Agroecology: science and politics / Peter Rosset and Miguel Altieri

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Series Editors' Foreword.. Acknowledgements.. Introduction: Agroecology at a Crossroads.. 1 The Principles of Agroecology.. Agroecological Features of Traditional Farming Systems.. Ecological Role of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems.. The Ecological Matrix.. Principles for the Design of Diversified Farming Systems.. Agroecological Conversion of Farms.. 2 History and Currents Agroecological Thought.. Historical Foundations.. Rural Development.. Peasant Studies and Re-Peasantization.. Other Currents of Alternative Agriculture.. Nature s Matrix.. Ecofeminism.. 3 The Evidence for Agroecology.. Extent and Significance of Peasant Agriculture.. Assessing the Impact of Agroecological Interventions.. Measuring the Performance of Diversified Farming Systems.. Resiliency to Climatic Variability.. 4 Bringing Agroecology to Scale.. Scaling-Up and Scaling-Out Agroecology.. Obstacles and Barriers to Scaling-Up Agroecology.. Organization Is the Key.. Campesino a Campesino in Cuba.. Zero Budget Natural Farming Movement in India.. Social Movements and Peasant Agroecology Schools.. Factors in Achieving Scale.. Social Organization, Social Process Methodology and Social Movements.. 5 The Politics of Agro ecology.. Agroecology and Contested Territories.. The Dispute for Agroecology.. The Appropriation of Agroecology.. Political Agroecology and Social Movements.. Index

Our global food system is largely based on unsustainable industrial agricultural practices, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, is controlled by a handful of large corporations and produces unhealthy food. Agroecology is a solution to these increasingly urgent problems. After decades of being dismissed by mainstream institutions and defended in obscurity by grassroots movements and farmers, agroecology is suddenly in fashion. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, government ministries and even corporations are jumping on the bandwagon. But, are they pushing the same agroecology as developed by pioneering farmers and scientists and pushed for by peasant social movements, or are they seeking to co-opt the concept and give it different content? Rosset and Altieri, two of the world's leading agroecologists, outline the principles, history and currents of agroecological thought, the scientific evidence for agroecology, the social aspects of bringing agroecology to scale and the contemporary politics of agroecology. eng