Agroecologically efficient agricultural systems for smallholder farmers: Contributions to food sovereignty

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Altieri, Miguel A ^a   Funes Monzote, Fernando R ^b   Petersen, Paulo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MATANZAS   (Cuba)

^c AS PTA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Agroecology; Food sovereignity; Production systems; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DECADAL VARIATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMPOWERMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; SMALLHOLDER; SOVEREIGNTY; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CUBA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84857860932     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-011-0065-6     Document Type: Review

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