Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

Contents vii

VOLUME II AGRICULTURE AND THE

ENVIRONMENT

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii

Editorial introduction to Volume II 1

Part I Agricultural Harm to the Environment

1 A Fable for Tomorrow 15
R. Carson
2 Reality Cheques 22
J. Pretty
3 External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 53
E. M. Tegtmeier and M. D. Duffy
4 From Pesticides to People: Improving Ecosystem Health
in the Northern Andes 82
S. Sherwood, D. Cole, C. Crissman and M. Paredes
5 Incidence of Acute Pesticide Poisoning Among Female and
Male Cotton Growers in India 97
F. Mancini, A. H. C. van Bruggen, J. L. S. Jiggins, A. C. Ambatipud
and H. Murphy

Part II Agroecology and Sustainability

6 The Properties of Agroecosytems 119
G. R. Conway
7 Interdependent Social-Ecological Systems and Adaptive Governance for
Ecosystem Services 139
C. Folke, J. Colding, P. Olsson and T. Hahn
8 Agroecology and Agroecosystems 166
S. R. Gliessman
9 Ecological Basis for Low-Toxicity Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
in Rice and Vegetables 178
K. Gallagher, P. Ooi, T. Mew, E. Borromeo, P. Kenmore and J.-W. Ketelaar
10 The Farm as Natural Habitat 201
D. L. Jackson