9781420072778
Integrated assessment of health and sustainability of
agroecosystems. (CD-ROM included)
Gitau, Thomas, et al.
CRC / Taylor & Francis
2009
227 pages
$99.95
Hardcover
Advances in agroecology
S589
The late Thomas Gitau, an epidemiologist, Margaret Gitau
(agricultural engineering, Florida A&M University) and Waltner-Toews
(epidemiology, University of Guelph, Canada) present a method to assess
methods of establishing sustainable farming on small holdings. They give
the example of villages in Uganda that aided in enumerating the problems
and suggesting solutions. The goal is to provide food production that is
ecologically sustainable. The results suggest that the method is
feasible. Among its strengths are an equal contribution from communities
and researchers and that the results are presented in a way that allows
communities to self-direct. The assessment takes into account ecological
conditions and local infrastructure as well as social concerns making it
a comprehensive tool.
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