Cropping Systems: Applications, Management and Impact

Index 117

ecosystem, 3, 77
endangered species, 82
energy, 7, 26, 27, 49
environment, vii, 2, 3, 8, 26, 27, 28, 54,
104
environmental conditions, 62
environmental degradation, 81
environmental effects, ix, 61
Environmental Impacts, v, 103
environmental management, 95, 99
environmental quality, 111
environments, x, 104, 105, 110, 111
enzymes, viii, 1, 11, 27
equilibrium, viii, ix, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 41, 44, 47, 48, 62,
72
erosion, 3, 17, 20, 37, 67, 70, 76, 91
Europe, 64, 77
evapotranspiration, 66
experimental design, 65
extraction, 29, 38
exudate, 11

F

families, 74, 82
farm size, 86, 96, 97, 98
farmers, vii, x, 63, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,
87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96,
97, 98, 99, 100, 101
fauna, 80
fertility, vii, viii, x, 22, 25, 28, 30, 33,
42, 50, 56, 64, 81, 103, 105, 107, 108,
110, 111, 112
fertilization, viii, ix, 4, 19, 21, 23, 24,
25, 29, 41, 49, 50, 51, 61, 63, 65, 72,
73, 74, 75, 77, 110
fertilizers, 33, 38, 40, 56, 63, 67, 68, 69,
70, 72, 73, 77
field crops, 64, 65, 78
field trials, 38
fixation, 19, 32, 33, 49
flora, 74, 77, 80
fluctuations, 63

food, vii, ix, 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, 18, 44, 46,

79, 81, 83, 100, 111

food crop production, ix, 79

food production, vii, 1, 100

food security, 111

foreign exchange, 80

formal education, 88

formation, 29, 63, 66, 68, 70, 73

freshwater, 82, 104

fruits, 4

funds, 99

G

gas diffusion, 30

global warming, 74

governance, 68, 101

grass, 16, 17, 38, 67

grasslands, 28, 59

grazing, 38, 58

greenhouse, 11, 104

growth, 2, 6, 11, 17, 20, 21, 26, 37, 42,

63, 91, 92

growth rate, 17

H

habitat, 17

harvesting, vii, 1, 3, 8, 38, 98, 105

harvesting plants, vii, 1

hemp, 65

herbicide, 3

heterogeneity, 17

homogeneity, 2

human, 17, 21, 80, 81, 101

humidity, 5, 34, 91, 92

hybrid, 20, 105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112

hypothesis, 105

I

identification, 11, 62, 83, 84

immobilization, 31, 32, 41

Impact Assessment, 101