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UNINA9910817226503321 |
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Autore |
Warner Keith |
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Agroecology in action : extending alternative agriculture through social networks / / Keith Douglass Warner |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, c2007 |
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1-282-09815-2 |
9786612098154 |
0-262-28581-9 |
1-4294-5539-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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Food, health, and the environment |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agricultural ecology - United States |
Agricultural innovations - United States |
Alternative agriculture - United States |
Agricultural ecology |
Agricultural innovations |
Alternative agriculture |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Re-Thinking the Ecology of Industrial Agriculture -- 1 Rachel's Dream: Agricultural Policy and Science in the Public Interest -- 2 Agroecology in America: An Integrated System of Science and Farming -- 3 Cultivating the Agroecological Partnership Model -- 4 The Partners -- 5 The Practices -- 6 Agroecological Networks in Action -- 7 Circulating Agroecology -- 8 Public Mobilization -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Detailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals. |
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