Field And Laboratory Investigations In Agroecology

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 0849328462

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Agroecology is defined as the application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems. Offering step-by-step guidance for structured investigation, Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Second Edition reviews ecological concepts and principles in an agricultural setting and provides in-depth, practical experience. From background information to procedures and suggestions for writing up the results, the book covers 24 different agroecological investigations, each designed to provide all the information needed to plan and execute experimental or comparative studies. It deals with how an individual plant responds to the environment, how environmental factors are measured and characterized, and how environmental factors affect individual plants. The manual investigates how populations of organisms act in agroecosystems, focuses on the level of the community, and explores the between-species interactions of the organisms that make up crop communities. Examining whole farms or systems within farm boundaries, investigations touch on the complexity with which farmers manage agroecosystems. In the last section, the book addresses components of the food system at a local level. Comprising both basic and complex topics, Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Second Edition presents a broad scope of issues relevant to agroecology today. This edition facilitates hands-on, experiential learning that involves close observation, creative interpretation, and constant questioning of findings.

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : OCLC:44459076

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Field and laboratory investigations in agroecology by Stephen R. Gliessman Pdf

This manual offers step-by-step guidance for laboratory and field investigations in agroecology. Twenty-four topics are investigated in sections covering environmental factors, population dynamics in soil systems, interspecific interactions in cropping, farm and field systems, and food system guides. This is a supplement to the textbook Agroecology: Ecological Principles in Sustainable Agriculture, and can also stand alone as a reference for anyone working in ecology and agriculture.

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781482282283

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Stephen Gliessman's complementary volumes, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition and Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Third Edition are now available together for one low price. Completely revised, updated, and reworked, the third edition of Agroecology presents new data, material, case studies, and options, as well as more emphasis on topics such as the values, beliefs, and ethics of sustainable food systems. The new edition of Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology facilitates hands-on, experimental learning that involves close observation, creative interpretation, and constant questioning of findings.

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman,V. Ernesto Méndez,Victor M. Izzo,Eric W. Engles
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000613629

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Agroecology by Stephen R. Gliessman,V. Ernesto Méndez,Victor M. Izzo,Eric W. Engles Pdf

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. New to the fourth edition: A chapter on Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture, covering the similarities and distinctions among different approaches to sustainable agriculture A chapter on Ecological Pest, Weed, and Disease Management A chapter on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture A chapter on Agriculture and the Climate Crisis A revised analysis and critique of the food system’s embeddedness in the extractive capitalist world economy that reflects ideas in the emerging field of political agroecology. Streamlined treatment of agroecology’s foundations in ecological science, making the text more compatible with typical course curricula. A Companion Website at https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781032187105/ incorporates the entire contents of the updated practical manual Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, split into student and lecturer resources. These 24 sample investigations facilitate hands-on learning that involves close observation, creative interpretation, and constant questioning of findings. Groundbreaking in its first edition and established as the definitive text in its second and third, the fourth edition of Agroecology captures recent developments in the field and forcefully applies the idea that agroecology is a science, a movement, and a practice. Written by a team of experts, this book will encourage students and practitioners to consider the critical importance of transitioning to a new paradigm for food and agriculture.

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420053760

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Stephen Gliessman's complementary volumes, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Second Edition and Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Second Edition are now available together for one low price! Completely revised, updated, and reworked, the second edition of Agroecology presents new data, readings, case studies, and options as well as more emphasis on topics such as the values, beliefs, and ethics of sustainable food systems. The new Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology, Second Edition facilitates hands-on, experimental learning that involves close observation, creative interpretation, and constant questioning of findings.

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781498728461

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Agroecology by Stephen R. Gliessman Pdf

Agroecology is a science, a productive practice, and part of a social movement that is at the forefront of transforming food systems to sustainability. Building upon the ecological foundation of the agroecosystem, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition provides the essential foundation for understanding sustainability i

Author : Avery Cohn
Publisher : IIED
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843696018

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Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas by Avery Cohn Pdf

Author : Barbara S. Hutchinson,Antoinette Paris-Greider
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135563097

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Using the Agricultural, Environmental, and Food Literature by Barbara S. Hutchinson,Antoinette Paris-Greider Pdf

This reference provides the groundwork, tools, and terminology required when conducting specialized searches for information and resources pertaining to traditional and emerging fields of agriculture. The editors present 16 contributions from librarians and other information workers that offer information on research resources across the academic a

Author : Peter Rosset,Miguel A. Altieri
Publisher : Practical Action
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
ISBN : 1853399949

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Agroecology by Peter Rosset,Miguel A. Altieri Pdf

Introduction : why agroecology? -- The scientific principles of agroecology -- The scientific evidence for agroecology : can it feed the world? -- Scaling up agroecology : social process and organization -- The politics of agroecology -- Conclusions : conform or transform?

Author : Keith Warner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9780262731805

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Agroecology in Action by Keith Warner Pdf

Detailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals.

Author : National Research Council,Board on Agriculture
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309045780

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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field by National Research Council,Board on Agriculture Pdf

Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health. Continuing research is helping to demonstrate the ways that many factorsâ€"economics, biology, policy, and traditionâ€"interact in sustainable agriculture systems. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop on the findings of a broad range of research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The areas of study, such as integrated pest management, alternative cropping and tillage systems, and comparisons with more conventional approaches, are essential to developing and adopting profitable and sustainable farming systems.

Author : Wezel Alexander
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781786343079

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Agroecological Practices For Sustainable Agriculture: Principles, Applications, And Making The Transition by Wezel Alexander Pdf

Good agroecological practices are indispensable for the development of sustainable agriculture. In this book, principles, diversity and applications of agroecological practices for a range of systems are presented, transforming scientific research and participatory knowledge of production into practical application. It illustrates a broad range of research and teaching being used within the farming community to demonstrate best practice and current state-of-play within the field. Agroecological methods used in crop farming, grass-based livestock farming, fish production, and other complex farming systems are discussed. Conclusions are drawn from studies to provide an outlook on future trends of agroecological practices and on policies supporting implementation. Due to emphasis on real-life application, it is relevant not only to students of the agricultural sciences and public policy, but also to researchers, stakeholders and policy makers involved in the development of sustainable agriculture.

Author : Jacques-Eric Bergez,Elise Audouin,Olivier Therond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030019532

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Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design by Jacques-Eric Bergez,Elise Audouin,Olivier Therond Pdf

This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecological transition: diversity of agriculture models, management of uncertainties, polycentric governance, autonomies, and role of actors’ networks; ii) an operational and original participatory process and associated boundary tools to support local stakeholders in shifting from a shared diagnosis to a shared action plan for transition, and in so doing developing mutual understanding and involvement; iii) an analysis of the main effects of the methodology on research organisation and on stakeholders’ development and application; iv) critical analysis and foresights on the main outcomes of TATA-BOX, provided by external researchers.

Author : Miguel A Altieri
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429975097

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Agroecology by Miguel A Altieri Pdf

This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of agricultural systems that will open the doors to new management options with the objectives of sustainable agriculture.

Author : Colin Ray Anderson,Janneke Bruil,M. Jahi Chappell,Csilla Kiss,Michel Patrick Pimbert
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030613150

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Agroecology Now! by Colin Ray Anderson,Janneke Bruil,M. Jahi Chappell,Csilla Kiss,Michel Patrick Pimbert Pdf

This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology’s potential and present six ‘domains of transformation’ where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viable food system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.