993, Edmonton, Canada."

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