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The dialectical agroecologist / John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vandermeer, John H., author.
- Perfecto, Ivette, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural ecology.
- Food supply.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- Agricultural systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Exploring themes in agroecology that are currently the subject of rigorous debate among academics and activists alike, especially related to food production and distribution, this book is indispensable for practitioners and activists seeking to transform the food system, as well as for social and natural scientists"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. The dialectical agroecologist: an introduction
- Chapter 2. The meaning of agriculture and agroecology
- Chapter 3. Western and traditional knowledge: a different kind of Dialogo de Saberes
- Chapter 4. Natures matrix
- Chapter 5. Monocultures and the rise of diversity in agroecology
- Chapter 6. Making and breaking pests
- Chapter 7. Qualitative emergence from quantitative changes: the inevitability of surprise
- Chapter 8. The new rurality and the new peasantry: land and territory
- Chapter 9. Epilogue
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9781009455824
- 1009455826
- 9781009455794
- 1009455796
- 9781009455817
- 1009455818
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