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International Law and Agroecological Husbandry: Building legal foundations for a new agriculture book cover

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International Law and Agroecological Husbandry Building legal foundations for a new agriculture

By John W. Head Copyright 2017
446 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

446 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

446 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Remarkable advances are being made in life science and agricultural research to reform the methods of food production, particularly with regard to staple grain and legume crops, in ways that will better reflect ecological realities. However, advances in science may be insufficient to ensure that these possibilities for agricultural reform are realized in practice and in a sustainable... Read more

Part 1: Orientation and Preview  

1. Reconceptualizing Agriculture and its Legal Framework 

Part 2: The Failure of Modern Extractive Agriculture 

2. Modern Extractive Agriculture is Economically Unsustainable 

3. Modern Extractive Agriculture is Ecologically and Socially Unsustainable 

Part 3: The Promise of Agroecological Husbandry 

4. What is Agroecological Husbandry? 

5. Realizing the Advantages of Agroecological Husbandry over Modern Extractive Agriculture 

Part 4: Building New Legal Foundations for Agroecological Husbandry 

6. Necessary Changes in Substantive National Law 

7. A New Collaborative Global Legal Framework for Agroecological Husbandry 

Part 5: Conclusion 

8. Pluralistic Sovereignty and Eco-States? 

Appendix A "Bare-Bones Legal and Policy Brief": Building Worldwide Legal Foundations for a New Agriculture

Biography

John W. Head is Wagstaff Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He is the author of several books on international law.

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