Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science

Dr. ERIC LICHTFOUSE, born April 2, 1960, completed his Ph.D. in organic geochemistry in 1989 at Strasbourg University. After post-doctoral fellowships at Indiana University, USA and the KFA research center in Jülich, Germany, he became engaged as a soil scientist at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in 1992. His study on soil organic matter and pollutants led in particular to the first determination of the dynamics of soil organic molecules in long-term maize field experiments using 13C labeling at natural abundance. In 2000 he founded the European Association of Environmental Chemistry (ACE) and in 2003 the Journal Environmental Chemistry Letters. He has co-edited the book Environmental Chemistry (Springer, 2005). He is currently working in Dijon for the INRA Department of Environment and Agronomy as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development. He is growing fruit trees and vegetables in his home backyard and travelling from home to work by bicycle. Eric Lichtfouse is also finisher of 10 ironman competitions, including the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii in 2006.

Society Issues, Painkiller Solutions, Dependence and Sustainable Agriculture.- Sociology of Sustainable Agriculture.- Sustainable Versus Organic Agriculture.- Organic Agriculture and Food Production: Ecological, Environmental, Food Safety and Nutritional Quality Issues.- Sustainability of Energy Crop Cultivation in Central Europe.- Phosphorus, Plant Biodiversity and Climate Change.- Co-evolution and Migration of Bean and Rhizobia in Europe.- Non-isotopic and 13C Isotopic Approaches to Calculate Soil Organic Carbon Maintenance Requirement.- Soil Solarization and Sustainable Agriculture.- Soil Functions and Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farming.- Indigenous Soil Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture.- Composting to Recycle Biowaste.- Nematodes as Biocontrol Agents.- Allelopathy and Organic Farming.- Occurrence and Physiology of Zearalenone as a New Plant Hormone.- Homestead Agroforestry: a Potential Resource in Bangladesh.