Agriculture

Editors: Kozai, Toyoki, Fujiwara, Kazuhiro, Runkle, Erik S. (Eds.)
Is the first book in English on LED lighting for urban agriculture
Describes all aspects of LED lighting for urban agriculture including engineering, horticultural science, eco-physiology, business opportunities, and challenges for the future
Presents an integrated approach for high yield and quality plant production in a controlled environment using LEDs

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.

by Jane Gibson (Editor), Sara Alexander (Editor), John K. Hansen (Foreword)
Industrial agriculture is generally characterized as either the salvation of a growing, hungry, global population or as socially and environmentally irresponsible