Naeem, Dr. Shahid, Ph.D (Director), Lipton, Suzanne, MPA (Assistant Director), van Huysen, Tiff, Ph.D (Outreach and Operations Coordinator)

Sustainable Food Production

An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This concise text offers an overview of the key issues in sustainable food production for all readers interested in the ecology and environmental impact of agriculture. It details the ecological foundations of farming and food systems, showing how to create sustainable alternatives to the industrial production methods used today.

Produktdetails

• Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 141mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780231189651
• ISBN-10: 0231189656
• Artikelnr.: 58761068

Autorenporträt

Shahid Naeem, Suzanne Lipton, and Tiff van Huysen

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Sustainable Development: A New Century, a New Paradigm
2. Nature and Nature¿s Goods and Services
3. Sustainable Development and Food Production
4. Food, Farming, and Human Well-Being
5. Bringing It All Together: The Sustainable Future Before Us
Glossary
Notes
Index