Farming with Nature

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9781597261289

The Science and Practice of Ecoagriculture

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Edited by Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeely
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Lists of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. The Challenge for Ecoagriculture \  Sara J. Scherr and Jeffrey A. McNeely
 
PART I. Agricultural Production in Ecoagriculture Landscapes
-Overview  of Section               
Chapter 2. Scientific Assessment of Ecoagriculture Systems \  Louise E. Buck, Thomas A. Gavin, Norman T. Uphoff,  and David R. Lee
Chapter 3. Biodiversity in Agroecosystems \  Judith Thompson, Toby Hodgkin, Kwesi Atta-Krah, Devra Jarvis,  Coosje Hoogendoorn, and Stefano Padulosi
Chapter 4. Perennial Grains \    Lee R. DeHaan, Thomas S. Cox, David L. Van Tassel, and Jerry D. Glover
Chapter 5. Domesticating and Marketing  Novel Crops \   Roger R.B. Leakey
Chapter 6. Tropical Agroforestry \  Gö tz Schroth and Maria do Socorro Souza da Mota
Chapter 7. Livestock Systems \  Constance L. Neely and Richard Hatfield
 
PART II. Biodiversity and Ecosystem management in Ecoagriculature Landscrapes
-Overview of  Section                                                                                                                                       
Chapter 8. Designing Agricultural Landscapes for biodiversity Conservation \  Celia A. Harvey
Chapter 9. Pollinators \ Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Connal Eardley, John Mburu, Wanja Kinuthia, and Dino Martins
Chapter 10. From Integrated Pest Management to Adaptive Ecosystem Management \  Hans Herren, Johann Baumg ä rtner and Gianni Gilioli
Chapter 11. Watershed  Management \  Meine van Noordwijk, Fahmuddin Agus, Bruno Verbist, Kurniatun Hairiah and Thomas P. Tomich
Chapter 12. Exploiting Ecological Disturbance \  Jan Sendzimir and Zsuzsanna Flachner
Chapter 13.  Irrigation \  David Molden, Rebecca Tharme, Iskandar Abdullaev, and Ranjitha Puskur
Chapter 14. Remote Sensing \  Aaron Dushku, Sandra Brown, Tim Pearson, David Shoch, and Bill Howley
 
PART III. Institutional Foundations for Ecoagriculture
-Overview of  Section                                                                                                                                       
Chapter 15. Community Stewardship of Biodiversity \  Augusta Molnar, Sara Scherr and Arvind Khare
Chapter 16. Community Leadership in Ecoagriculture \  Donato Bumacas, Delia Catacutan, Gladman Chibememe, and Claire Rhodes
Chapter 17. Planning at a Landscape Scale \  William J. Jackson, Stewart Maginnis, and Sandeep Sengupta
Chapter 18. Research Partnerships \  Thomas P.  Tomich, Dagmar Timmer, Sandra J. Velarde, Cheryl A. Palm, Meine van Noordwijk and Andrew N. Gillison
Chapter 19: Multistakeholder  Partnerships \  Minu Hemmati
Chapter 20: Restructuring the Supply Chain \  Edward Millard
Chapter 21: Paying Farmers for Stewardship

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"The real contribution of Farming with Nature may be to bring the practices and benefits of ecoagriculture to the attention of managers, directors of programs, legislators, and policymakers. "

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