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Sustainable Food Production Includes Human and Environmental Health

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Editors:
  1. W. Bruce Campbell

    1. Campus Veracruz, Colegio de Postgraduados, Veracruz, Mexico

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  2. Silvia López-Ortíz

    1. Campus Veracruz, Colegio de Postgrduados, Veracruz, C.P., Mexico

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  • Concise reviews of current important and complex issues in Agroecology
  • Assesses the present status of knowledge of the issue with regard to effectively moving toward improving sustainability
  • Identifies inadequacies, errors and gaps in knowledge that may hinder or oppose effective progress toward improving sustainability
  • Discusses what, if possible, is needed to bring the issue onto a better track toward sustainability objectives

Part of the book series: Issues in Agroecology – Present Status and Future Prospectus (AGRO, volume 3)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Trading and Use of Agrochemicals

    • Peter Hough
    Pages 1-41

  3. Critical Evaluation of Genetic Manipulation for Improved Productivity: Is This a Sustainable Agenda?

    • Bruno Borsari, Davide Neri, Gianna Ferretti, Stefano Tavoletti, William Wei-Choun Yu
    Pages 43-83

  4. Organic Farming and Organic Food Quality: Prospects and Limitations

    • Sabine Zikeli, Ewa Rembiałkowska, Aneta Załęcka, Maciej Badowski
    Pages 85-164

  5. Veterinary Medicine: The Value of Plant Secondary Compounds and Diversity in Balancing Consumer and Ecological Health

    • Juan J. Villalba, Frederick D. Provenza, Natalie Gibson, Silvia López-Ortíz
    Pages 165-190

  6. Controlling the Introduction and Augmentation of Parasites in and on Domesticated Livestock

    • Miguel Ángel Alonso-Díaz, Juan Felipe de Jesús Torres-Acosta, Carlos Alfredo Sandoval-Castro, William Bruce Campbell
    Pages 191-228

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 229-233
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Agroecology not only encompasses aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values. To provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, connections must be established with many disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, agriculture, economics, ecology, rural development, sustainability, policy and education, or integrations of these general themes so as to provide integrated points of view that will help lead to a sustainable construction of values. Such designs are inherently complex and dynamic, and go beyond the individual farm to include landscapes, communities, and biogeographic regions by emphasizing their unique agricultural and ecological values, and their biological, societal, and cultural components and processes.

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“This book contains five in-depth review articles on the trading, use, and safety of agrochemicals; the background and safety of genetically modified crops; organic farming and food quality; the value of plant secondary compounds in veterinary medicine; and integrated pest management approaches for preventing and treating parasites in domesticated livestock. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, professionals/practitioners, and informed general audiences.” (J. R. Reeve, Choice, Vol. 52 (1), September, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Campus Veracruz, Colegio de Postgraduados, Veracruz, Mexico

    W. Bruce Campbell

  • Campus Veracruz, Colegio de Postgrduados, Veracruz, C.P., Mexico

    Silvia López-Ortíz

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