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== [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Agriculture/Introduction '''Introduction: The Posthuman Life of Agriculture: Local Knowledges, Open Source Lives''']  ==
== [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Agriculture/Introduction '''Introduction: The Posthuman Life of Agriculture: Local Knowledges, Open Source Lives''']  ==
When Foucault introduced the concept of biopolitics, he referred to a historically specific power agenda involving a particular approach to life. This approach was at the root of the modern sciences of biology and political economy, both of which set out to describe, explain and manage their objects of study as abstract processes of production and reproduction. Agricultural science must be situated in relation to the biopolitical agenda of 'applying' the modern scientific approach to the management of social life. [http://www.jae-online.org/back-issues/58-volume-37-number-4-1996/556-the-origins-of-agriscience-or-where-did-all-that-scientific-agriculture-come-from.html The scientification of agriculture] took place in the United States towards the end of the 19th century, through a process that entailed both a delegitimation of farmer-generated knowledges and [http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/7032038.html the production of new, modern subjectivities]. As farmers became entrepreneurs in need of scientific education and advice, newly trained agronomists devoted themselves to designing fertilizers, pesticides and hybrid seeds with the goal of maximizing yields. Public institutions were created which coordinated agricultural production with both science and trade policy. Agricultural science was thus inseparable from the process which transformed much of US agriculture into transnational agribusiness, and local farming networks all over the world into consumer endpoints of a globalized food industry. [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Agriculture/Introduction (more...)]  
When Foucault introduced the concept of biopolitics, he referred to a historically specific power agenda involving a particular approach to life. This approach was at the root of the modern sciences of biology and political economy, both of which set out to describe, explain and manage their objects of study as abstract processes of production and reproduction. Agricultural science must be situated in relation to the biopolitical agenda of 'applying' the modern scientific approach to the management of social life. [http://www.jae-online.org/back-issues/58-volume-37-number-4-1996/556-the-origins-of-agriscience-or-where-did-all-that-scientific-agriculture-come-from.html The scientification of agriculture] took place in the United States towards the end of the 19th century, through a process that entailed both a delegitimation of farmer-generated knowledges and [http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/7032038.html the production of new, modern subjectivities]. As farmers became entrepreneurs in need of scientific education and advice, newly trained agronomists devoted themselves to designing fertilizers, pesticides and hybrid seeds with the goal of maximizing yields. Public institutions were created which coordinated agricultural production with both science and trade policy. Agricultural science was thus inseparable from the process which transformed much of US agriculture into transnational agribusiness, and local farming networks all over the world into consumer endpoints of a globalized food industry. [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Agriculture/Introduction (more...)]  
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Alison G. Power  
Alison G. Power  


[http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1554/2959.full Ecosystem Services and Agriculture: Tradeoffs and Synergies]  
[http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1554/2959.full Ecosystem Services and Agriculture: Tradeoffs and Synergies]
 
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Andrew K. Evers, Amanda Bambrick, Simon Lacombe, Michael C. Dougherty, Matthias Peichl, Andrew M. Gordon, Naresh V. Thevathasan,  
Andrew K. Evers, Amanda Bambrick, Simon Lacombe, Michael C. Dougherty, Matthias Peichl, Andrew M. Gordon, Naresh V. Thevathasan,  
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[http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toasj/articles/V004/SI0047TOASJ/49TOASJ.pdf Potential Greenhouse Gas Mitigation through Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping Systems <br>]  
[http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toasj/articles/V004/SI0047TOASJ/49TOASJ.pdf Potential Greenhouse Gas Mitigation through Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping Systems <br>]  
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Vincent Thieu, Gilles Billen, Josette Garnier and Marc Benoît  
Vincent Thieu, Gilles Billen, Josette Garnier and Marc Benoît  


