Agroecology is a promising alternative to industrial agriculture, with the potential to avoid the
negative social and ecological consequences of input-intensive production. Transitioning to …

In this paper the environmental impact of current agriculture practices is reviewed. Soil loss
(along with soil fertility), increasing water demand from agricultural practices and …

This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in
Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions …

Since the 1990 s, the restructuring of the global economic system has ushered in worldwide
'post-productivist transitions'(PPTs) and triggered development in rural areas and …

A comprehensive synthesis of 32 long-term experiments in China is performed by
comparing yields and SOM contents and their time by nutrient management responses …

This paper examines embeddedness and the turn to quality in agro-food research. It
suggests that the notion of embeddedness requires critical scrutiny and that the implications …

As a response to the environmentally and socially destructive practices of post-war
mechanization and intensification, the concept of sustainable agriculture has become …

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of'multifunctionality'has remained
under-theorized and poorly linked to the debates in the social sciences. This book analyses …

Despite an increasing interest in more sustainable forms of land management, few analyses
have examined whether 'local'or 'alternative'food supply systems are sustainable in …

Energy efficiency of agriculture needs improvement to reduce the dependency on non-
renewable energy sources. We estimated the energy flows of a wheat–maize–soybean …