TY  - BOOK
AU  - Altieri, Miguel A.
TI  - Agroecology and the search fro a truly sustainable agriculture
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Mexico, D.F.MX
PB  - UNEP. Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean
N2  - Focuses 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
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