Agroecology : science and politics / by Peter M. Rosset and Miguel A. Altieri.

By:

Rosset, Peter [author.]

Contributor(s):

Altieri, Miguel A [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Agrarian change and peasant studies series ; 7.Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing ; c2017Description: xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781552669754 (pbk.)
9781853399947 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

630.2745 ROS 23 009449

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Principles of Agroecology Agroecological Features of Traditional Farming Systems Ecological Role of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems The Ecological Matrix Principles for the Design of Diversified Farming Systems Agroecological Conversion of Farms 2.History and Currents Agroecological Thought Historical Foundations Rural Development Peasant Studies and Re-Peasantization Other Currents of Alternative Agriculture Nature's Matrix Ecofeminism 3.The Evidence for Agroecology Extent and Significance of Peasant Agriculture Assessing the Impact of Agroecological Interventions Measuring the Performance of Diversified Farming Systems Resiliency to Climatic Variability 4.Bringing Agroecology to Scale Scaling-Up and Scaling-Out Agroecology Obstacles and Barriers to Scaling-Up Agroecology Organization Is the Key Campesino a Campesino in Cuba Zero Budget Natural Farming Movement in India Contents note continued: Social Movements and Peasant Agroecology Schools Factors in Achieving Scale Social Organization, Social Process Methodology and Social Movements 5.The Politics of Agroecology Agroecology and Contested Territories The Dispute for Agroecology The Appropriation of Agroecology Political Agroecology and Social Movements.

Summary: "Our global food system is largely based on unsustainable industrial agricultural practices, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, is controlled by a handful of large corporations and produces unhealthy food. Agroecology is a solution to these increasingly urgent problems. After decades of being dismissed by mainstream institutions and defended in obscurity by grassroots movements and farmers, agroecology is suddenly in fashion. The UN Food and and Agriculture Organization, government ministries and even corporations are jumping on the bandwagon. But, are they pushing the same agroecology as developed by pioneering farmers and scientists and pushed for by peasant social movements, or are they seeking to co-opt the concept and give it different content? Rosset and Altieri, two of the world's leading agroecologists, outline the principles, history and currents of agroecological thought, the scientific evidence for agroecology, the social aspects of bringing agroecology to scale and the contemporary politics of agroecology."

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Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	630.2745 ROS 009449 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009449

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Machine generated contents note: 1.The Principles of Agroecology
Agroecological Features of Traditional Farming Systems
Ecological Role of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
The Ecological Matrix
Principles for the Design of Diversified Farming Systems
Agroecological Conversion of Farms
2.History and Currents Agroecological Thought
Historical Foundations
Rural Development
Peasant Studies and Re-Peasantization
Other Currents of Alternative Agriculture
Nature's Matrix
Ecofeminism
3.The Evidence for Agroecology
Extent and Significance of Peasant Agriculture
Assessing the Impact of Agroecological Interventions
Measuring the Performance of Diversified Farming Systems
Resiliency to Climatic Variability
4.Bringing Agroecology to Scale
Scaling-Up and Scaling-Out Agroecology
Obstacles and Barriers to Scaling-Up Agroecology
Organization Is the Key
Campesino a Campesino in Cuba
Zero Budget Natural Farming Movement in India
Contents note continued: Social Movements and Peasant Agroecology Schools
Factors in Achieving Scale
Social Organization, Social Process Methodology and Social Movements
5.The Politics of Agroecology
Agroecology and Contested Territories
The Dispute for Agroecology
The Appropriation of Agroecology
Political Agroecology and Social Movements.

"Our global food system is largely based on unsustainable industrial agricultural practices, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, is controlled by a handful of large corporations and produces unhealthy food. Agroecology is a solution to these increasingly urgent problems. After decades of being dismissed by mainstream institutions and defended in obscurity by grassroots movements and farmers, agroecology is suddenly in fashion. The UN Food and and Agriculture Organization, government ministries and even corporations are jumping on the bandwagon. But, are they pushing the same agroecology as developed by pioneering farmers and scientists and pushed for by peasant social movements, or are they seeking to co-opt the concept and give it different content? Rosset and Altieri, two of the world's leading agroecologists, outline the principles, history and currents of agroecological thought, the scientific evidence for agroecology, the social aspects of bringing agroecology to scale and the contemporary politics of agroecology."

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