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AGROECOLOGY BOOKS
In alphabetical order by title

A Viable Food Future:  Part I   Part II
Aksel Naerstad, Ed.
Utviklingsfondet, The Development Fund, Norway -- 2010 

Agri-Culture: Reconnecting People, Land and Nature
Jules Pretty, Earthscan Publications Ltd -- 2002 

Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict, Resistance and Renewal
Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar, Monthly Review Press -- 2010 

Agroecological Innovations: Increasing Production with Participatory Development
Edited by Norman Uphoff, Earthscan Publications Ltd -- 2002 

Agroecology
Carl Ronald Carroll, John H. Vandermeer, Peter Rosset, McGraw-Hill -- 1990 

Agroecology and Small Farm Development
Miguel A. Altieri, Susanna B. Hecht, Ed., CRC Press -- 1990 

Agroecology and the Search for a Truly Sustainable Agriculture
Miguel Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls, United Nations Environment Programme, -- 2005 

Agroecology: The Bold Future of Farming in Africa 
Michael Farrelly, G. Clare Westwood, Stephen Boustred, Ed., Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement (TOAM) -- Launched 16 Feb 2017 

Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, 2nd Edition
Stephen Gliessman, CRC Press -- 2006 

Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture, 2nd Edition
Miguel Altieri, Westview Press -- 1995

Agroecology : The Scientific Basis of Alternative Agriculture
Miguel Altieri, Westview Special Studies in Agriculture, Science and Policy -- 1987 

An Agricultural Testament
Sir Albert Howard, Benediction Classics -- 2010 (First published in the UK, 1940, and in the US, 1943)
See on-line version 

Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems
Miguel Altieri, CRC Press -- 1994 

Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food
Wendell Berry, Counterpoint Press -- 2009 

Crop Protection Strategies for Subsistence Farmers
Miguel A. Altieri, Ed., Westview Studies in Insect Biology -- 1993 

Ecoagriculture: Strategies to Feed the World and Save Wild Biodiversity
Jeffrey A. McNeely and Sara J. Scherr, Island Press -- 2003 

Ecological Agriculture, Climate Resilience and a Roadmap to Get There
Doreen Stabinsky and Lim Li Ching, Third World Network -- 2012 

Eco-Mind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want
Frances Moore Lappé, Nation Books -- 2011 

Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Evan D. G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas, Free Press -- 2010

Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy of Earth Jurisprudence
Peter Burdon, Ed., Wakefield Press -- 2011 

Farmer Innovation in Africa: A Source of Inspiration for Agricultural Development
Editors: Chris Reij and Ann Waters-Bayer, Earthscan Publications Ltd -- 2001 

Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture
Andrew Kimbrell, Ed., Foundation for a Deep Ecology -- 2002 

Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up 
Steve Brescia, Ed., Food First Books -- Mar 2017 

Food Movements Unite! Strategies to Transform Our Food Systems
Eric Holt-Giménez, Ed., First Food Books --  2011 

Food Rebellions: Crisis and Hunger for Justice
Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First Books -- 2009 

Food: Riots and Rights: Reclaiming Diversity and Citizenship [Online Book]
Luca Colombo and Antonio Onorati, International Institute for Environment and Development -- 2013 

Governing Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetics and Developing Countries
Regine Andersen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Ashgate Publications -- 2008 

Green Inheritance: Saving the Plants of the World 
Anthony Huxley, University of California Press -- 2006 

Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth 
Cindy Conner, New Society Publishers -- Mar 2014 

Hands-On Agronomy: Understanding Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use  Video available at ACRES USA
Neal Kinsey and Charles Walter, ACRES USA -- 2006 

Introduction to Permaculture
Bill Mollison, Ten Speed Press (revised) -- 1997 

Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future 
Compiled by Stone Barns Center on Food & Agriculture, Martha Hodgkins, Ed. Princeton Architectural Press -- Mar 2017 

Organic Agriculture: African Experiences in Resilience and Sustainability 
National Resources Management and Environment Department, UN/FAO -- May 2013
This resource stems from the conference on "Mainstreaming Organic Agriculture into the African Development Agenda" held in Lusaka, Zambia on 02-04 May 2012.   See Conference Declaration.

Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability
David Holmgren, Holmgren Publications -- 2002

Permaculture One: Perennial Agriculture for Human Settlements
Bill Mollison with David Holmgren, Trasworld Publishers, 5th Edition
-- 1990 

Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation
Amartya Sen, Oxford University Press -- 1983 

Promised Land: Competing Visions of Agrarian Reform
Editors: Peter Rosset, Raj Patel, Michael Courville, Food First Books -- 2006 

Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production in Cuba
Fernando Funes, Luis Garcia, Martin Bourque, Nilda Perez, Peter Rosset, Food First Books -- 2002

The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agriculture
Jules Pretty, Ed., Earthscan Publications Ltd -- 2005 

The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural
Wendell Berry, Counterpoint -- 1981 

The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming
Tony Weis, Fernwood Publishing Co. -- 2007 

The Other Game: Lessons from How Life is Played in Mexican Villages
Phil Dahl-Bredine and Stephen Hicken, Orbis Books
-- 2009 

The Rwenzori Experience: The Farmer Family Learning Group Approach to Human and Social Capital Building, Environmental Care and Food Sovereignty
Mette Vaarst, Jane Nalunga, Thaddeo Tibasiima, Aage Dissing, Inge Lis Dissing, Third World Network -- 2012 

The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food 
Janisse Ray, Chelsea Green Publishing -- 2012 

The Soil and Health: A Study of Organic Agriculture
Sir Albert Howard, University of Kentucky Press -- 2007 (First published in the UK, 1947) 

Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization
Editors; Saturnino M. Borras, Jr., Marc Edelman, Christóbal Kay, Wiley-Blackwell -- 2008 

Weed Management in Agroecosystems: Ecological Approaches
Miguel Altieri, CRC Press -- 1988 

Who Really Feeds the World?: The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
Vandana Shiva, North Atlantic Books -- June 2016 

Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice
Cormac Cullinan, Chelsea Green -- 2011