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The conversion to sustainable agriculture principles, processes, and practices /

"With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the past - higher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reduction - can be counted on to come to the resc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gliessman, Stephen R., Rosemeyer, Martha.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
Series:Advances in agroecology.
Subjects:
Sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable agriculture > Case studies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agronomy > Crop Science. > Agriculture
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agronomy > General. > Agriculture
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Table of Contents:
  • Fernando R. Funes-Monzote
  • Alba González Jácome
  • María del Rocío Romero Lima
  • E. Ann Clark and Jennifer Sumner
  • Stephen R. Gliessman and Joji Muramoto
  • Carol Miles ... [et al.]
  • Paul Porter, Lori Scott, and Steve Simmons
  • Rachael J. Jamison and John H. Perkins
  • Martha E. Rosemeyer
  • Stephen R. Gliessman
  • Stephen R. Gliessman.
  • David Dumaresq and Saan Ecker
  • Alireza Koocheki
  • Joji Muramoto, Kazumasa Hidaka, and Takuya Mineta
  • Gloria I. Guzmán and Antonio M. Alonso
  • What do we know about the conversion process?: yields, economics, ecological processes, and social issues /
  • The history of organic agriculture /
  • Northern Midwest (U.S.): farmers' views of the conversion process /
  • Pacific Northwest (U.S.): diverse movements toward sustainability amid a variety of challenges /
  • California (U.S.): the conversion of strawberry production /
  • Ontario, Canada: lessons in sustainability from organic farmers /
  • Mexico: perspectives on organic production /
  • Mexico: traditional agriculture as a foundation for sustainability /
  • Cuba: a national-level experiment in conversion /
  • The framework for conversion /
  • The European Union: key roles for institutional support and economic factors /
  • Japan :finding opportunities in the current crisis /
  • The Middle East: adapting food production to local biophysical realities /
  • Australia: farmers responding to the need for conversion /
  • Transforming the global food system /

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