Seeds of sustainability [electronic resource] : lessons from the birthplace of the Green Revolution / edited by Pamela A. Matson.
Contributor(s): Matson, P. A. (Pamela A.) | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 292 p. : ill., maps.Other title: Lessons from the birthplace of the Green Revolution.Subject(s): Sustainable agriculture -- Mexico -- Yaqui River Valley -- Case studies | Sustainability -- Mexico -- Yaqui River Valley -- Case studies | Green Revolution -- Mexico -- Yaqui River Valley -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 631.5/8097217 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why the Yaqui Valley? An introduction / Pamela Matson and Walter Falcon -- A brief history of the Yaqui Valley / Ashley Dean -- Looking for "win-wins" in intensive agriculture / Pamela Matson, Rosamond Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio -- Ecosystems and land use change in the Yaqui Valley: does agricultural intensification "spare land for nature"? / Pamela Matson and Peter Jewett -- Linking knowledge with action for sustainable development: A case study of change and effectiveness / Ellen McCullough and Pamela Matson -- Exploring vulnerability in the Yaqui Valley human-environment system / Pamela Matson, Amy Luers, and Ellen McCullough -- From wheat to waves and back again: connections between the Yaqui Valley and the Gulf of California / Michael Beman and Amy Luers -- The Yaqui Valley's agricultural transition to a more open economy / Rosamond Naylor and Walter Falcon -- Agricultural research and management at the field scale / Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio and David Lobell -- Nitrogen in the Yaqui Valley: sources, transfers, and consequences / Toby Ahrens ... [et al.] -- Water resources management in the Yaqui Valley / Gerrit Schoups ... [et al.] -- Lessons learned / Pamela Matson, Rosamond Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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