[http://www.springerlink.com/content/w218435644u81584/fulltext.html Nitrogen Cycling in a Hypothetical Scenario of Generalised Organic Agriculture in the Seine, Somme and Scheldt Watersheds]  
[http://www.springerlink.com/content/w218435644u81584/fulltext.html Nitrogen Cycling in a Hypothetical Scenario of Generalised Organic Agriculture in the Seine, Somme and Scheldt Watersheds]  
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Acácio A. Navarrete, Fabiana S. Cannavan, Rodrigo G. Taketani and Tsiu M. Tsai  
Acácio A. Navarrete, Fabiana S. Cannavan, Rodrigo G. Taketani and Tsiu M. Tsai  


[http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/2/5/787/pdf A Molecular Survey of the Diversity of Microbial Communities in Different Amazonian Agricultural Model Systems]  
[http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/2/5/787/pdf A Molecular Survey of the Diversity of Microbial Communities in Different Amazonian Agricultural Model Systems]
 
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Wagner Bettiol, Raquel Ghini, José Abrahao Haddad Galvao, Marcos Antônio Vieira Ligo and Jeferson Luiz de Carvhalo Mineiro  
Wagner Bettiol, Raquel Ghini, José Abrahao Haddad Galvao, Marcos Antônio Vieira Ligo and Jeferson Luiz de Carvhalo Mineiro  


[http://www.scielo.br/pdf/sa/v59n3/10591.pdf Soil Organisms in Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems]  
[http://www.scielo.br/pdf/sa/v59n3/10591.pdf Soil Organisms in Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems]  
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Chengyun Li, Xiahong He, Shusheng Zhu, Huiping Zhou, Yunyue Wang, Yan Li, Jing Yang, Jinxiang Fan, Jincheng Yang, Guibin Wang, Yunfu Long, Jiayou Xu, Yongsheng Tang, Gaohui Zhao, Jiangrong Yang, Lin Liu, Yan Sun, Yong Xie, Haining Wang and Youyong Zhu  
Chengyun Li, Xiahong He, Shusheng Zhu, Huiping Zhou, Yunyue Wang, Yan Li, Jing Yang, Jinxiang Fan, Jincheng Yang, Guibin Wang, Yunfu Long, Jiayou Xu, Yongsheng Tang, Gaohui Zhao, Jiangrong Yang, Lin Liu, Yan Sun, Yong Xie, Haining Wang and Youyong Zhu  


[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008049 Crop Diversity for Yield Increase]  
[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008049 Crop Diversity for Yield Increase]  
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Ricardo Antonio Marenco and Ávila Maria Bastos Santos  
Ricardo Antonio Marenco and Ávila Maria Bastos Santos  
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[http://www.scielo.br/pdf/pab/v34n10/7189.pdf Crop Rotation Reduces Weed Competition and Increases Chlorophyll Concentration and Rice Yield]  
[http://www.scielo.br/pdf/pab/v34n10/7189.pdf Crop Rotation Reduces Weed Competition and Increases Chlorophyll Concentration and Rice Yield]  


&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>Samuel Kilonzo Mutiga, Linnet S. Gohole and Elmada O. Auma  
Samuel Kilonzo Mutiga, Linnet S. Gohole and Elmada O. Auma  
 
[http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/7432/7872 Agronomic Performance of Collards under Two Intercrops and Varying Nitrogen Application Levels as Assessed Using Land Equivalent Ratios &nbsp;]


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[http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/7432/7872 Agronomic Performance of Collards under Two Intercrops and Varying Nitrogen Application Levels as Assessed Using Land Equivalent Ratios]


Gregory A. Jones and Jennifer L. Gillett&nbsp;  
Gregory A. Jones and Jennifer L. Gillett&nbsp;  


