Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development
- 1st Edition - February 8, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Sieglinde Snapp, Barry Pound
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 2 5 1 7 - 2
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 5 4 6 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 1 9 7 7 - 5
Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development is a comprehensive source for developing sustainable farming systems. With the inclusion of research… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAgricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development is a comprehensive source for developing sustainable farming systems. With the inclusion of research theory and examples using the principles of cropping system design, students will gain a unique understanding of the technical, biological, ecological, economic, and sociological aspects of farming systems science for rural livelihoods.
Editors Snapp and Pound provide a much-needed synthetic overview of the emerging area of agroecology applications to transforming farming systems and supporting rural innovation. A companion website for training and teaching features learning modules, student exercises, case studies, illustrative power point presentations, and reference links.
The wide range of subjects, integrated references, and companion website, make this core reading for courses in international agricultural systems and management, sustainable agricultural management, and cropping systems.
- Coverage provides students with an enhanced understanding of how research can be harnessed for sustainable agriculture
- Incorporates social, biological, chemical, and geographical aspects important to agroecology
- Addresses social and development issues related to farming systems
- Companion Website for training and teaching: learning modules, student exercises, case studies, illustrative power point presentations, and reference links
Students of agricultural science, environmental engineering, rural planning; researchers and scientists in agricultural development agencies; practitioners of agricultural development in government extension programs, development agencies, and NGOs
Section I. Re-inventing Farming Systems
Chap 1. Introduction
Chap 2. Livelihoods and Innovation
Chap 3. Agroecology: Principles and Practice
Chap 4. Designing for the Long-term: Sustainable Agriculture
Section II. Resources for Agricultural Development
Chap 5. Agricultural Change and Low-Input Technology
Chap 6. Ecologically-based Nutrient Management
Chap 7. Participatory Plant Breeding: Developing Improved and Relevant Crop Varieties with Farmers
Chap 8. Livestock, Livelihoods, and Innovation
III. Context for Sustainable Agricultural Development
Chap 9. Gender and Agrarian Inequality at the Local Scale
Chap 10. The Nature of Agricultural Innovation
Chap 11. Outreach to Support Rural Innovation
Chap 12. Tying it Together: Global, Regional and Local Integrations
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 8, 2008
- No. of pages (eBook): 400
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123725172
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124054677
- eBook ISBN: 9780080919775
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Sieglinde Snapp
Sieglinde's research interests center around agroecology, particularly integrated approaches to soil and crop management for sustainable production. Sieglinde is committed to linking on-station research experimentation to participatory approaches, working with interdisciplinary teams in the Great Lakes Region of USA, and beyond. Scholarship, extension and farmer engagement that involves participation of multiple stakeholders is central to her extension approach.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Crop and Soil Science and W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USABP
Barry Pound
Dr. Barry Pound started as an agronomist and has steadily widened his experience through farming-systems approaches to sustainable-livelihood development and agricultural innovation systems. His interests include bridging the interfaces between social and natural sciences, and between research and extension. Currently, Dr. Pound is a visitng fellow in Livelihoods and Rural Innovation, Livelihoods and Institutions Department Natural Resource Institute, University of Greenwich Kent, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Kent, UK