University of California, Berkeley
Agroecology ESPM 118
Fall 2008
Professor Miguel A Altieri
215 Mulford
Office Hours: T and Th 2-3 pm
642 9802
agroeco3@nature.berkeley.edu
Graduate Student Instructor: Patrick Archie
archie@nature.berekey.edu
Office hours: Mondays 3:30 to 5:30 pm and by appointment, 25 Hilgard
510-289-1595
Course Schedule and Topics outline
August
28 Introduction to the course
September
2 The ecological crisis of modern agriculture and the global food crisis
4 Biotechnology and biofuels: social and environmental implications
9 Video and discussion on the agricultural crisis
11 Agroecology: origins, concepts and scope
16 Ecological processes in agroecosystems
18 Ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems
23 Biodiversity and pest management in agroecosystems
25 Ecological basis of weed management
30 Ecological basis of plant disease management
October
2 Topics in soil ecology and management
7 Videos and discussion
9 Traditional agriculture and indigenous knowledge systems
14 ...continuation
16 Organic agriculture: extent, impacts, challenges
21 Agroecological basis for the conversion to organic farming
23 Agroecosystem diversification strategies (polycultures, agroforestry, crop rotations, cover cropping, etc.)
28 ...continuation
30 Applying agroecology to small farm development in the Third World
November
4 ...continuation
6 Videos and discussion
11 Holiday
13 Participatory agroecosystem analysis methods
18 Assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems
20 Challenges and opportunities for the agriculture of the XXI century
25 ...continuation
27 Holiday
December
2 Final Discussion
4 Final papers due
Articles and websites of interest
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