Something is wrong with our agricultural and food systems. Despite great progress in increasing productivity in the last century, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished. Can nothing be done or is it time for the expansion of another sort of agriculture, founded on more ecological principles, and in harmony with people, their societies and cultures?
This book draws on many stories of successful transformation. A sustainable agriculture making the best of nature and people's knowledge and collective capacities has been showing increasingly good promise. Everyone is in favor of sustainability, yet few go seriously beyond the fine words. This book shows that there is no alternative to radical reform of national agricultural, rural and food policies, and institutions - the time has come for the next agricultural revolution.
Jules Pretty OBE, is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex, UK and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. He is also the author of Agri-culture.
Contents: Acknowledgements; Glossary of Specialist Terms; Preface to a Revolution; Landscapes Lost and Found; Monoscapes; Reality Cheques; Food for All; Only Reconnect; The Genetics Controversy; Ecological Literacy; Crossing the Internal Frontiers; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
"Pretty, a well-known voice for agricultural change at the University of Essex in Great Britain, provides an easy-to-read discussion of problems and solutions and makes some nice sociological connections. Highly recommended." -- Choice
"Authoritative and well written overview of problems with modern food systems, and how sustainable systems based on ecological principles in harmony with people and cultures can be efficient and equitable." -- Future Survey
"It is wonderful to see all the examples throughout the book through the eyes of the people who did the work on the ground, through their voices or frustration or experiences." -- Brian Halweil, Worldwatch Institute
"I have read Agri-Culture from cover to cover. It is fabulous." -- Tim Lang, Thames Valley University
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd. Jules Pretty September 2002 264 pp., 5 1/4" x 8 3/4", figures, tables, index.
Agri-Culture 
Reconnecting People, Land and Nature.