Publications

Agroecology and small farmers in the developing world

• Enhancing Crop Productivity via Weed Suppression in Organic No-Till Cropping Systems in Santa Catarina, Brazil

• The agroecological revolution in Latin America : rescuing nature, ensuring food sovereignty and empowering peasants

• The potential of agroecology to combat hunger in the developing world

• Enduring farms: climate change, smallholders and traditional farming communities

• Agroecologically Efficient Agricultural Systems for Smallholder Farmers: Contributions for Food Sovereignty

• Sustainable rural development

• Ten reasons shy the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundations’ alliance for another Green Revolution will not solve the problems of poverty and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Agroecology: the science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments

• The simplification of traditional vineyard based agroforests in northwestern Portugal: some ecological implications

• Applying agroecology to enhance the productivity of peasant farming systems in Latin America.

• Sustainable agricultural development in Latin America: exploring the possibilitiesMiguel A. Altieri

• In situ conservation of crop genetic resources through maintenance of traditional farming systems

• Natural resources management among small scale farmers in semi arid lands:building on traditional knowledge and agroecology

• Agroecology, small farms and food sovereignty

• The question of small farm development: who teaches whom?

• The agroecology of corn production in Tlaxcala, Mexico

• Linking ecologists and traditional farmers in the search for sustainable agriculture

• Developing and promoting agroecological innovations within country program strategies to address agroecosystem resilience in production landscapes: a guide

Agroecology and modern agriculture

• Convergence or Divide in the Movement for Sustainable and Just Agriculture

• Green Agriculture: Foundations for biodiverse, resilient and productive agricultural systems

• Developing sustainable agroecosystems

• Agroecology: environmentally sound and socially just alternatives to the industrial farming model[ part 1 | part 2 | part 3 ]

• The ecological and social tragedy of crop-based biofuel production in the Americas

• Fatal harvest: old and new dimensions of the ecological tragedy of modern agriculture 

• Ecological Impacts of Modern Agriculture in the United States and Latin America

• Ecological Impacts of Chile’s Neoliberal Policies, with Special Emphasis on Agroecosystems

• Modern Agriculture: Ecological impacts and the possibilities for truly sustainable farming.

• Agroecological foundations of alternative agriculture in CaliforniaMiguel A. Altieri

Agroecology and biodiversity 

• Plant biodiversity enhances bees and other insect pollinators in agroecosystems. A review. Clara Nicholls and Miguel Altieri

• The Ecological Role and Enhancement of Biodiversity in Agriculture. Miguel Altieri and Paul Roge

• The ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems

• Agroecology versus ecoagriculture

• Socio-Cultural Aspects of Native Maize Diversity 

• Peasant Agriculture and the Conservation of Crop and Wild Plant Resources

• In situ Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources through Maintenance of Traditional FarmingSystems

   

Agroecology and biotechnology

• Transgenic Crops: implications for biodiversity and sustainable agriculture 

• The Sociocultural and Food Security Impacts of Genetic Pollution via Transgenic Crops of Traditional Varieties in Latin American Centers of Peasant Agriculture

• The Myth of Coexistence: Why Transgenic Crops Are Not Compatible With Agroecologically Based Systems of Production

• GM soybean: Latin America’s new coloniser Miguel A. Altieri & Walter Pengue

• Transgenic crops, agrobiodiversity, and agroecosystem function

• Ten Reasons why Biotechnology will not Ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment and Reduce Poverty in the Developing WorldMiguel A. Altieri & Peter Rosset

• Worldwatch – Biotechnology (Audio Clips)

• Miguel Altieri – Audio Clip 6 (5 min)

• The Ecological impact of transgenic crops on agroecosystem health.

• The Myths of Agricultural Biotechnology: some ethical questions.

• Food First Special Report no. 1: Genetic Engineering in Agriculture: The Myths, Environmental Risks, and Alternatives

Agroecology and ecologically based pest management

• Pest-management technologies for peasants: a farming systems approach

• A REVIEW OF INSECT PREVALENCE IN MAIZE (ZEA MA YS L.) AND BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) POLYCULTURAL SYSTEMS

• THE DYNAMICS OF COLONIZING ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES AT THE INTERFACE OF ABANDONED, ORGANIC AND COMMERCIAL APPLE ORCHARDS AND ADJACENT WOODLAND HABITATS

• Soil fertility management and insect pests: harmonizing soil and plant health in agroecosystems

• The role and enhancement of parasitic hymenoptera biodiversity in agroecosystems

• Designing biodiverse, pest-resilient vineyards through habitat management 

• Effects of crop diversification levels and fertilization regimes on abundance of Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) and its parasitization by Diaeretiella rapae (M’Intosh) in broccoli 

• The development and status of biologically based integrated pest management in Cuba 

• Manage insects on your own farm 

• Manipulating vineyard biodiversity for improved insect pest management: case studies from nothern California. 

• Enhancing plant diversity for improved insect pest management in Northern California organic vineyards 

• Designing species-rich, pest-suppressive agroecosystems through habitat management 

• Cover crops affect insect and spider populations in apple orchards 

• Reduing the abundance of leafhoppers and thrips in a Northern California organic vinyard through maintenance of full season floral diversity with summer cover crops 

• The effects of a vegetational corridor on the abundance and dispersal of insect biodiversity within a Northern California organic vineyard 

• Designing and Implementing a Habitat Management Strategy to Enhance Biological Pest Control in Agroecosystems 

• Acgroecology: contributions towards a renewed ecological foundation for pest management 

• An agroecological basis for designing diversified cropping systems in the tropics

• Ethnoscience and biodiversity: key elements in the design of sustainable pest management systems for small farmers in developing countriesMiguel A. Altieri

• Soil fertility, biodiversity and pest management

• Plant biodiversity enhances bees and other insect pollinators in agroecosystems. A review

• Habitat Diversity at the Field and Landscape Level: Conservation Biological Control Research in California Viticulture

• Explaining differences in flea beetle Phyllotreta cruciferae Goeze densities in simple and mixed broccoli cropping systems as a function of individual behavior

• The Ecological Role of Weeds in Insect Pest Management Systems: A Review Illustrated by Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Cropping Systems

• The Potential of Allelopathy as a Tool for Weed Management in Crop Fields

Agroecology and resilience to climate change

• The adaptation and mitigation potential of traditional agriculture in a changing climate

• Didactic Toolkit for the Design, Management and Assessment of Resilient Farming Systems

• Agroecology and the design of climate change-resilient farming systems

• Strengthening resilience of modern farming systems: a key prerequisite to sustainable agricultural production in an era of climate change

• Farmer strategies for dealing with climatic variability: a case study from the Mixteca Alta region of Oaxaca, Mexico