[http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1653/0015-4040%282005%29088%5B0091%3AIWSTAB%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Intercropping with Sunflowers to Attract Beneficial Insects in Organic Agriculture]  
[http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1653/0015-4040%282005%29088%5B0091%3AIWSTAB%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Intercropping with Sunflowers to Attract Beneficial Insects in Organic Agriculture]  
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Cristina A. Faria, Felix L. Wäckers, Jeremy Pritchard, David A. Barrett, Ted C. J. Turlings  
Cristina A. Faria, Felix L. Wäckers, Jeremy Pritchard, David A. Barrett, Ted C. J. Turlings  


[http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000600 High Susceptibility of Bt Maize to Aphids Enhances the Performance of Parasitoids of Lepidopteran Pests]  
[http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000600 High Susceptibility of Bt Maize to Aphids Enhances the Performance of Parasitoids of Lepidopteran Pests]  
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[http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/pdf/1746-4269-2-42.pdf Management of Plant Species for Controlling Pests by Peasant Farmers at Lagoa Seca, Paraíba State, Brazil: An Ethnoecological Approach]  
[http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/pdf/1746-4269-2-42.pdf Management of Plant Species for Controlling Pests by Peasant Farmers at Lagoa Seca, Paraíba State, Brazil: An Ethnoecological Approach]  
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Julia Quartz  
Julia Quartz  
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[http://www.ijtds.com/IJTDS1_1_quartz.pdf Creative Dissent with Technoscience in India: The Case of Non-Pesticidal Management (NPM) in Andra Pradesh]  
[http://www.ijtds.com/IJTDS1_1_quartz.pdf Creative Dissent with Technoscience in India: The Case of Non-Pesticidal Management (NPM) in Andra Pradesh]  


&nbsp; <br>Jack Kloppenburg  
Jack Kloppenburg  


[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00275.x/full Impending Dispossession, Enabling Repossession: Biological Open Source and the Recovery of Seed Sovereignty]  
[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00275.x/full Impending Dispossession, Enabling Repossession: Biological Open Source and the Recovery of Seed Sovereignty]  


<br>Keith Aoki  
Keith Aoki  


[http://law2.fordham.edu/publications/articles/500flspub17892.pdf "Free Seeds, not Free Beer": Participatory Plant Breeding, Open Source Seeds, and Acknowledging User Innovation in Agriculture]  
[http://law2.fordham.edu/publications/articles/500flspub17892.pdf "Free Seeds, not Free Beer": Participatory Plant Breeding, Open Source Seeds, and Acknowledging User Innovation in Agriculture]  
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Derek Byerlee and Harvey Jesse Dubin  
Derek Byerlee and Harvey Jesse Dubin  


[http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc/article/view/147/113 Crop Improvement in the CGIAR as a Global Success Story of Open Access and International Collaboration]  
[http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc/article/view/147/113 Crop Improvement in the CGIAR as a Global Success Story of Open Access and International Collaboration]  
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Laxmi Prasad Pant and Helen Hambly-Odame  
Laxmi Prasad Pant and Helen Hambly-Odame  
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Creative Commons: Non-Proprietary Innovation Triangles in International Agricultural and Rural Development Partnerships  
Creative Commons: Non-Proprietary Innovation Triangles in International Agricultural and Rural Development Partnerships  


&nbsp; &nbsp;(This article is freely available online; permission to link it here is in process) <br><br>
(This article is freely available online; permission to link it here is in process)


== [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Agriculture/Attributions '''Attributions'''] ==
== [http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/books/Agriculture/Attributions '''Attributions'''] ==

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Agricultural Lessons for the Posthumanities

edited by Gabriela Méndez Cota

Introduction: The Posthuman Life of Agriculture: Local Knowledges, Open Source Lives

When Foucault introduced the concept of biopolitics, he referred to a historically specific power agenda involving a particular approach to life. This approach was at the root of the modern sciences of biology and political economy, both of which set out to describe, explain and manage their objects of study as abstract processes of production and reproduction. Agricultural science must be situated in relation to the biopolitical agenda of 'applying' the modern scientific approach to the management of social life. The scientification of agriculture took place in the United States towards the end of the 19th century, through a process that entailed both a delegitimation of farmer-generated knowledges and the production of new, modern subjectivities. As farmers became entrepreneurs in need of scientific education and advice, newly trained agronomists devoted themselves to designing fertilizers, pesticides and hybrid seeds with the goal of maximizing yields. Public institutions were created which coordinated agricultural production with both science and trade policy. Agricultural science was thus inseparable from the process which transformed much of US agriculture into transnational agribusiness, and local farming networks all over the world into consumer endpoints of a globalized food industry. (more...)

