Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Editors
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Introduction: Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-oriented Approach
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Agroecological Mainstreaming
  • 1.3 An Examination of the Different “Agroecologies”
  • 1.4 Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-Oriented Approach
    • 1.4.1 Agroecology and Transdisciplinarity
    • 1.4.2 Participatory and Principles-based Approaches in Agroecology
    • 1.4.3 Toward Transformative Agroecology
    • 1.4.4 Challenges
  • 1.5 Examples of Agroecological Initiatives Seeking a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-Oriented Approach
    • 1.5.1 the Vermont Agricultural Resilience in a Changing Climate Initiative
    • 1.5.2 Application of a Transdisciplinary and PAR Approach
    • 1.5.3 Discussion of Selected Results
    • 1.5.4 Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons
    • 1.5.5 Food Security and Sovereignty with Smallholder Coffee Cooperatives and Farmers in Nicaragua
    • 1.5.6 Application of a Transdisciplinary and PAR Approach
    • 1.5.7 Selected Results
    • 1.5.8 Opportunities, Challenges, and Lessons
  • 1.6 Scaling Agroecology Out: Optimizing Production and Democratizing Access
  • 1.7 Discussion of the Contents of the Edited Volume
  • References
• Chapter 2 Agroecology: Roots of Resistance to Industrialized Food Systems
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Conceptual Background: Exploring the Roots
  • 2.3 the Roots of Resistance In Mexico
  • 2.4 Future Growth
  • 2.5 Acknowledgments
  • References
• Chapter 3 Transformative Agroecology: Foundations in Agricultural Practice, Agrarian Social Thought, and Sociological Theory
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 From Local Agriculture To a Global Corporate Food Regime
    • 3.2.1 Agroecology as Agricultural Practice
    • 3.2.2 Growing Concern over the Impacts of the Development of Capitalism in the Countryside
  • 3.3 From Sociology To Environmental Sociology
    • 3.3.1 Sociology: Competing Visions of Society
    • 3.3.2 Agroecology and Development Theory: From Modernization and Dependency to the Rediscovery of Peasant Studies
    • 3.3.3 the “Crisis of Modernity” and the Birth of Environmental Sociology
    • 3.3.4 Environmental Sociology: Conceptual Food for Agroecology Thought
  • 3.4 Agroecology Today and the Road Ahead
    • 3.4.1 Agroecologists: Going to the People
    • 3.4.2 the Movement of the People toward Agroecology and Food Sovereignty
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
• Chapter 4 Political Agroecology: An Essential Tool to Promote Agrarian Sustainability
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 the Dynamics of Agroecosystems: the Place of Politics
  • 4.3 Power, Politics, and Social Metabolism
  • 4.4 Political Ecology and Agroecology
  • 4.5 the Scales That Make Agroecology “Political”
  • 4.6 the Political Dimension of Change
  • 4.7 the Multidimensional Nature of Collective Agroecological Action
  • 4.8 An Essential Institutional Change For Progress In Agroecological Transition
  • 4.9 Institutional Design and Cognitive Frameworks
  • References
• Chapter 5 Learning Agroecology through Involvement and Reflection
  • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.1.1 Action Learning in Agroecology
    • 5.1.2 Education for Responsible Action
    • 5.1.3 Experiential and Reflective Learning in Agroecology Education
  • 5.2 Connecting Phenomenology and Learning
  • 5.3 Key Agroecological Competencies
    • 5.3.1 Becoming an Agroecologist
    • 5.3.2 Skills in Observation
    • 5.3.3 Skills in Reflection
    • 5.3.4 Skills in Participation
    • 5.3.5 Skills in Dialoging
    • 5.3.6 Skills in Visioning
  • 5.4 Open-Ended Learning: Agroecology M.Sc. In Norway
  • 5.5 Conversion From Conventional Teaching To Agroecological Learning
    • 5.5.1 What Is Needed for Transition to Occur?
    • 5.5.2 How Do We Promote New Educator Competencies?
    • 5.5.3 How Do We Infuse New Educational Values in Institutions?
  • 5.6 Wider Implications For Education In Agroecology and Other Fields
    • 5.6.1 Pragmatic and Radical Phenomenology
    • 5.6.2 Creating Urgency
    • 5.6.3 Identifying Barriers to Change
  • 5.7 Conclusions
  • References
• Chapter 6 Complexity in Tradition and Science: Intersecting Theoretical Frameworks in Agroecological Research
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Food Sovereignty as a Unifying Concept
  • 6.3 Historical Contingency Drove the Industrial Agricultural System
  • 6.4 Reflections On the Traditional
  • 6.5 Ecological Complexity
  • 6.6 Ecological Complexity Intersecting With Traditional Knowledge
  • 6.7 Discussion
  • References
• Chapter 7 Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and the New Green Revolution
  • 7.1 Hunger, the Corporate Food Regime, and the Return of the Green Revolution
  • 7.2 Peasant Agriculture and Agroecology: a Means and a Barrier For the Green Revolution
  • 7.3 the Green Revolution and Agroecology:Marriage Or Functional Dualism?
