a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach /
edited by V. Ernesto Méndez, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA, Christopher M. Bacon, Santa Clara University, California, USA, Roseann Cohen, Community Agroecology Network, Santa Cruz, California, USA, Stephen R. Gliessman, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
Boca Raton :
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,
[2016]
Advances in agroecology
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach / V. Ernesto Méndez, Christopher M. Bacon, and Roseann Cohen -- Agroecology : roots of resistance to industrialized food systems / Stephen R. Gliessman -- Transformative agroecology : foundations in agricultural practice, agrarian social thought, and sociological theory / Graham Woodgate and Eduardo Sevilla Guzmán -- Political agroecology : an essential tool to promote agrarian sustainability / Maneul González de Molina -- Learning agroecology through involvement and reflection / Charles Francis, Edvin Østergaard, Anna Marie Nicolaysen, Geir Lieblein, Tor Arvid Breland, and Suzanne Morse -- Complexity in tradition and science : intersecting theoretical frameworks in agroecological research / John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto -- Agroecology, food sovereignty, and the new green revolution / Eric Holt-Giménez and Migeul A. Altieri -- The intercultural origin of agroecology : contributions from Mexico / Francisco J. Rosado-May -- Participatory action research for an agroecological transition in Spain : building local organic food networks / Gloria I. Guzmán, Daniel López, Lara Román, and Antonio M. Alonso -- Agroecology, food sovereignty, and urban agriculture in the United States / Margarita Fernandex, V. Ernesto Méndez, Teresa Mares, and Rachel Schattman -- On the ground : putting agroecology to work through applied research and extension in Vermont / Debra Heleba, Vern Grubinger, and Heather Darby -- Agroecology as a food security and sovereignty strategy in coffee-growing communities : opportunities and challenges in San Ramon, Nicaragua / Heather Putname, Roseann Cohen, and Roberta M. Jaffe -- The Mesoamerican agroenvironmental program : critical lessons learned from an integrated approach to achieve sustainable land management / Isable A. Gutiérrez-Montes and Felicia Ramírez Aguero -- Analysis of tropical homegardens through an agroecology and anthropological ecology perspective / Alba González-Jácome.