Sustainable food production includes human and environmental health / edited by W. Bruce Campbell and Silvia López-Ortíz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Biosketches of Editors and
Contributing Authors -- Chapter 1: The Trading and Use of
Agrochemicals -- . The Rise of Agrochemicals and Their
Benefits to Humanity -- 2. Problems Associated with
Agrochemicals -- 3. Limiting Agrochemical Use - Integrated
Pest Management -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2:
Critical Evaluation of Genetic Manipulation for Improved
Productivity: Is This a Sustainable Agenda -- 1.
Introduction: Agricultural Paradigms -- 2. Agriculture,
Biotechnology and Biodiversity -- 3. Genetically Modified
Crops, Biofuels and Sustainable Agriculture in the United
States -- 4. The Ethical Socioeconomic and Political
Issues of Biotechnology in Agriculture -- 5. Genetically
Engineered Crops, Food Security and Safety -- 6.
Conclusions and Perspectives: Supporting Sustainable
Agriculture and Development -- Acknowledgements --
References -- Chapter 3: Organic Farming and Organic Food
Quality – Prospects and Limitations -- 1. Organic Farming
-- 2. Food Quality -- Conclusions and Outlook --
References -- Chapter 4: Veterinary Medicine: The Value of
Plant Secondary Compounds and Diversity in Balancing
Consumer and Ecological Health.-1. Plant Diversity in
Ecosystems -- 2. Plant Diversity and Secondary Compounds -
- 3. Plant Secondary Compounds as Medicines – Feedback
Mechanisms -- 4. Plant Secondary Compounds as Preventive
Agents: Feed-Forward Mechanisms -- 5. Feedback (Treatment)
vs. Feed-Forward (Prevention) -- 6. Impacts of PSCs on
Food Products -- 7. Plant Diversity, PSCs, Productivity
and Health -- 8. Grazing and Spatial and Temporal
Biodiversity -- 9. Plant Diversity, Prevention and Food
Interactions -- 10. Plant Diversity and the Value of
Silvopastoral Systems -- 11. Current vs. “Ideal” Feeding
Systems -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5:
Controlling the Introduction and Augmentation of Parasites
In and On Domesticated Livestock -- 1. Introduction -- 2.
Parasitism in Tropical Domesticated Livestock: Human
Interventions and Welfare -- 3. Hunger and Parasites:
Common Enemies in Grazing Systems -- 4. The Spread of
Parasitic Diseases and the Potential Impacts -- 5.
Parasiticide Medications Used on Ruminant Livestock -- 6.
Parasiticide Resistance in Ruminant Livestock -- 7.
Improving the Use of Existing Parasiticide Drugs -- 8.
Parasiticides in Domesticated Livestock: Ecotoxicity and
Environmental Cost -- 9. How do Agroecologically Oriented
Operations Affect the Introduction and Spread of
Endoparasites and Ectoparasites to Other Animals and
Humans? -- 10. Advances in Biological Control for
Domesticated Livestock with Emphasis on Tick and
Gastrointestinal Nematode (GIN) Control -- 11.
Supplementary Feeding to Improve Resilience and Resistance
Against GINs -- 12. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements
-- References

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