Managing Energy, Nutrients, and Pests in Organic Field Crops

This volume tackles three of the most challenging aspects of organic field cropping¿managing energy, nutrients, and pests. It presents information and discusses possibilities to make these systems more productive, energy efficient, and economically viable. Chapters summarize the latest data, create a comprehensive and coherent picture of issues, and integrate agronomic, economic, and policy interpretations. The book clearly demonstrates how organic systems can effectively be designed to optimize farm conditions. Sections focus on soil health, pest management, energy efficiency, integrating organic approaches, and economics and policy.