Coffee Agroecology: A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development

by Ivette Perfecto, John H. Vandermeer, John Vandermeer

Book Overview

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem. It draws on the authors' own research conducted over the last twenty years as well as incorporating the vast literature that has been generated on coffee agroecosystems from around the world.

The book uses an integrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415826802
• ISBN13: 9780415826808
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.1"