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| List of Contributors | |
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| Re-inventing Farming Systems | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Agricultural Systems in Context | |
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| Evolving Agricultural Systems Research | |
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| Different Paths Taken | |
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| Impact at Local and Regional Scales | |
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| Local Institutions for Agricultural Innovation | |
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| Catalyzing Directions of Change | |
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| Road Map | |
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| Livelihoods and Rural Innovation | |
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| New Directions for Agricultural Research and Development | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Agroecology: Principles and Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ecosystem Drivers | |
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| Agroecozones | |
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| Community Structure | |
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| Organism Niche | |
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| Community Evolution | |
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| Plant Growth Types | |
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| Ecological Principles Applied to Agriculture | |
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| Farming System by Agroecology | |
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| Application of Ecological Principles to a Changing World | |
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| Designing for the Long Term: Sustainable Agriculture | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Indigenous System Models | |
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| Biocomplexity of Sustainable Development | |
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| Sustainable Agriculture Design | |
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| Biodiversity | |
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| Resource Efficiency | |
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| Productivity and Economics | |
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| Resilience | |
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| Putting Sustainable Agriculture in Practice | |
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| Resources for Agricultural Development | |
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| Agricultural Change and Low-Input Technology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Low External Input Technology | |
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| Labor | |
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| Knowledge | |
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| Implications for Rural Development Strategies | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Ecologically Based Nutrient Management | |
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| Nutrient Management as Applied Ecology | |
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| The Basics of Nutrient Cycling | |
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| The Roles of Plants and Microorganisms in Cycling Nutrients | |
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| Concepts and Strategies for Managing Complexity | |
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| Developing Site-Specific Ecological Nutrient Management Systems | |
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| Participatory Plant Breeding: Developing Improved and Relevant Crop Varieties with Farmers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Theory of Participatory Plant Breeding | |
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| Practical Elements of PPB in View of Agroecological Issues | |
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| Examples of Successful Participatory Plant Breeding for Marginal Environments | |
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| Types of Impact Achievable through PPB for Sustainable Development of Farming Systems and Farmers' Livelihoods | |
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| Livestock, Livelihoods, and Innovation | |
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| Livestock and Livelihoods | |
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| Livestock Research and Innovation | |
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| Context for Sustainable Agricultural Development | |
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| Gender and Agrarian Inequality at the Local Scale | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Study of Gender Relations | |
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| Gender and Unequal Access to Productive Resources in Agricultural Systems | |
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| Understanding Gender Dynamics at the Household Scale in Agricultural Systems | |
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| Case Study: Gender, Inequality, and Agroecological Approaches in Northern Malawi | |
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| Conclusion: Addressing Gender Inequalities in Agricultural Systems | |
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| The Nature of Agricultural Innovation | |
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| What Is Agricultural Innovation? | |
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| Theories About Drivers of Innovation | |
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| Processes of Innovation | |
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| Supporting Innovation | |
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| Outreach to Support Rural Innovation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Relevance of Extension | |
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| Enhancing Client Orientation at Different Scales | |
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| Demand-Driven Models | |
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| Facilitation of Local Capacity | |
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| Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems | |
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| Scaling Up | |
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| Sustainability | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Tying it Together: Global, Regional, and Local Integrations | |
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| The Poverty of Big Ideas | |
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| Some History | |
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| A Green Evolution Strategy | |
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| Implementing the Dream | |
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| The Tanzania Fertilizer Partnership (TFP) | |
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| Rescuing Africa's Cassava Farmers | |
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| Disease Prevention in Uganda's Staple: Bananas | |
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| Diversifying into Export Horticulture | |
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| Smallholder Cotton Successes in Zimbabwe | |
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| The Malawi Starter Pack: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty | |
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| Looking beyond the Farm Gate | |
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| Concluding Comments | |
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| Index | |