Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply
Scientific, Economic, and Policy Enhancements

Editor: Kim Etingoff

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply

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Pub Date: April 2016
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Hard ISBN: 9781771883849
E-Book ISBN: 9781771883856
Pages: 386pp+index
Binding Type: hardbound / ebook / paperback
Notes: 5 color and 10 b/w illustrations

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.



As we realize the ways in which our food systems contribute and respond to climate change, sustainable agriculture becomes increasingly crucial. It is a complicated, multi-dimensional issue, which should be considered from a variety of angles. This compendium includes the perspectives of science, economics, sociology, and policy. The editor, an experienced researcher and author in this field, has organized the articles under the following headings:
  • What Is Sustainable Agriculture?
  • Sustainably Connecting Producers and Consumers
  • Localizing the Food System
  • Organic Food and the Human Element: Consumers & Farmers
  • The Future of Sustainable Agriculture
Together, the contributors present an international and comprehensive perspective that examines the concept of sustainability as it applies to the food supply chain from farm to fork. They have created a valuable resource for soil and plant scientists, agronomists and environmental scientists, agricultural and natural resources engineers and economists, environmental policy makers, and conservationists, as well as graduate students and academic libraries.

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part 1: What Is Sustainable Agriculture?
1. Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms
Mary V. Gold

Part 2: Sustainably Connecting Producers and Consumers
2. Albanian and UK Consumers’ Perceptions of Farmers’ Markets and Supermarkets as Outlets for Organic Food: An Exploratory Study
Athina-Evera Qendro
3. Analysis of Production and Consumption of Organic Products in South Africa
Maggie Kisaka-Lwayo and Ajuruchukwu Obi
4. Empowering the Citizen-Consumer: Re-Regulating Consumer Information to Support the Transition to Sustainable and Health Promoting Food Systems in Canada
Rod MacRae, Michelle Szabo, Kalli Anderson, Fiona Louden, and Sandi Trillo

Part 3: Localizing the Food System
5. Food Relocalization for Environmental Sustainability in Cumbria
Les Levidow and Katerina Psarikidou
6. Plant Breeding for Local Food Systems: A Contextual Review of End-Use Selection for Small Grains and Dry Beans in Western Washington
Brook O. Brouwer, Kevin M. Murphy, and Stephen S. Jones
7. Local Selling Decisions and the Technical Efficiency of Organic Farms
Luanne Lohr and Timothy Park

Part 4. Organic Food and the Human Element: Consumers & Farmers
8. Alternative Labeling Programs and Purchasing Behavior Toward Organic Foods: The Case of the Participatory Guarantee Systems in Brazil
Giovanna Sacchi, Vincenzina Caputo, and Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.
9. The Organic Food Philosophy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Practices, Values, and Beliefs of Dutch Organic Consumers Within a Cultural–Historical Frame
Hanna Schösler, Joop de Boer, and Jan J. Boersema
10. Evaluating the Sustainability of a Small-Scale Low-Input Organic Vegetable Supply System in the United Kingdom
Mads V. Markussen, Michal Kulak, Laurence G. Smith, Thomas Nemecek, and Hanne Østergård
11. The Sustainability of Organic Grain Production on the Canadian Prairies—A Review
Crystal Snyder and Dean Spaner

Part 5. The Future of Sustainable Agriculture
12. What Do We Need to Know to Enhance the Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production? A Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs for the UK Food System
Lynn V. Dicks, Richard D. Bardgett, Jenny Bell, Tim G. Benton, Angela Booth, Jan Bouwman, Chris Brown, Ann Bruce, Paul J. Burgess, Simon J. Butler, Ian Crute, Frances Dixon, Caroline Drummond, Robert P. Freckleton, Maggie Gill, Andrea Graham, Rosie S. Hails, James Hallett, Beth Hart, Jon G. Hillier, John M. Holland, Jonathan N. Huxley, John S. I. Ingram, Vanessa King, Tom MacMillan, Daniel F. McGonigle, Carmel McQuaid, Tim Nevard, Steve Norman, Ken Norris, Catherine Pazderka, Inder Poonaji, Claire H. Quinn, Stephen J. Ramsden, Duncan Sinclair, Gavin M. Siriwardena, Juliet A. Vickery, Andrew P. Whitmore, William Wolmer, and William J. Sutherland
13. The Role of Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture: Views and Perceptions Among Key Actors in the Swedish Food Supply Chain
Karin Edvardsson Björnberg, Elisabeth Jonas, Håkan Marstorp, and Pernilla Tidåker
14. Beyond Climate-Smart Agriculture: Toward Safe Operating Spaces for Global Food Systems
Henry Neufeldt, Molly Jahn, Bruce M Campbell, John R Beddington, Fabrice DeClerck, Alessandro De Pinto, Jay Gulledge, Jonathan Hellin, Mario Herrero, Andy Jarvis, David LeZaks, Holger Meinke, Todd Rosenstock, Mary Scholes, Robert Scholes, Sonja Vermeulen, Eva Wollenberg, and Robert Zougmoré
Author Notes
Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: Kim Etingoff
Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Kim Etingoff has a Tufts University’s terminal master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. Her recent experience includes researching with Initiative for a Competitive Inner City a report on food resiliency within the city of Boston. She worked in partnership with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Alternatives for Community and Environment to support a community food-planning process based in a Boston neighborhood, which was oriented toward creating a vehicle for community action around urban food issues, providing extensive background research to ground the resident-led planning process. She has worked in the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, and has also coordinated and developed programs in urban agriculture and nutrition education. In addition, she has many years of experience researching, writing, and editing educational and academic books on environmental and food issues.




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