Farming with Nature: The Science and Practice of Ecoagriculture

by Sara J. Scherr

A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing diverse types of "ecoagriculture" landscapes to generate cobenefits for production, biodiversity, and local people.

Farming with Nature offers a synthesis of the state of knowledge of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597261289
• ISBN13: 9781597261289
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.9"