Seeds of Sustainability
Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture
Shearwater Books,US (Publisher)
Published on 1. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-59726-525-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Seeds of Sustainable Agriculture" is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural development and transitions toward more sustainable management in one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and students alike, it examines new approaches to make agricultural landscapes healthier for both the environment and people. The Yaqui Valley is one of the most intensive agricultural regions of the world. It also faces resource limitations, threats to human health, and rapidly changing economic conditions. Pamela Matson and colleagues from leading institutions in the United States and Mexico spent fifteen years addressing this challenge. "Seeds of Sustainable Agriculture" provides unparalleled information about the causes and consequences of current agricultural methods. It also shows how knowledge can translate into better practices, not just in the Yaqui Valley, but throughout the world.
Reviews / Votes
"...cutting edge...rigorous...demonstrates both originality and critical reflectiveness...almost uniquely in our collective experience, it speaks seriously, frankly, and insightfully to the challenges of institutionalizing the sort of work it reports on." * ESA Sustainability Science Award * "...the substance is ripe for harvesting." * Ecology * "This book...provides ample evidence that moving towards sustainability requires the successful identification, assessment and management of risk and uncertainty...it is knowledge-intensive." * Experimental Agriculture * "[This book] tells the 'human-environment' story of agriculture in this valley between 1993 and 2008....The contributors/researchers try to understand not only the challenges to the people and ecosystems of the valley, but how to address those challenges." * CHOICE * "Matson has provided a pathway for use-inspired, place-based research grounded in the realities of a historically important region. The book is destined to become a classic and oft-cited resource in the growing sustainability science literature." * Ecological Restoration * "Seeds of Sustainability would make a great book for introducing the ideals and complexity of sustainability to young scientists and curious citizens." * Natural Areas Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Princeton University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
58 photos and illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
436 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59726-525-6 (9781597265256)
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Pamela A. Matson
Seeds of Sustainability
Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture
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09/2012
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Penguin Random House South Africa
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Pamela A. Matson
Seeds of Sustainability
Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture
Book
11/2011
Shearwater Books,US
€103.08
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Persons
Pamela Matson was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley at the beginning of the Yaqui Valley research project, and then moved to Stanford University, becoming the Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy in the Institute for International Studies; she is currently Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment.