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Agroekologi och hållbarhet i produktionssystem

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Läsåret 2023/2024

Agroekologi och hållbarhet i produktionssystem (LB0109-20008)

2023-10-31 - 2024-01-14

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Agroekologi och hållbarhet i produktionssystem (LB0109-20071)

2022-11-01 - 2023-01-15

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Agroekologi och hållbarhet i produktionssystem (LB0109-20051)

2021-11-02 - 2022-01-16

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Agroekologi och hållbarhet i produktionssystem (LB0109-20088)

2020-11-02 - 2021-01-17

Läsåret 2019/2020

Agroekologi och hållbarhet i produktionssystem (LB0109-20006)

2019-11-01 - 2020-01-19

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LB0109: Agroecology and Sustainability of Production Systems, 2024-2025

Recommended literature related to specific lecture (There could be few changes in lecture schedule and literature list before the course starts). We highly recommend students who have not taken Agroecology Basics course to read *Gliessman S.R, 2015. *Agroecology: the ecology of sustainable food systems. 3rd ed. CRC Press as it provides a foundation for understanding agroecology.

Date

Lecture topic

Literature

01 Nov

Self-reading of literature to prepare for the course. Students from Food and Landscape program and other programs will read 1, 2 and 3, while students from Agroecology program will read 4.

  1. Anderson et al. 2021
  2. Jeanneret et al. 2021
  3. Gliessman 2015 (chapters 22-23)
  4. Chapters 1, 4, 28 and 31 of Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food (Primo - SLU-biblioteket - Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food (exlibrisgroup.com)

04 Nov

Sustainability and challenges for agriculture

Rockström et al. 2009, Steffen et al. 2015, Wezel et al. 2015, Gliessman 2015 (chapter 24)

05 Nov

Agriculture’s climate impact and sustainability in a food system perspective

Poore and Nemecek 2018, Röös et al. 2016

05 Nov

Ecological mechanisms of ecosystem services

Bommarco et al. 2013, Van Huylenbroeck et al. 2007, Isbell 2017

06 Nov

Soil: quality, fertility and health

Robinson et al. 2013

07 Nov

Beneficial biotic interactions and nutrient cycling

Bedoussac et al 2015, Steffen et al. 2015, Gliessman 2015 (chapters 3, 8, 9, 11)

08 Nov

The role of biodiversity and its services in agricultural systems

Dainese et al. 2019

11 Nov

Agroforestry

Wilson et al. 2016, Garibaldi et al. 2019

Agroecological livestock production

Muller A, 2015


Transition to Agroecology

Geels and Schot 2007

12 Nov

Integrated weed management (prelim)

Buhler 2002, Harker and O’Donovan 2013

12 Nov

Urban and peri-urban agriculture

Benis and Ferrao 2018, Olsson 2018 (chapter 14)

13 Nov

Sustainability assessment tools, including TAPE

FAO 2019 (TAPE), Schader et al. 2014, Pelzer et al. 2017

14 Nov

Feminist analysis of TAPE tool

González de Molina 2020 (focus on pp 133-135); Morales 2021

03 Dec

Integrated pest management (prelim)

Hokannen and Menzler-Hokkanen 2020

03 Dec

Markets and welfare

Eriksen 2010, Morse 2010

03 Dec

Agriculture and rural development policies

European commission (CAP), Wästfelt 2018 (chapter 9)

04 Dec

Animal welfare

FAO, 2001

04 Dec

Global production and trade (prelim)

TBA

16 Dec

Ethical issues in agriculture

FAO, 2001


## *In addition to this literature, most teachers also provide additional reading lists at the end of their presentation for those who want to learn further.*

Compulsory reading

Books/book chapters

Anderson, C. R., Bruil, J., Chappell, M. J., Kiss, C., Pimbert, M. P. 2021. Agroecology now! Transformations towards more just and sustainable food systems. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61315-0

Gliessman, S.R., 2015. Agroecology: the ecology of sustainable food systems. 3rd ed. CRC Press. (Course textbook, 405 p)

Morse, S., 2010. Sustainability. A biological perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. **Chapter 5: **Socio economic dimensions of sustainability.

Olsson E.G.A., 2018. Routledge handbook of landscape and food. Chapter 14: Peri-urban food production as means towards urban food security and increased urban resilience. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315647692


Wästfelt, A., 2018. Routledge handbook of landscape and food. **Chapter 9: Shifts in agriculture praxis: farm modernization and global integration. **[https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315647692]()
## *Articles and reports*

 Algers, B., 2011. Animal welfare – recent developments in the field. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 6 (010), 1-10.

