Reading Assignments

Altieri, M.A. 1995. Agroecology: the Science of Sustainable Agriculture. Westview Press, Boulder.

Gliessman, S.R. 1997. Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture. Ann Arbor Press, Michigan.

Altieri, M.A. and C.I. Nicholls, 2005. Agroecology and the search for a truly sustainable agriculture. (Avaible at http://www.agroeco.org/doc/agroecology-engl-PNUMA.pdf)

Additional books on reserve at BIOS Library:

• Agroecology - Carroll et al
• Ecology and integrated farming systems
• Ecology in agriculture - L. Jackson
• New Dimensions in agroecology - D. Clements
• Regenerating agriculture -J. Pretty
• World Agriculture and the environment
• Agroecological innovations - Uphoff

Useful websites:

• agroeco.org
• agroeco.org/fatalharvest
• ileia.org
• attra.org
• sare.org
• California agriculture:
  • sarep.ucdavis.edu
  • foodfunders.org
  • vividpicture.net
  • isec.org.uk