The Oxford Encyclopedia of Agriculture and the Environment

List of Articles History of Agriculture The Early Anthropogenic Hypothesis William Ruddiman Nomadism Philip Carl Salzman Hunter-Gatherer Economies in the Old World and New World Christian Morgan, Shannon Tushingham, Raven Garvey, Loukas Barton, and Robert Bettinger Geography and Chronology of the Transition to Agriculture Peter Bogucki Ancient and Traditional Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Agricultural Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa Andrew B. Smith Barley in Archaeology and Early History Simone Riehl Prehistoric and Traditional Agriculture in Lowland Mesoamerica Clarissa Cagnato Agricultural Origins and their Consequences in Southwestern Asia Alan Simmons Agriculture in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant John M. Marston Human Environmental Interrelationships and the Origins of Agriculture in Egypt and Sudan Simon Holdaway and Rebecca Phillipps Agricultural Dispersals in Mediterranean and Temperate Europe Aurélie Salavert The Agriculture of Early India Charlene Murphy and Dorian Q. Fuller Early History of Animal Domestication in Southwest Asia Benjamin S. Arbuckle Agricultural Practices and Environmental Impacts of Aztec and Pre-Aztec Central Mexico Deborah L. Nichols Ancient and Traditional Agriculture in South America: Tropical Lowlands Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Eduardo Neves, Charles R. Clement, Helena Lima, Claide Moraes, and Gilton Mendes Indigenous American Agricultural Contributions to Modern Global Food Systems Marcia C. Bruno Origin and Development of Agriculture in New Guinea, Island Melanesia and Polynesia Tim Denham Agricultural Innovation and Dispersal in Eastern North America Kandace D. Hollenbach and Stephen B. Carmody Indigenous Polynesian Agriculture in Hawai'i Noa Kekuewa Lincoln and Peter Vitousek Evolution of Agricultural Practices and the Transformation of the English Landscape Tom Williamson From the Plow and Harness to Precision Farming in the North American Great Plains David E. Clay, Sharon A. Clay, Thomas DeSutter, and Cheryl Reese History of Agriculture in the United States Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Soil Nature, Abuse, and Stewardship Soils, Science, Society, and the Environment Colin Robins Soil Resources, the Delivery of Ecosystem Services and Value David A. Robinson, Fiona Seaton, Katrina Sharps, Amy Thomas, Francis Parry Roberts, Martine van der Ploeg, Laurence Jones, Jannes Stolte, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, Paula Harrison, and Bridget Emmett Soil Tilth and Management Lars J. Munkholm, Mansonia Pulido-Moncada, and Peter Bilson Obour Soil Sediment Loading and Related Environmental Impacts from Farms Vito Ferro Measuring Soil Loss and Subsequent Nutrient and Organic Matter Loss on Farmlands Vito Ferro and Vincenzo Bagarello Effective Practices in Mitigating Soil Erosion from Fields Vincenzo Bagarello Soil Quality as Affected by Intensive Versus Conservative Agricultural Managements Luigi Badalucco Soil Salinization Pichu Rengasamy Classification and Mitigation of Soil Salinization Tibor Tóth Causes of Soil Salinization, Sodification, and Alkalinization Elisabeth N. Bui Irrigation, Nutrient Management, and Nutrient Issues Surface Irrigation Luis S. Pereira and José M. Gonçalves The Qanat System of Iran and the Maghreb Ahmad Abbasnejad; Behnam Abbasnejad Environmental Benefits and Concerns of Center Pivot Irrigation Leonor Rodriguez Sinobas Subsurface (Tile) Agricultural Drainage Gary Sands, Srinivasulu Ale, Laura Christianson, and Nathan Utt Well Construction, Cones of Depression and Groundwater Sharing Approaches Fidel Ribera Urenda Terracing: From Agriculture to Multiple Ecosystem Services Paolo Socci, Alessandro Errico, Giulio Castelli, Daniele Penna, and Federico Preti The Role of Cover Crops in Agriculture and their Environmental Significance Helena Aronsson Crop Rotations, Fallowing, and their Environmental Benefits Muhammad Farooq, Ahmad Nawaz, and Faisal Nadeem Industrial Fertilizers in Agriculture Gregory L. Willoughby Agricultural Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution in Surface Waters Marianne Bechmann and Per Stålnacke Selected Crops, Livestock, and Environmental Impacts of Their Production Agricultural Energy Demand and Use David Roland-Holst Agricultural Subsidies and the Environment Heather Williams Cultivation and Impact of Wheat Peter Shewry Cultivation and Environmental Impact of Corn Emerson Nafziger Cultivation and Environmental Impacts of Rice Reiner Wassmann Tomatoes: A Model Crop of Solanaceous Plants Autar Mattoo, Raheel Anwar, and Tahira Fatima Citrus History, Taxonomy, Breeding, and Fruit Quality Paolo Inglese; Giuseppe Sortino Cultivation and Environmental Impact of Mushrooms Shu Ting Chang; Solomon P. Wasser Cultivation, Improvement, and Environmental Impacts of Tea Mainaak Mukhopadhyay and Tapan Kumar Mondal Environmental Impacts of Tropical Soybean and Palm Oil Crops Kimberly M. Carlson and Rachael D. Garrett Social and Environmental Implications of Plantation Agriculture in Malaysia and Indonesia Jean-François Bissonnette and Rodolphe De Koninck Environmental Impacts and Benefits of Agroforestry Shibu Jose Dairy, Science, Society, and the Environment Christopher Lu CAFOs: Farm Animals and Industrialized Livestock Production James M. MacDonald Agricultural Methanogenesis Alexander N. Hristov The Big Picture, and Toward a New Global Agriculture An Image Reconnaissance: Agricultural Patterns and Related Environmental Impacts Viewed from Space Richard W. Hazlett and Joshua Peck Economics, Agriculture, and Famines Noel Russell Food Safety in a Global Economy: Policies and Concerns Tomiko Yamaguchi and Shun-Nan Chiang Sustainable Coffee Production Sarada Krishnan Organic Farming Theodore J. K. Radovich Ecological Farming and the Methods of Agroecology Miguel A. Altieri Agroecology Juhn Helenius, Alexander Wezel, and Charles A. Francis Biotechnology and Agriculture David Still Food Waste and Biomass Recovery Wun Jern Ng, Keke Xiao, Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Chaozhi Pan, and Leong Soon Poh Vermiculture in Greenhouse Plants, Field Crop Production and Hydroponics Norman Q. Arancon; Zachary Solarte Pros and Cons of GMO Crop Farming Rene Van Acker, Motior Rahman, and S. Zahra H. Cici Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture across Africa Laura Pereira Crop Production Resilience through Biodiversity for Adaptation to Climate Change Charles A. Francis Seed Banking as Future Insurance against Crop Collapses Fiona Hay