Overview

How can cultivated plant biodiversity contribute to the transformation and the ""ecologization"" of agriculture in Southern countries? Based on extensive field work in the Southern countries, a great deal of scientific progress is presented in all areas affecting agriculture (agronomy, plant breeding and crop protection, cultivation systems, etc.) in order to intensify the ecological processes in cultivated plots and at the scale of rural landscapes.

Full Product Details

Author:   Étienne Hainzelin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2013 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.884kg
ISBN:  

9789400779839

ISBN 10:   9400779836
Pages:   261
Publication Date:   17 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Foreword.- Introduction.- 1. Biodiversity has always been at the heart of agricultural activity.- 2. The challenges of agricultural transformation.- 3. Intensifying ecological processes to transform agricultural performance.- 4. Agrobiodiversity, the main lever of this ecological intensification.- 5. Ecological intensification, a strategic priority for CIRAD.- 6. A book with six viewpoints.- 7. Bibliographical references.- Chapter 1 The diversity of living organisms: the engine for ecological functioning.- 1. Diversity and unity of living organisms: the successive revolutions of the biological sciences.- 2. A history closely linked to man’s.- 3. Documented risks of erosion of agrobiodiversity.- 4. Why ‘cultivate’ biodiversity?.- 5. What is the best way of understanding the extraordinary complexity of living organisms and agroecosystems?.- 6. Agrobiodiversity: a development issue?.- 7. Conclusion.- 8. Bibliographical references.- Chapter 2 From artificialization to the ecologization of cropping systems.- 1. The impasses in the artificialization of cropping systems.- 2. Opportunities and limitations of cropping systems that promote biodiversity.- 3. Towards new ‘ecologically innovative’ cropping systems.- 4. Conclusion.- 5. Bibliographical references.- Chapter 3 Rethinking plant breeding.- 1. Plant breeding: the past and the present.- 2. Recent changes and developments.- 3. The challenges of ecologically intensive agriculture.- 4. Mechanisms to help meet the challenges of ecological intensification5. Conclusion.- 6. Bibliographical references.- Chapter 4 Ecological interactions within the biodiversity of cultivated systems.- 1. Biodiversity and pest control.- 2. Hidden soil diversity: what potential for agriculture?.- 3. Biodiversity and agriculture-livestock interactions.- 4. Conclusion.- 5. Bibliographical references.- Chapter 5 Conserving and cultivating agricultural genetic diversity: transcendingestablished divides.- 1. History of the conservation of genetic resources in agriculture.- 2. International strategies and policies in favour of mobilizing genetic diversity.- 3. Need for in situ conservation and complementarities with ex situ conservation.- 4. Conclusion: hybridization or co-evolution of conservation models.- 5. Bibliographical references.- Chapter 6 Towards biodiverse agricultural systems: reflecting on the technological, social and institutional changes at stake.- 1. Co-evolution between technical dynamics and social dynamics: an analysis which starts upstream of agriculture.- 2. Recent changes in agriculture and food systems: market dynamics and new directions.- 3. Conclusion.- 4. Bibliographical references.- List of authors.

Reviews

Author Information

Étienne Hainzelin, agronomist, has a doctorate in plant science. He has held several scientific positions in Côte d’Ivoire, Réunion, and several times in Brazil. Former Director of Research and Strategy at CIRAD, he is currently Adviser to the CEO of CIRAD. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions