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Product Description: The practice of growing two or more crops together is widespread throughout the tropics and is becoming increasingly practised in temperate agriculture. The benefits of nutrient exchange, reduced weed competition and pathogen control can generate substantial improvements in growth and yield...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In Agroecology, experts from diverse disciplines define the basic concepts, research methodologies, sociopolitical aspects, and future directions of this rapidly developing field. This unique multidisciplinary review shows how researchers can learn to: develop cost-effective, environmentally sound agricultural practices; prevent the further degradation of such resources as water, land and fossil fuels; create inexpensive agricultural technology for developing countries; deal effectively with social, cultural, and political obstacles to the development of a more productive world agriculture...read more