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Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural development and transitions toward more sustainable management in one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and students alike, it examines new approaches to make agricultural landscapes healthier for both t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Matson, P. A. (Pamela A.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Sustainable agriculture > Mexico > Yaqui River Valley > Case studies.
Sustainability > Mexico > Yaqui River Valley > Case studies.
Green Revolution > Mexico > Yaqui River Valley > Case studies.
Agriculture durable > Mexique > Yaqui, Vallée du > Études de cas.
Durabilité de l'environnement > Mexique > Yaqui, Vallée du > Études de cas.
Révolution verte > Mexique > Yaqui, Vallée du > Études de cas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Green Revolution
Sustainability
Sustainable agriculture
Mexico > Yaqui River Valley
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agriculture
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sustainable development
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history
ecosystemen
ecosystems
milieu
environment
Environmental Sciences (General)
Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen)
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why the Yaqui Valley? An introduction / Pamela Matson and Walter Falcon
  • A brief history of the Yaqui Valley / Ashley Dean
  • Looking for "win-wins" in intensive agriculture / Pamela Matson, Rosamond Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio
  • Ecosystems and land use change in the Yaqui Valley: does agricultural intensification "spare land for nature"? / Pamela Matson and Peter Jewett
  • Linking knowledge with action for sustainable development: A case study of change and effectiveness / Ellen McCullough and Pamela Matson
  • Exploring vulnerability in the Yaqui Valley human-environment system / Pamela Matson, Amy Luers, and Ellen McCullough
  • From wheat to waves and back again: connections between the Yaqui Valley and the Gulf of California / Michael Beman and Amy Luers
  • The Yaqui Valley's agricultural transition to a more open economy / Rosamond Naylor and Walter Falcon
  • Agricultural research and management at the field scale / Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio and David Lobell
  • Nitrogen in the Yaqui Valley: sources, transfers, and consequences / Toby Ahrens [and others]
  • Water resources management in the Yaqui Valley / Gerrit Schoups [and others]
  • Lessons learned / Pamela Matson, Rosamond Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio.

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