Organic agriculture and climate change / / Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910768469903321
• Autore: Lorenz Klaus
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 3-031-17215-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.738746
• Soggetti: Climate change mitigation; Organic farming - Environmental aspects; Sustainable agriculture
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Organic Agriculture -- 1.1 History and Current Organic Agriculture Land Use -- 1.1.1 Early Developments -- 1.1.2 Developments after Second World War -- 1.1.3 Current Organic Agricultural Land Use -- 1.1.4 Expansion of Organic Agriculture -- 1.2 Practices and Principles -- 1.3 Conclusions -- 1.4 Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 2: Effects of Organic Agriculture on the Soil Carbon Stock -- 2.1 Basic Principles of Soil Carbon Sequestration -- 2.1.1 Soil Carbon -- 2.1.2 Soil Carbon Sequestration -- 2.2 Soil Inorganic Carbon -- 2.2.1 Effects of Organic Agriculture Practices on Soil Inorganic Carbon -- 2.2.2 Soil Inorganic Carbon Stocks under Organic Agriculture -- 2.3 Soil Organic Carbon -- 2.3.1 Effects of Organic Agriculture Practices on Soil Organic Carbon -- 2.3.2 Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Under Organic Agriculture -- 2.4 Net Effect of Organic Agriculture on Soil Carbon Sequestration -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 2.6 Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 3: Organic Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon Dioxide -- 3.2.1 Fossil Fuel Combustion -- 3.2.2 Soil Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- 3.3 Methane -- 3.3.1 Soil Methane Fluxes -- 3.3.2 Methane Emissions from Livestock Production -- 3.3.3 Methane Emissions from Biomass Burning -- 3.4 Nitrous Oxide -- 3.4.1 Soil ; Nitrous Oxide Emissions -- 3.4.2 Nitrous Oxide Emissions by Livestock Production Systems -- 3.5 The Hidden Carbon Cost of Organic Agriculture Practices -- 3.6 Conclusions -- 3.7 Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 4: Biogeophysical and Biogeochemical Climate Effects of Organic Agriculture -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Surface Albedo -- 4.3 Land Energy Balance -- 4.4 Soil Temperature -- 4.5 Evapotranspiration -- 4.6 Soil Moisture Regime -- 4.7 Soil Erodibility and Erosion.; 4.8 Surface Roughness -- 4.9 Land-Derived Aerosols -- 4.10 Conclusions -- 4.11 Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 5: Combining Conventional and Organic Practices to Reduce Climate Impacts of Agriculture -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Nitrogen Fertilization -- 5.3 Soil Health -- 5.4 Integrated Farming -- 5.5 Conventionalization of Organic Agriculture -- 5.6 Regenerative Agriculture -- 5.7 Agroecology -- 5.8 Nexus Approach -- 5.9 Conclusions -- 5.10 Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 6: Challenges and Opportunities for the Global Food System -- 6.1 Population Growth and Food Production -- 6.2 Urbanization and Food -- 6.3 Future Research and Developments -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 6.5 Review Questions -- References.