Agroecology: The Science Of Sustainable Agriculture, Second Edition

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 beyond a mere description of practices to include data that reveal the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of alternative projects.Each chapter of Agroecology has been enriched and updated with the latest research results from around the world. New emphasis has been placed on such issues as the ecological economics of agriculture, policy changes needed for promoting sustainable agriculture, rural development in the Third World, the role of biodiversity in agriculture, and new research methodologies.

• Agroecology: Science and Politics (Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies: Little Books on Big Issues)
• Package Price Agroecology: Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition (Volume 1)
• Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: The Myths, Environmental Risks, and Alternatives
• Who Really Feeds the World?: The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
• Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up
• The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-scale Organic Farming
• Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems
• Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
• The Ecology of Agroecosystems
• Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology