Agroecology as a science, a movement and a practice

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-43

  Wezel, A ^a   Bellon, S ^b   Dore T ^c   Francis, C ^d   Vallod, D ^a   David, C ^a  

^a ISARA   (France)

^b INRA Ecodeveloppement   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Agronomy; Ecology; Food system; Rural development; Scientific discipline; Sustainable agriculture; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901088321     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0394-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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