Sustainable Agricultural Development

List of acronyms and abbreviation List of figures List of table Preface Acknowledgments Part I Sustainable use of land resources as a potential for sustainable agricultural development Chapter 1: Land resource governance from a sustainability and rural development perspective Chapter 4: Development of new technological approach to mitigate salinization Chapter 2: Land-grabbing and potential implications for world food security Chapter 3: Turning adversity into advantage for food security through improving soil quality and providing production systems for marginal saline lands: ICBA perspectives and approach Chapter 5: Reforestation - Quality improvement of contaminated mining soil Chapter 6: A policy framework for sustainable utilisation of farmland for Waterberg District Municipality in South Africa Chapter 7: The zooecological remediation of technogen faulted soil in industrial region of Ukraine Steppe Zone Chapter 8: Transcultural gardens - A proposal for exploitation of urban voids as intensively productive land and as a method of urbanization of minorities. Case studies demonstrating design tools and managing methodology Part II Sustainable management of water resources as a prerequisite for sustainable agriculture development Chapter 9: Sustainable rural development and participatory approach by on-farm water management techniques Chapter 10: Sustainable water management for irrigated rice production Chapter 11: Reduction of water losses by use of alternative irrigation techniques in the Aral Sea Drainage Basin Part III Recent innovative processes in agricultural production Chapter 12: Use of surface modified inorganic nano materials as slow release nitrogen fertilizer Chapter 13: Organic fertilizer use in Northeastern Thailand: An analysis of some factors affecting farmers??? attitudes Chapter 14: Imitating nature to enrich waste with new values and use it as a new resource Part IV Recent innovative processes in livestock production Chapter 15: Farm animal breeding: The implications of existing and new technologies Chapter 16: Animal husbandry in focus of sustainability Chapter 17: Effect of urea treated sorghum stover supplemented with local protein sources on the performance of sheep Chapter 18: Evaluation of spineless cactus (opuntia ficus-indicus) as an alternative feed and water source for animals during dry season in Eritrea Chapter 19: Comparative feeding value of halophyte as alternative animal feed for small ruminants in Eritrea Chapter 20: The Effect of feeding ensilages of poultry litter with left over bread on the body weight of barka cattle Postface Notes on contributors Author index Subject index Chapter 4: Development of new technological approach to mitigate salinization Chapter 5: Reforestation - Quality improvement of contaminated mining soil Chapter 6: A policy framework for sustainable utilisation of farmland for Waterberg District Municipality in South Africa Chapter 7: The zooecological remediation of technogen faulted soil in industrial region of Ukraine Steppe Zone Chapter 8: Transcultural gardens - A proposal for exploitation of urban voids as intensively productive land and as a method of urbanization of minorities. Case studies demonstrating design tools and managing methodology Part II Sustainable management of water resources as a prerequisite for sustainable agriculture development Chapter 9: Sustainable rural development and participatory approach by on-farm water management techniques Chapter 10: Sustainable water management for irrigated rice production Chapter 11: Reduction of water losses by use of alternative irrigation techniques in the Aral Sea Drainage Basin Part III Recent innovative processes in agricultural production Chapter 12: Use of surface modified inorganic nano materials as slow release nitrogen fertilizer Chapter 13: Organic fertilizer use in Northeastern Thailand: An analysis of some factors affecting farmers??? attitudes Chapter 14: Imitating nature to enrich waste with new values and use it as a new resource Part IV Recent innovative processes in livestock productionChapter 15: Farm animal breeding: The implications of existing and new technologies Chapter 16: Animal husbandry in focus of sustainability Chapter 17: Effect of urea treated sorghum stover supplemented with local protein sources on the performance of sheep Chapter 18: Evaluation of spineless cactus (opuntia ficus-indicus) as an alternative feed and water source for animals during dry season in Eritrea Chapter 19: Comparative feeding value of halophyte as alternative animal feed for small ruminants in Eritrea Chapter 20: The Effect of feeding ensilages of poultry litter with left over bread on the body weight of barka cattle Postface Notes on contributors Author index Subject index