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Agroecology : leading the transformation to a just and sustainable food system / Stephen R. Gliessman, V. Ernesto Méndez, Victor M. Izzo, Eric W. Engles.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Advances in agroecologyPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxvii, 442 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781000613667
  • 9781003304043
Other title:
  • Leading the transformation to a just and sustainable food system
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Agroecology.DDC classification:
  • 577.55 23/eng/20220225 GLI
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available online.
Contents:
Pathway to agroecology -- Agricultural organisms and their environment -- System-level interactions -- Agroecological farms and communities -- Transforming the global food system.
Section I. -- Section II. -- Section III. -- Section IV. -- Section V. --
Summary: "Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems. This bestselling textbook provides the essential foundation for understanding this transformation in all its components: agricultural, ecological, economic, social, cultural, and political. It presents a case for food system change, explains the principles and practices underlying the ecological approach to food production, and lays out a vision for a food system based on equity and greater compatibility with the planet's life support systems"--
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General Books General Books CUTN Central Library Sciences Non-fiction 577.55 GLI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 50332

Previous editions have different subtitles: Ecological processes in sustainable agriculture (first) and The ecology of sustainable food systems (second, third).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pathway to agroecology -- Agricultural organisms and their environment -- System-level interactions -- Agroecological farms and communities -- Transforming the global food system.

Section I. -- Section II. -- Section III. -- Section IV. -- Section V. --

"Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems. This bestselling textbook provides the essential foundation for understanding this transformation in all its components: agricultural, ecological, economic, social, cultural, and political. It presents a case for food system change, explains the principles and practices underlying the ecological approach to food production, and lays out a vision for a food system based on equity and greater compatibility with the planet's life support systems"--

Also available online.

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