WHAT IS AGROECOLOGY? Open Lesson by professor Miguel Altieri (University of Pavia - KIRO)

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What is Agroecology? Which role this field of study could play in the future of agricolture and sustainability?
Hosted at University of Pavia as visiting professor in new Master Degree Course Agri-food Sustainability, acclaimed agronomist Miguel Altieri from University of California, Berkeley, talks on the role played by agroecology in environmental studies with our professor Graziano Rossi, Head of Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Miguel Altieri is a Chilean born agronomist and entomologist.
He is a Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
Altieri served as a Scientific Advisor to the Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Development (CLADES) Chile, an NGO network promoting agroecology as a strategy for small farm sustainable development in the region.
He also served for 4 years as the General Coordinator for the United Nations Development Programme’s Sustainable Agriculture Networking and Extension Programme which aimed at capacity building on agroecology among NGOs and the scaling-up of successful local sustainable agricultural initiatives in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Altieri is the author of more than 200 publications and more than a dozen books.
Agri-food Sustainability website: agrifood.cdl.unipv.it/en
Altieri's webpage from Berkeley website: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/p...
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