Farming with nature
Subtitle: the science and practice of ecoagriculture
By: [edited by] Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeely.
Contributors: Scherr, Sara J.; McNeely, Jeffrey A.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9781597261272; 9781597261289
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Biodiversity conservation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenge for ecoagriculture / Sara J. Scherr and Jeffrey A. McNeely; title: Scientific assessment of ecoagriculture systems / Louise E. Buck ... [et al.]; title: Biodiversity in agroecosystems / Judith Thompson ... [et al.]; title: Perennial grains / Lee R. DeHaan ... [et al.]; title: Domesticating and marketing novel crops / Roger R.B. Leakey; title: Tropical agroforestry / Götz Schroth and Maria do Socorro Souza da Mota; title: Livestock systems / Constance L. Neely and Richard Hatfield; title: Designing agricultural landscapes for biodiversity conservation / Celia A. Harvey; title: Pollinators / Barbara Gemmill-Herren ... [et al.]; title: From integrated pest management to adaptive ecosystem management / Hans Herren, Johann Baumgärtner, and Gianni Gilioli; title: Watershed management / Meine van Noordwijk ... [et al.]; title: Exploiting ecological disturbance / Jan Sendzimir and Zsuzsanna Flachner; title: Irrigation / David Molden ... [et al.]; title: Remote sensing / Aaron Dushku ... [et al.]; title: Community stewardship of biodiversity / Augusta Molnar, Sara J. Scherr, and Arvind Khare; title: Community leadership in ecoagriculture / Donato Bumacas ... [et al.]; title: Planning at a landscape scale / William J. Jackson, Stewart Maginnis, and Sandeep Sengupta; title: Research partnerships / Thomas P. Tomich ... [et al.]; title: Multistakeholder partnerships / Minu Hemmati; title: Restructuring the supply chain / Edward Millard; title: Paying farmers for stewardship / Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey C. Milder, and Mira Inbar; title: Policy implications and knowledge gaps / Jeffrey A. McNeely and Sara J. Scherr.