Coffee Agroecology - A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development (Hardcover)

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem. It draws on the authors' own research conducted over the last twenty years as well as incorporating the vast literature that has been generated on coffee agroecosystems from around the world. The book uses an integrated approach that weaves together various lines of research to understand the ecology of a very diverse tropical agroforestry system. Key concepts explored include biodiversity patterns, metapopulation dynamics and ecological networks. These are all set in a socioeconomic and political framework which relates them to the realities of farmers' livelihoods. The authors provide a novel synthesis that will generate new understanding and can be applied to other examples of sustainable agriculture and food production. This synthesis also explains the ecosystem services provided by the approach, including the economic, fair trade and political aspects surrounding this all-important global commodity.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2015
First published:	2009
Authors:	Ivette Perfecto • John Vandermeer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-82680-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-82680-2
Barcode:	9780415826808

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