Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems

Book Description:
Exploring the implementation of participatory, multistakeholder, and transdisciplinary ecosystem health research, Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems combines the latest theories in complexity and management with practical tools and approaches for sustainable rural development research. Although the text focuses on smallholder farming communities in the central highlands of Kenya, the material discussed can be and has been effectively applied to agroecosystems in many other parts of the world.
After showing how the agroecosystem health framework was successfully adapted in a smallholder-dominated agroecosystem, the book integrates participatory methods, systems analyses, pulse process models, and soft systems methods in an open-ended, adaptive R&D process. It then looks at how to use correspondence analysis to refine a research-based suite of indicators and analyze data obtained using indicators.
Incorporating the authors’ pioneering work in the ecosystem health field, this book demonstrates the potential of the agroecosystem health paradigm as a framework in the decision-making processes of agricultural communities in a tropical highlands area.
Book Détails :
Relié: 256 pages
Editeur : CRC Press Inc; Édition : Har/Cdr (13 juin 2008)
Collection : Advances in Agroecology
Langue : Anglais
ISBN-10: 9781420072778
ISBN-13: 978-1420072778
ASIN: 1420072773

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