This volume explores the interconnected domains of food security, energy security, and sustainable agriculture, structured into six parts. The first part delves into policy considerations surrounding these themes, featuring contributions from notable figures such as Former Under Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy, Gale Buchanan and Raymond Orbach, along with Stephen Hughes, Bryan Moser, William Gibbons, and Thomas Redick. Part II focuses on soil and water, essential elements for secure and sustainable food production, with insights from Jerry Hatfield and Mahbub Alam, Sharon Megdal, et al. The third part discusses sustainable food production, highlighting genetically modified traits and omega-3 fatty acids through the work of James McWilliams and Jay Whelan, et al. Agronomic implications related to food security and sustainable agriculture are examined in Part IV, featuring authors like Ravi Sripada, Pradip Das, Duska Stojsin, Kevin Matson, Richard Leitz, and S. H. Lee, David Clay, and Sharon Clay. Part V addresses international perspectives on sustainable agriculture and food security, with contributions from Jeff Vitale, John Greenplate, Julie Borlaug, and Sylvester Oikeh. The final part discusses the role of chemicals in sustainable agriculture, with Leonard Gianessi and Ashley Williams on herbicides and Harold Reetz on fertilizers, emphasizing their importance in maximizing crop yields for a secure food production syste
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- 2014