Benis, K and Ferrao, P.2018. Commercial farming within the urban built environment- Taking stock of an evolving field in northern countries. Global food security,y 17:30-37

Bedoussac, L. et al., 2015. Ecological principles underlying the increase of productivity achieved by cereal-grain legume intercrops in organic farming. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 35, 911-935.

Bommarco, R., et al., 2013. Ecological intensification: harnessing ecosystem services for food security. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28, 230–238.

Buhler, D.D., 2002. Challenges and opportunities for integrated weed management. Weed Science, 50, 273-280.

Dainese et al. 2019. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Science Advances 5 (10)

Eriksen, H. T., 2010. Small places, large issues. London: Pluto Press. Chapter 12: Exchange and consumption, and chapter 13: Production, nature and technology (pages 184-219).

European Commission. The Common agricultural policy (CAP) at a glance. https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-policy/cap-glance_en

FAO, 2001. Ethical issues in food and agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

FAO, 2019. Tool for agroecology performance evaluation (TAPE)-process of development and guidelines for application: Test version. http://www.fao.org/policy-support/tools-and-publications/resources-details/en/c/1257355/

Garibaldi et al. 2019. Policies for Ecological Intensification of Crop Production. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34, 282-286. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534719300187?via%3Dihub

 Geels, F.W. and Schot, J., 2007. Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways. Research Policy, 36, 399-417

González de Molina, M., Petersen, P. F., Peña, G. F., Caporal, F. R. 2020. The Agents of Agroecological Transition. In: González de Molina, M., Petersen, P. F., Peña, G. F., Caporal, F. R. Political Agroecology: Advancing the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems. New York: CRC Press. 119-142. >> focus on pp. 133-135

Harker, K.N and O’Donovan, J.T. 2013. Recent Weed Control, Weed Management, and Integrated Weed Management. Weed Technology 27, 1-11. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/52F8DB68CF951B73F7AB477478A60C55/S0890037X00012549a.pdf/recent-weed-control-weed-management-and-integrated-weed-management.pdf

Hokannen, H.M.T. and Menzler-Hokkanen, I., 2020. Improving the efficacy of biological control by ecostacking. In Y.Gao et al. (eds), Integrative Biological Control, 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44838-7_1


Jeanneret, Ph., Aviron, S., Alignier, A., Lavigne, C., Helfenstein, J., Herzog, F., Kay, S., Petit, S. 2021. Agroecology landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 36(8), 2235−2257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01248-0

IPES-Food., 2016. From uniformity to diversity: a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food systems. (section 2 and 3b) http://www.ipes-food.org/_img/upload/files/UniformityToDiversity_FULL.pdf

Morales, H. 2021. Agroecological feminism. Agroecology and sustainable food systems. 45(7), 955−956. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2021.1927544

Muller A. 2015. The role of livestock in agroecology and sustainable food systems. https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/30166/1/mueller-2015-feeding-people-ifoamEUgroup-chapter6-p30-33.pdf

 Pelzer, E. et al., 2017. Design, assessment and feasibility of legume-based cropping systems in three European regions Crop & Pasture Science, 68, 902-914.
 Poore, J. and Nemecek, T., 2018. Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. Science, 360, 987–992.
 Robinson, D.A. et al., 2013. Natural capital and ecosystem services, developing an appropriate soils framework as a basis for valuation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 57, 1023-1033.
 Rockström, J. et al., 2009. Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity. Ecology and Society 14(2):32
 Röös, E. et al., 2016. Limiting livestock production to pasture and by-products in a search for sustainable diets. Food Policy, 58, 1-13.
 Schader, C. et al., 2014. Scope and precision of sustainability assessment approaches to food systems. Ecology and Society 19(3):42-
 Steffen et al., 2015. Planetary Boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science 347 (issue 6223).

Wilson, H.M., et al., 2016. Agroforestry-The next step in sustainable and resilient agriculture. Sustainability 8, 754

van Huylenbroeck, G. et al., 2007. Multifunctionality of agriculture: a review of definitions, evidence and instruments Living Reviews in Landscape Research, 1, 1–38.

Wezel, A. et al. 2015. The blurred boundaries of ecological, sustainable, and agroecological intensification: a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 35, 1283-1295.


Kursfakta

Kursen ges som en fristående kurs: Ja Kursen ges som en programkurs: Agroecology - Master's Programme Kursavgift: Studieavgift, endast för medborgare utanför EU, EES, och Schweiz: 38060 SEK Nivå: Avancerad nivå (A1N)
Ämne: Lantbruksvetenskap Biologi
Kurskod: LB0109 Anmälningskod: SLU-20018 Plats: Alnarp Distanskurs: Nej Undervisningsspråk: Engelska Ansvarig institution: Institutionen för biosystem och teknologi Studietakt: 100%