Principles for implementing sustainable agriculture: Lessons from successful partnerships in integrated pest/crop management initiatives

Sustainability of Agricultural Systems in Transition

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-165

  Thrupp, Lori Ann ^a  

^a US EPA Region 9 Incident Management Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Integrated crop management; Integrated pest management; People centered innovative learning processes; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103344866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/asaspecpub64.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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