01009nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002300018245006700041260009900108300001100207520065900218583002200877  a07.01.01 A468  aAltieri, Miguel A.  aAgroecology and the search fro a truly sustainable agriculture  bUNEP. Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the CaribbeanaMexico, D.F.MXc2005  a290 p.  aFocuses on sustainable agriculture and its importance to sustainable development.  Demystifies the latest wave of the biotechnological revolution as a renewed panacea the solve the world's hunger.  States that agroecology seeks to root sustainable agricultural production in ecological potentials and cultural values; to open dialogue between scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom; to empower farmers, peasants and indigenous peoples as social actors to renew their community based practices.  Opens new paths towards agricultural sustainability, food security and self-management of the local resources through agroecological productive practices.  c10/23/12kSANDRAW