Miguel is certainly a pioneer of the research in agroecology. By separating myth from reality, miguel altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that really work. Agroecology for food security and nutrition proceedings of the fao international symposium 1819 september 2014, rome, italy i4729e106. Miguel altieri gave this talk at the university of amersterdam in the netherlands, on tuesday december 2011. Feb 14, 20 eco rural agroecologia por miguel altieri ecoruralsc. Miguel altieri studied agronomy at the university of chile, where he received a bachelors degree. Bringing ecological principles to bear can suggest new management approaches in agroecosystems. Altieri, professor adjunto do college of n atural resources e do center for biological control, university of california, berkeley.
This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of agricultural systems that will open the doors to new management options. The subject of this book is the sustainable agriculture and its. The event brought together three prominent radical thinkers each with a long background of experience in activism and academic research on transdisplinary but interconnected themes such as conservation, agroecology and sustainable. The ecological role of weeds in insect pest management systems. Eco rural agroecologia por miguel altieri ecoruralsc. The term agroecology may used by people for a science, movement or practice. Public policies to support agroecology in latin america. Altieri2 and eric holt gimenez3 1 land and water division, food and agriculture organization fao of the united nations, viale delle terme di caracalla, 00153 rome, italy 2 college of natural resources, university of california, berkeley, ca 94720, usa. In 1981 he became professor of agroecology at the university of california, berkeley in the department of environmental science, policy and management. Peter rosset and miguel altieri offer a clear analysis of the principles of. The science of sustainable agriculture, second edition 2nd ed.
Agroecology and the search for a truly sustainable agriculture. Ha al suo attivo oltre 250 pubblicazioni scientifiche e 12 libri. Altieri received a bs in agronomy from the university of chile and a ph. Using the name as a movement became more common in the 1990s, especially in the americas. Dal 1996 agernova ha attivato una accademia internazionale di agroecologia in collaborazione con il prof. Agroecologia a dinamica produtiva da agricultura sustentavel miguel altieri editora ufrgs, 2008. Teoria e metodos em agroecologia linkedin slideshare. With this first title published in english we start to cover our debt to the englishspeaking caribbean subregion and to the englishspeaking countries at large. The field of agroecology is not associated with any one particular method of. And the science of sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and pest management. Agroecology is the study of ecological processes applied to agricultural production systems. Agroecologie, resilience et souverainete alimentaire miguel.
He has written a number of influential books on this topic and hes also the author of close to 200 publications on agroecology. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. By separating myth from reality, miguel altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture. It proposes a radical transformation of agricultural and food systems and is opposed to the conventional exportoriented model, considering that this transformation is required in order to address environmental and social challenges. Eduardo cerda file 758681libroagroecologiamiguelaltieri. Miguel altieri, whom buttel groups with the political agroecologists, has published prolifically in this sense. Altieri university of california, berkeley the concept of sustainable agriculture is a relatively recent response to the decline in the quality of the natural resource base associated with modern agriculture mcisaac and edwards 1994. Principios y practicas version extensaprincipes et pratique slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Us corn leaf epidemic in usa, 1970 resulted in a decrease of the maize crop from 119,056,000 tonnes in 1969 to 105,471,000 tonnes in 1970, well below the 143,421,000 tonnes produced in 1971.
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