Package Price Agroecology: Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture [Hardcover]

Stephen R. Gliessman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1575040433 | ISBN-13: 978-1575040431 | Publication Date: November 1, 1997 | Edition: 1

Agroecology is defined as the application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. This definitive book provides the theoretical and conceptual framework for the study and analysis of agroecosystems.
The author builds upon the understanding of the complex factors of the environment as they affect agricultural crops and animals. It examines concepts at a systems level, focusing on interactions and interrelationships on the population, community, and ecosystem levels.
Informative case studies demonstrate how ecology can be applied to agriculture. Each chapter concludes with questions to ensure a complete understanding of the information. Recommended readings are provided for those interested in advanced study.

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The author has had extensive international experience in tropical and temperate agriculture, and numerous farming systems. This experience has provided him with a wealth of material that has found its way into this book. The author clearly is an authority in the field of agro-ecology and teaches on the subject. … agronomists and biologists, as well as general scholars and people interested by sustainability as an attitude or life style will learn about how to put principles into (cropping and whole
food chain) practice. All in all: a good read!
—Patrick Van Damme, University of Gent, Belgium, in Economic Botany

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575040433
• ISBN-13: 978-1575040431
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BOOK ON AGROECOLOGY, September 3, 2000

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Francisco J. Rosado-May - See all my reviews

This review is from: Package Price Agroecology: Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture (Hardcover)

I highly recommend the Book Agroecology by Steve Gliessman. It reflects indepth knowledge of agricultural issues of today food production systems. Those of us interested in challenging thoughts and ideas to achieve sustainability must look at the contributions of this book. Some chapters demand basic knowledge of Ecology while other chapters demand higher level of ecology and Biology. The book provides examples from different parts of the world (tropical and temperate zones) so that it should be very useful to agronomists, and agroecologists from countries other than the US. As an agroecologist I highly recommend this book. I find it very useful to teach Agroecology and Ecology, in both agricultural schools and Biology students.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EASY TO READ: and, May 20, 2007

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Luke "Famboy646" (Chico, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Second Edition (Hardcover)

so most text books are really dificult to fallow. NOT THIS ONE. it's easy to read the chapters, at about 10 pages of easy to to read print with a high degree of readability. This book is about CONCEPTS. it's just that simple not real indepth. i think the first comment should drop out of college because if he can't read this book, he just wont make it in the real world.

This book is taking concepts about our enviroment and using them in our agricultural production. however he spends alot of time talking about mexico, which has some huge enviromental hinderances. This book isn't indepth, not technical it's just an "idealistic" way of production.

The class i had the book in was about the ecology of agriculture with an emphasis on recognizing sustanible systems.

3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book Could Save You a Bundle on Prescription Sleep Medication, April 9, 2008

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sierragreen (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I agree with the "No Doz" reviewer. Agroecology need charismatic promotion, not a plow-speed lecture on soil chemistry. This book, likes its author, should be put to pasture.