Sustainable Energy in Agriculture: Issues and Scope -- Energy use efficiency and intensity in agriculture -- Better Management Can Improve the Efficiency of Indirect Energy -- Energy Investigations of Different Intensive Rape Seed Rotations – a German Case Study -- Modelling Energy Saving...

The advantages and disadvantages of genetic modification of organisms in agriculture are reviewed. These relate to the environment, human health, socio-economic effects, population growth, and differential consequences for developed and developing countries. An overall evaluation requires that...

Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play...