Alison G. Power

Ecosystem Services and Agriculture: Tradeoffs and Synergies

Andrew K. Evers, Amanda Bambrick, Simon Lacombe, Michael C. Dougherty, Matthias Peichl, Andrew M. Gordon, Naresh V. Thevathasan,

Joann Whalen and Robert L. Bradley

Potential Greenhouse Gas Mitigation through Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping Systems

Vincent Thieu, Gilles Billen, Josette Garnier and Marc Benoît

Nitrogen Cycling in a Hypothetical Scenario of Generalised Organic Agriculture in the Seine, Somme and Scheldt Watersheds

Acácio A. Navarrete, Fabiana S. Cannavan, Rodrigo G. Taketani and Tsiu M. Tsai

A Molecular Survey of the Diversity of Microbial Communities in Different Amazonian Agricultural Model Systems

Wagner Bettiol, Raquel Ghini, José Abrahao Haddad Galvao, Marcos Antônio Vieira Ligo and Jeferson Luiz de Carvhalo Mineiro

Soil Organisms in Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems

Chengyun Li, Xiahong He, Shusheng Zhu, Huiping Zhou, Yunyue Wang, Yan Li, Jing Yang, Jinxiang Fan, Jincheng Yang, Guibin Wang, Yunfu Long, Jiayou Xu, Yongsheng Tang, Gaohui Zhao, Jiangrong Yang, Lin Liu, Yan Sun, Yong Xie, Haining Wang and Youyong Zhu

Crop Diversity for Yield Increase

Ricardo Antonio Marenco and Ávila Maria Bastos Santos

Crop Rotation Reduces Weed Competition and Increases Chlorophyll Concentration and Rice Yield

Samuel Kilonzo Mutiga, Linnet S. Gohole and Elmada O. Auma

Agronomic Performance of Collards under Two Intercrops and Varying Nitrogen Application Levels as Assessed Using Land Equivalent Ratios

Gregory A. Jones and Jennifer L. Gillett 

Intercropping with Sunflowers to Attract Beneficial Insects in Organic Agriculture

Cristina A. Faria, Felix L. Wäckers, Jeremy Pritchard, David A. Barrett, Ted C. J. Turlings

High Susceptibility of Bt Maize to Aphids Enhances the Performance of Parasitoids of Lepidopteran Pests

Andréia S. Guimaraes and José S. Mourao

Management of Plant Species for Controlling Pests by Peasant Farmers at Lagoa Seca, Paraíba State, Brazil: An Ethnoecological Approach

Julia Quartz

Creative Dissent with Technoscience in India: The Case of Non-Pesticidal Management (NPM) in Andra Pradesh

Jack Kloppenburg

Impending Dispossession, Enabling Repossession: Biological Open Source and the Recovery of Seed Sovereignty

Keith Aoki

"Free Seeds, not Free Beer": Participatory Plant Breeding, Open Source Seeds, and Acknowledging User Innovation in Agriculture

Derek Byerlee and Harvey Jesse Dubin

Crop Improvement in the CGIAR as a Global Success Story of Open Access and International Collaboration

Laxmi Prasad Pant and Helen Hambly-Odame

Creative Commons: Non-Proprietary Innovation Triangles in International Agricultural and Rural Development Partnerships

(This article is freely available online; permission to link it here is in process)

Attributions