Agroecology A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach

Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-oriented Approach is the first book to focus on agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented process. Using a combined theoretical and practical approach, this collection of work from pioneers in the subject along w...

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Main Authors Mendez, V. Ernesto, Bacon, Christopher M, Cohen, Roseann, Gliessman, Stephen R
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton CRC Press 2016
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesAdvances in agroecology
Subjects
Agricultural ecology
agriculture
AGRICULTUREnetBASE
agroecological
approach
Biodiversity
corporate
Crop Science
ENVIROnetBASE
ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCEnetBASE
food
participatory
regime
SCI-TECHnetBASE
sovereignty
STMnetBASE
sustainable
systems
Seasonal Hunger
Food Systems
Political Agroecology
Social Metabolism
Lake Champlain Basin
Agroecological Research
Corporate Food Regime
Green Revolution
Food Sovereignty
Agroecological Practices
Case Study
LGU System
Food Sovereignty Movements
Agroecological Thinking
Agroecology Courses
Agroecological Approach
MST
Soil Science
Community Agroecology Network
Transformative Agroecology
Alternative Agrifood Movements
Agroecological Transition
Sustainable Food Systems
Agrifood System
University Of Wisconsin
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter^&gt -- 1: Introduction : Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-oriented Approach -- Chapter^&gt -- 2: Agroecology : Roots of Resistance to Industrialized Food Systems -- Chapter^&gt -- 3: Transformative Agroecology : Foundations in Agricultural Practice, Agrarian Social Thought, and Sociological Theory -- Chapter^&gt -- 4: Political Agroecology : An Essential Tool to Promote Agrarian Sustainability -- Chapter^&gt -- 5: Learning Agroecology through Involvement and Reflection -- Chapter^&gt -- 6: Complexity in Tradition and Science : Intersecting Theoretical Frameworks in Agroecological Research -- Chapter^&gt -- 7: Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and the New Green Revolution -- Chapter^&gt -- 8: The Intercultural Origin of Agroecology : Contributions from Mexico -- Chapter^&gt -- 9: Participatory Action Research for an Agroecological Transition in Spain : Building Local Organic Food Networks -- Chapter^&gt -- 10: Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and Urban Agriculture in the United States -- Chapter^&gt -- 11: On the Ground : Putting Agroecology to Work through Applied Research and Extension in Vermont -- Chapter^&gt -- 12: Agroecology as a Food Security and Sovereignty Strategy in Coffee-Growing Communities : Opportunities and Challenges in San Ramon, Nicaragua -- Chapter^&gt -- 13: The Mesoamerican Agroenvironmental Program : Critical Lessons Learned from an Integrated Approach to Achieve Sustainable Land Management -- Chapter^&gt -- 14: Analysis of Tropical Homegardens through an Agroecology and Anthropological Ecology Perspective -- Back Cover