Details

Abstract / Summary

Clearly, the debate is no longer over agricultural sustainability as a legitimate goal, but about how to fulfill that goal. Research is a vital factor contributing to the creation of a sustainable agriculture. Entrenched ideas about the way agricultural research is conducted have been challenged by farmers, environmentalists, food-safety advocates, rural activists, and others. William Lockeretz and Molly D. Anderson meet these challenges and chart a reasoned course through the fray. They analyze the potential and the limits of various research approaches associated with alternative agriculture: multidisciplinary research, application of ecological principles in understanding agricultural systems, emphasis on the use of agricultural information, use of working farms as research sites, and the involvement of farmers in agricultural research. They also propose reforms in institutional aspects of agricultural research—the organization of academic departments, evaluation of professional achievement, functioning of grant programs, and the education of agricultural researchers.

Field of Interest

Food Studies Online

Author

Molly D. Anderson, fl. 1993, William Lockeretz, fl. 1993

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Copyright Message

Copyright © 1993 University of Nebraska Press

Content Type

Book

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

1993

Page Count

250

Publication Year

1993

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Place Published / Released

Lincoln, NE

Subject

Food Studies Online, Social Sciences, Food Systems, Scientific research, Agricultural conditions, Farms, Farmers, Sustainable agriculture, Sistemas Alimentares, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States, Late 20th Century (1975–2000)

Series / Program

Our Sustainable Future

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Sistemas Alimentares, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos