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Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental
degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-being. With a
projected global population of 10 billion by 2050, it is urgent for
humanity to achieve a more sustainable approach to farming and food
systems. This concise text offers an overview of the key issues in
sustainable food production for all readers interested in the
ecology and environmental impacts of agriculture. It details the
ecological foundations of farming and food systems, showing how
knowledge from the natural and social sciences can be used to
create sustainable alternatives to the industrial production
methods used today. Beginning with a discussion of the role of
agriculture in human development, the primer examines how
twentieth-century farming methods are environmentally and socially
unsustainable, contributing to global change and perpetuating
inequalities. The authors explain the principles of environmental
sustainability and explore how these principles can be put into
practice in agrifood systems. They emphasize the importance of
human well-being and insist on the centrality of social and
environmental equity and justice. Sustainable Food Production is a
compelling guide to how we can improve our ability to feed each
other today and preserve the ability of our planet to do so
tomorrow. Appropriate for a range of courses in the natural and
social sciences, it provides a comprehensive yet accessible
framework for achieving agricultural sustainability in the
Anthropocene.
Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental
degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-being. With a
projected global population of 10 billion by 2050, it is urgent for
humanity to achieve a more sustainable approach to farming and food
systems. This concise text offers an overview of the key issues in
sustainable food production for all readers interested in the
ecology and environmental impacts of agriculture. It details the
ecological foundations of farming and food systems, showing how
knowledge from the natural and social sciences can be used to
create sustainable alternatives to the industrial production
methods used today. Beginning with a discussion of the role of
agriculture in human development, the primer examines how
twentieth-century farming methods are environmentally and socially
unsustainable, contributing to global change and perpetuating
inequalities. The authors explain the principles of environmental
sustainability and explore how these principles can be put into
practice in agrifood systems. They emphasize the importance of
human well-being and insist on the centrality of social and
environmental equity and justice. Sustainable Food Production is a
compelling guide to how we can improve our ability to feed each
other today and preserve the ability of our planet to do so
tomorrow. Appropriate for a range of courses in the natural and
social sciences, it provides a comprehensive yet accessible
framework for achieving agricultural sustainability in the
Anthropocene.
Determining the scientific relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has now emerged as one of the most important challenges in ecological and environmental science. This book provides a timely synthesis and critical assessment in order to generate a consensus on the main issues involved and stimulate new perspectives for future research.
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