Table of Contents

Preface.- Agroecology theory, controversy and governance.- Food and energy production from biomass in an integrated farming system.- Ecological intensification for crop protection.- Livestock farming systems and agro ecology in the tropics.- Cropping systems for soil biodiversity and ecosystem services; Cathy Clermont-Dauphin.- Agro ecology and grassland intensification and in the Caribbean.- Ecosystem services of multi specific and multi stratified cropping systems.- Agro ecological engineering to bio control soil pests for crop health.- Agro ecological resources for sustainable livestock farming in the humid tropics.- Agro ecology for farmers: the linguistic issue.- Soil quality and plant nutrition.- Soil science, plant nutrition and micro-farms.

About the Author

Eric Lichtfouse: PhD in organic geochemistry, INRA researcher in Dijon, France since 1992, he teaches scientific writing. He is also editor in chief of the INRA journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development, and founder and editor of the Springer journal Environmental Chemistry Letters.