Nature's matrix : linking agriculture, biodiversity conservation and food sovereignty / Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer and Angus Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perfecto, Ivette, author.

Vandermeer, John H., author.

Wright, Angus Lindsay, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural ecology.

Agrobiodiversity conservation.

Food sovereignty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Ivette Perfecto is George W. Pack Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, USA. John Vandermeer is Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, USA. Angus Wright is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, California State University, USA.

Contents:

Matrix matters: an overview

The ecological background

Ecological theory and political realities

Historical patterns in agriculture

Alternatives to the industrial model

The broad social context: theoretical considerations

The broad social context: practice

Coffee production and biodiversity conservation

Cacao and biodiversity: the historical development of a biodiversity landscape

The production of food and the biodiversity connection

The new paradigm.

Notes:

Revised edition of: Nature's matrix : linking agriculture, conservation and food sovereignty. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Perfecto, Ivette, author. Nature's matrix

ISBN:

9780429028557

0429028555

9780429650284

0429650280

9780429647642

0429647646

Publisher Number:

99981511459

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