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The Role of Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Food Systems de Leonard Rusinamhodzi

The Role of Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Food Systems

Editat de Leonard Rusinamhodzi
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 noi 2019
The Role of Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Food Systemsreveals, in simple terms, the operational definition, concepts and applications of ecosystem services with a focus on sustainable food systems. The book presents case studies on both geographical and production system-wide considerations. Initial chapters discuss concepts, methodologies and the tools needed to understand ecosystem services in the broader food system. Middle and later chapters present different perspectives from case studies of ecosystem services derived from some of the key sustainable food production systems used by farmers, along with discussions on the challenges of deriving full benefits and how they can be overcome.
Researchers, students, scientists, development practitioners and policymakers will welcome this reference as they continue their work related to sustainable food systems.


  • Introduces the concept of ecosystem services in simple terms for a wide readership
  • Provides an explanation of sustainable food systems
  • Contains the tools to identify and quantify ecosystem services in sustainable food systems
  • Identifies ecosystem services in specific systems utilized for sustainable food systems
  • Categorizes the challenges of deriving maximum benefits of ecosystem services
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780128164365
ISBN-10: 0128164360
Pagini: 302
Ilustrații: Approx. 240 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

Primary: Universities, International Agricultural Research Centers Readership Level: undergraduate, graduate, professional Readership Job Titles: Lecturer, Graduate Students, Research Associates, Researchers, Scientists, Agronomists, Policy Makers
Secondary: Country Agricultural or Environmental Research Centers,
Readership Level: Will cut across from undergraduate, graduate to professional Readership Job Titles: Research Directors, Scientists, Agronomists, Extensionists

Cuprins

1. Sustainable food systems: scope, relevance and important milestones 2. Systems analysis as basis to understand sustainable food systems 3. Ecosystem services in sustainable food systems: operational definition, concepts and applications 4. Indices to identify and quantify ecosystem services in sustainable food systems 5. Harnessing ecosystem services from biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) systems 6. Enhancing ecosystem services through integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) in sustainable food systems 7. The role of synthetic fertilizers in enhancing ecosystem services in sustainable food systems 8. Reinforcing ecosystem services through conservation agriculture (CA) in sustainable food systems 9. Role of crop breeding in enhancing ecosystem services in sustainable food systems 10. Integrating perennial species and crops to enhance ecosystems services in sustainable food systems 11. Ecosystem services from different livestock management systems 12. Crop-livestock integration to enhance ecosystem services in sustainable food systems 13. Ecosystem services in doubled-up legume systems 14. Ecosystem services in paddy-rice systems 15. General overview of ecosystems services in intensive agricultural systems north of SSA 16. Role of ecosystem services in offsetting the effects of climate change in sustainable food systems 17. Economic and social values of ecosystem services in sustainable food systems 18. Challenges in maximizing benefits from ecosystem services in sustainable food systems

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The Role of Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Food Systems reveals, in simple terms, the operational definition, concepts and applications of ecosystem services with a focus on sustainable food systems. The book presents case studies on both geographical and production system-wide considerations. Initial chapters discuss concepts, methodologies and the tools needed to understand ecosystem services in the broader food system. Middle and later chapters present different perspectives from case studies of ecosystem services derived from some of the key sustainable food production systems used by farmers, along with discussions on the challenges of deriving full benefits and how they can be overcome.
Researchers, students, scientists, development practitioners and policymakers will welcome this reference as they continue their work related to sustainable food systems.

 

 

 

  • Introduces the concept of ecosystem services in simple terms for a wide readership
  • Provides an explanation of sustainable food systems
  • Contains the tools to identify and quantify ecosystem services in sustainable food systems
  • Identifies ecosystem services in specific systems utilized for sustainable food systems
  • Categorizes the challenges of deriving maximum benefits of ecosystem services