Designing agroecological transitions; A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1237-1257

  Duru, Michel ^a   Therond, Olivier ^a   Fares, M’hand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Agroecology; Ecosystem services; Farming system; Social learning; Social ecological system; Socio technical system; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; DESIGN; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODERNIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NICHE; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84946047032     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0318-x     Document Type: Review

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