Organic Agriculture Sustainability, Markets and Policies

Organic Agriculture Sustainability, Markets and Policies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2003-06-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9264101519

This publication reveals that organic agriculture is disadvantaged by current agricultural support policies, and the proliferation of standards and labels has sometimes confused consumers and impeded trade.

Biodiversity in Agroecosystems

Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
Author: Wanda W. Collins
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1998-08-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781420049244

between the diversity of plant and animal species and host/dependent agricultural systems. Biodiversity in Agroecosystems shows how biodiversity can be thought of not only as the rich make-up of a great number of related and competing species within an ecologically defined community, but also as the robust behavior and resilience of those species over time and as the endurance of their eco-community. This book brings to the fore new research on biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems at both micro and macro levels, heretofore available only in journals and proceedings papers.

Confronting the Coffee Crisis

Confronting the Coffee Crisis
Author: Christopher M. Bacon
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2008
Genre: Coffee industry
ISBN: 0262026333

Explores small-scale farming, the political economy of the global coffee industry, & initiatives that claim to promote more sustainable rural development in coffee-producing communities.