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Escalonando la agroecología
International Development Research Centre 2007; US$ 20.00En las últimas dos décadas el enfoque agroecológico se ha ido difundiendo en América Latina, captando progresivamente la atención de varios sectores, desde los ámbitos más académicos pasando por varias instituciones públicas y privadas, y las propias organizaciones y movimientos sociales. Este libro es fruto... more...
Agroecological Economics
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 83.95Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. Agroecological economics, a subsection of agricultural economics, evaluates the ecological consequences of agricultural methods on the economic scale. Agroecological economics considers green engineering... more...
Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 109.95Drawing on management theory and practice, this work demonstrates the link between human health and agroecosystem sustainability. It provides a case study with global ramifications, addressing issues that are crucial to the rapidly changing tropics. more...
The Agri-Environment
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 48.00An academic textbook and practical guide to farm conservation, based on the authors' extensive teaching experience. more...
Integrating Agriculture, Conservation and Ecotourism: Examples from the Field
Springer 2011; US$ 169.99"Issues In Agroecology - Present Status and Future Prospectus" not only reviews aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values. To provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, this series connects with many disciplines such as sociology,... more...
Defending the Social Licence of Farming
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 55.00The authors document the definition of and issues associated with the 'social licence to farm'. more...
Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity conservation, as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change. In order to cope with these multiple service functions,... more...
Climate Change and Food Security
Springer 2009; US$ 64.99Roughly a billion people around the world continue to live in state of chronic hunger and food insecurity. Unfortunately, efforts to improve their livelihoods must now unfold in the context of a rapidly changing climate, in which warming temperatures and changing rainfall regimes could threaten the basic productivity of the agricultural systems on... more...
Evaluation of Agri-Environmental Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012; US$ 96.00Governments are increasingly aware of the importance of monitoring and evaluating their policies − including agri-environmental policies − and are devoting efforts to strengthening their monitoring and evaluation systems and capacities. They aim to improve their performance by establishing evidence-based policy-making, evidence-based management... more...
Agroecology
Springer 2013; US$ 69.99This book represents an interdisciplinary approach to the relevant aspects of agricultural production related to the interactions between natural processes, human activities and the environment. It provides condensed and comprehensive knowledge on the functions of various agroecosystems at the field, landscape and global scale. Understanding and integrating... more...









