Biodiversity, ecosystem function, and insect pest management in agricultural systems. Agroecology for food security and nutrition proceedings of the fao international symposium 1819 september 2014, rome, italy i4729e106. The ecology of food systems article pdf available in journal of sustainable agriculture 223. Gliessman is a member of the international panel of experts on sustainable food systems and a farmer at condors hope ranch, where his family produces dryfarmed, organically grown wine grapes and olives. The various incarnations of the sustainable food movement need a science with which to approach a system as complex as food and farming.
Completely revised, updated, and reworked, the second edition contains new data, new readings, new. This includes an explicit focus on social and economic dimensions of food systems. Stephen gliessmans complementary volumes, agroecology. Using locally available resources and combining different. There is a need for contextual solutions to address. In order to improve the sustainability of agriculture, the use of external and chemical inputs needs to be minimized. Article pdf available in journal of sustainable agriculture. The ecology of sustainable food systems, third edition at.
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Ecology of sustainable food systems note accompanied by. Jun 17, 20 agroecology and sustainable food systems. Multiple components deliver multiple functions the purpose of a functional and selfregulating design is to place elements or components in. Agroecology places a strong focus on the rights of women, youth and indigenous peoples. Completely revised, updated, and reworked, the second edition contains new data, new readings, new issues and case. Today, the term agroecology means either a scientific discipline. Launching the fao scaling up agroecology initiatives in eastern africa. The center for agroecology and sustainable food systems is a research, education, and public service program at the university of california, santa cruz, dedicated to increasing ecological sustainability and social justice in the food and agriculture system. Providing the theoretical and conceptual framework for this continually evolving field, agroecology. Altieri university of california, berkeley the concept of sustainable agriculture is a relatively recent response to the decline in the quality of the natural resource base associated with modern agriculture mcisaac and edwards 1994. Our purpose is to provide a framework that will guide research, education, and action in the multiple and interacting facets of an increasingly complex global.
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