  • 7.4 Agroecology and Food Sovereignty Movements
  • 7.5 Discussion
  • 7.6 Conclusion: Preventing Co-Optation, Strengthening Agroecology
  • References
• Chapter 8 the Intercultural Origin of Agroecology: Contributions from Mexico
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 the Evolution of Agroecological Thinking: the Role of Mexico
  • 8.3 Important Contributions By Mexican Authors
  • 8.4 the Term Agroecology
  • 8.5 the Intercultural Nature of Agroecology
  • 8.6 the Intercultural Approach In Agroecology
  • 8.7 Conclusions
  • References
• Chapter 9 Participatory Action Research for an Agroecological Transition in Spain: Building Local Organic Food Networks
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Research Approach and Methodology
    • 9.2.1 Mixing Methodologies in a Participatory Research Framework to Articulate Dimensions and Scales of Agroecological Transition
    • 9.2.2 Farmer Participatory Research
    • 9.2.3 Framework for the Evaluation of Natural Resource Management Systems Incorporating Sustainability Indicators (MESMIS in Spanish)
    • 9.2.4 Social Metabolism Applied to Agriculture
    • 9.2.5 Participatory Rural Appraisal Techniques
    • 9.2.6 Qualitative Sociological Research Techniques
    • 9.2.7 Participatory Social Creativity Techniques, such as the Sociogram and the Situational Flowchart
    • 9.2.8 Phases of the Agroecological Transition Process
  • 9.3 Description of the Study Sites
    • 9.3.1 El Romeral Cooperative
    • 9.3.2 Town of Morata de Tajuña
    • 9.3.3 Alpujarra de Granada Comarca
    • 9.3.4 Vega de Granada Comarca
  • 9.4 Results and Discussion
    • 9.4.1 El Romeral Cooperative
    • 9.4.2 Town of Morata de Tajuña
    • 9.4.3 Alpujarra de Granada Comarca
    • 9.4.4 Vega de Granada Comarca
  • 9.5 Conclusions
  • References
• Chapter 10 Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and Urban Agriculture in the United States
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Evolution and Scope of Agroecology In the United States
    • 10.2.1 Overview
    • 10.2.2 Higher Education and Research in Agroecology
    • 10.2.3 Alternative Agrifood Movements in the United States
  • 10.3 Food Sovereignty and Urban Agriculture Initiatives In the United States
    • 10.3.1 Food Sovereignty
    • 10.3.2 Urban Agriculture
  • 10.4 Integrating Agroecology and Alternative Agrifood Movements In the United States: Challenges and Opportunities
  • References
• Chapter 11 On the Ground: Putting Agroecology to Work through Applied Research and Extension in Vermont
  • 11.1 Introduction
    • 11.1.1 Sustainable Agriculture and Agroecology
  • 11.2 the Role of Extension In Agriculture
    • 11.2.1 Effective Extension Education in the Twenty-First Century: a Farmer-First, Outcomes Approach
    • 11.2.2 Focus on Adult Learning Techniques
  • 11.3 Examples of Agroecology In the Field
    • 11.3.1 the Vermont Context
    • 11.3.2 Partnerships for Successful Applied Research
    • 11.3.3 Facilitating Farmer-based Learning Communities and Knowledge Exchange
    • 11.3.4 Empowering Farmers to Protect Public Interests
  • 11.4 Concluding Thoughts
  • References
• Chapter 12 Agroecology as a Food Security and Sovereignty Strategy in Coffee-Growing Communities: Opportunities and Challenges in San Ramon, Nicaragua
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Food Security In the Coffee Lands
  • 12.3 the Relationship Between Agroecology and Food Security and Sovereignty
    • 12.3.1 Food Security and Food Sovereignty: Mainstream Approaches
    • 12.3.2 Agroecology as a Food Security and Sovereignty Strategy
  • 12.4 Approaches To Implementing Agroecology as An Fss Strategy Within a Donor-Funded Project Context: a Focus On Homegardens
  • 12.5 Case Study: Youth Leadership and Food Sovereignty Project In San RamóN, Nicaragua
    • 12.5.1 An Approach to Implementing Agroecology as a Food Security and Sovereignty Strategy
    • 12.5.2 YLFS Project Results: 2011–2013
    • 12.5.3 Impacts of Promoting Agroecology as an FSS Strategy in the YLFS Project
      • 12.5.3.1 Production Diversification
      • 12.5.3.2 Seed Production and Saving
      • 12.5.3.3 Household Dietary Diversity
      • 12.5.3.4 Soil Fertility Practices
      • 12.5.3.5 Water Access
      • 12.5.3.6 Income Diversification
      • 12.5.3.7 Thin Months
      • 12.5.3.8 Coping Strategies Index
  • 12.6 Lessons Learned and Implications
  • References
• Chapter 13 the Mesoamerican Agroenvironmental Program: Critical Lessons Learned from an Integrated Approach to Achieve Sustainable Land Management
  • 13.1 Mesoamerican Agroenvironmental Program Within the Mesoamerican Context
  • 13.2 the Mesoamerican Agroenvironmental Program Approach
  • 13.3 Geographical Focus Within Mesoamerica: Sectorial And/Or Territorial Approaches?
  • 13.4 Critical Lessons Learned
  • 13.5 Farmer Field Schools: Starting Point Toward Transdisciplinary Par
  • 13.6 Integration and Coordination: a Must To Achieve and Institutionalize Sustainable Land Management
  • 13.7 Equity and Inclusion Focus: Gender, Ethnicity, and Age
  • 13.8 Concluding Remarks
  • References
• Chapter 14 Analysis of Tropical Homegardens through an Agroecology and Anthropological Ecology Perspective
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 Sustainability and Antiquity of Homegardens In Mexico
  • 14.3 Time and Sustainability: Mexican Modern Agriculture and State Policies
  • 14.4 Homegardens, Sustainability, and Climatological Risks
  • 14.5 Diversity In Two Case Studies of Mexican Homegardens
    • 14.5.1 Homegardens in X-Mejfa in Hopelchen, Campeche
    • 14.5.2 Homegardens in San Francisco Tepeyanco, Tlaxcala
  • 14.6 Domestic Fauna In Homegardens
  • 14.7 the Multiple Uses of Natural Resources and Social Networks
  • 14.8 Homegardens, Food, and Diet
  • 14.9 Homegardens Biodiversity and Traditional Medicine
  • 14.10 the Socioeconomics of Homegardens
  • 14.11 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
• Index

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