This volume is a ready reference on sustainable agriculture and reinforce the understanding for its utilization to develop environmentally sustainable and profitable food production systems. It describes ecological sustainability of farming systems, present innovations for improving efficiency in the use of resources for sustainable agriculture and propose technological options and new areas of research in this very important area of agriculture.

Muhammad Farooq, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Michele Pisante, Professor Chair, Agronomy and Crop Sciences Research and Education Center
Faculty of Biosciences and Agro-Food and Environmental Technology
University of Teramo, Italy