Agroecology : The Science of Sustainable Agriculture, Second Edition （2ND）

Altieri, Miguel A

CRC Press（2019/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 448 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367319229
• DDC分類 338.162

Full Description

This new edition builds on the explosion of research on sustainable agriculture since the late 1980s. By separating myth from reality, Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that ?really work.? Providing case studies of sustainable rural development in developing countries, he goes b

Contents

Preface -- The Theoretical Basis of Agricultural Ecology -- The Evolution of Agroecological Thought -- The Methodology and Practice of Agroecology -- The Agroecosystem: Determinants, Resources, Processes, and Sustainability -- The Design of Alternative Agricultural Systems and Technologies -- Generating Sustainable Technologies Appropriate to Alternative Farming -- Designing Sustainable Agroecosystems -- Treditional Agriculture -- Ecologically Based Agricultural Development Programs -- Organic Farming -- The Alternative Production Systems. -- Polyculture Cropping Systems -- Cover Cropping and Mulching -- Crop Rotation and Minimum Tillage -- Agroforestry Systems -- Ecological Management of Insect Pests, Pathogens, and Weeds. -- Integrated Pest Management -- Weed Ecology and Management. -- Plant Disease Ecology and Management -- Pasture Management to Sustain Agriculture -- Soil Quality and Management -- Looking Ahead -- Toward Sustainable Agriculture -- About the Book and Author