TY - BOOK ID - 145908960 TI - Smart Management of Conservative, Organic and Integrated Agriculture AU - Peruzzi, Andrea AU - Frasconi, Christian AU - Antichi, Daniele PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - Biology, life sciences KW - Technology, engineering, agriculture KW - waste management KW - economic evaluation KW - biodegradable mulch KW - polyethylene KW - grapevine KW - no-chemical KW - organic agriculture KW - sucker removal KW - Vitis vinifera (L.) KW - thermal KW - weed management KW - organic farming KW - mulch KW - weed dynamic KW - cereal grain cover crop KW - roller-crimper KW - no-till KW - cover crops KW - green manure KW - organic fertilizers KW - carbon dioxide KW - methane KW - nitrous oxide KW - dead mulch KW - biodegradable plastic mulch KW - conservation agriculture KW - tomato KW - cultivation systems KW - Gliricidia sepium KW - leguminous plants KW - Leucaena leucocephala KW - mineral fertilization KW - cinnamon oil KW - clove oil KW - cover crop termination KW - organic herbicides KW - roller/crimper KW - mulch-based system KW - N leaching KW - no-till organic system KW - intercropping KW - ecological intensification KW - sustainable agriculture KW - climate change mitigation KW - cabbage KW - fennel KW - lettuce KW - living mulch KW - Mediterranean climate KW - minimum tillage KW - no-tillage UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145908960 AB - Sustainable agriculture aims to achieve the goal of food security, also maximizing the socio-economic benefits, and minimizing environmental drawbacks. Farming systems mostly relying on ecological processes and the reduced application of external inputs (fertilizers and pesticides), such as organic farming and integrated farming, can even contribute to the mitigation of global warming and of the desertification of soils. Conservation agriculture (CA) is also widely recognized as a farming system able to preserve soils from erosion and nutrient loss, increase soil organic matter and carbon sink capacity, and improve biological and physical fertility. Nevertheless, CA systems generally rely on the large use of agrochemicals (above all, herbicides and fertilizers) in order to sustain crop production, with negative consequences in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact. This also does not enable an easy transfer of CA techniques into organic and integrated farming systems, a combination that might enhance the environmental benefits of these farming systems. In this regard, this Special Issue deals with the "Smart Management of Conservative, Organic, and Integrated Agriculture". We invited experts and researchers to contribute with original researches, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all topics related to organic, integrated, and conservative farming systems. The published articles concern with the most important aspects of these innovative systems, such as performances of farm machinery and agro-ecological strategies aiming at sustaining crop production whilst reducing the need for agrochemicals. ER -