Agroecology, Ecosystems and Sustainability in the Tropics

Contents: Foreword/Olivier De Schutter. Prologue: An overview of agroecology in the tropics/G. Poyyamoli. 1. A brief history of agroecology in the tropics and its socio-ecological implications in the context of climate change/Alan Rosenberg. 2. Agroecology a multifunctional approach to sustain natural resources: productivity and food security in India/Bollempalli Gangaiah. 3 Bio-intensive farming system potentials and constraints in the context of agro-ecology in the tropics/Binayak P. Rajbhandari. 4. Pollination crises in the agroecosystems of the tropics: challenges and way forward/Parthiba Basu, Ritam Bhattacharya and Priyadarshini Chakrabarti. 5. The socio-ecological impacts of transgenic crops and livestock breeds in the tropics/Henna Hamadani and Azmat Alam Khan. 6. Folk rice varieties, traditional knowledge and nutritional security in South Asia/Debal Deb. 7. Blending traditional agroecological knowledge with smart agricultural strategies can feed the world/Andriantahina Rakotondralambo. 8. Agroecology and sustainable supply chains-design principles for India/Ramanjaneyulu GV and Radha Rani K. 9. The design and implementation of agroecological strategies for urban and periurban farming in the tropics: a case study of Havana, Cuba/Carey Clouse. 10. Agro-ecological interventions in arid production systems/Arun K. Sharma. 11. The human elements of agroecology: a comparison of two contrasting systems of paddy cultivation – Green Revolution Agriculture (GRA) Versus System of Rice Intensification (SRI)/Joan P Mencher and Daniel Schneider. 12 Agroecology and agricultural sovereignty sustainable initiatives in production, marketing and consumption in India – a case study of Sanghams/Ashok Kumbamu. 13. Scalingup agroecological approaches/Ashlesha Khadse and Peter M. Rosset. Epilogue - Agro-ecology in the tropics - future perspectives/G. Poyyamoli. Bibliography. Selected web links on agro-ecology. Glossary. Index.