Diversified farming systems: An agroecological, systems-based alternative to modern industrial agriculture

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kremen, Claire ^a   Iles, Alastair ^a   Bacon, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Ecological diversification; Food justice; Food sovereignty; Industrialized agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; SERVICE PROVISION; SOVEREIGNTY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84871979462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05103-170444     Document Type: Article

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