Agroecology : Leading the Transformation to a Just and Sustainable Food System

ISBN : 9781032187105

Author : Stephen R. Gliessman

Publisher : CRC Press

Year : 2023

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : Foreword Preface 1 Preface 2 Authors Recommendations for Using this Textbook Section I • Pathway to Agroecology 1 The Case for Fundamental Change in Agriculture 2 Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture 3 The Agroecosystem Concept Section II • Agricultural Organisms and their Environment 4 The Plant: Nutrition, Growth, and Response to the Environment 5 Light 6 Climatic Factors Affecting Plants 7 Biotic Factors and Interactions among Organisms 8 The Soil Ecosystem 9 The Environmental Complex Section III • System-Level Interactions 10 Population Ecology of Agroecosystems 11 Genetic Resources in Agroecosystems 12 Species Interactions in Crop Communities 13 Agroecosystem Diversity 14 Ecological Pest, Weed, and Disease Management 15 Successional Development and Agroforestry 16 Animals in Agroecosystems 17 Energetics of Agroecosystems 18 Landscape Diversity Section IV • Agroecological Farms and Communities 19 Sustainability and Its Assessment 20 Converting Farms to Ecologically Based Management 21 Bringing Farmers and Consumers Closer Together 22 Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Section V • Transforming the Global Food System 23 Achieving a Just and Sustainable Food System 24 Economic Dynamics of the Food System 25 Agriculture and the Climate Crisis 26 Shaping the Future in the Present Glossary References Index

Please register to recommend this book to the library.