accepted wisdom, 7

achievement, 48, 60, 88, 120, 130, 147, 182

agricultural

income, 209, 224, 227, 229–230, 232, 234–235, 237–239, 241

population, 209, 219, 224, 227–228, 230–232, 234, 236, 238–239, 241

production, 4, 8, 60, 121–123, 127, 130–131, 135, 138–139, 150, 154, 156–159, 163, 167–168, 170, 172–173, 175, 177, 180–181, 207, 209–211, 216, 220, 222, 230, 232–235, 237, 239, 247

sustainability, 4–8, 10, 14, 123–125, 128, 141, 154–155, 165, 172, 178, 180, 182, 185–186, 189, 202, 205–206, 213–214, 220, 223–224, 244, 246, 249–253, 255

agroecosystem, 4, 13, 60, 118, 120–123, 125–127, 129–130, 133, 139, 148–149, 157, 159, 162, 189, 211, 214, 220, 222, 252

alternative

interpretation, 3, 104

paradigm, 28, 51

perspective, 4, 71–72, 104, 107, 256

scenario, 230, 233–234, 241, 243

analytical framework, 1, 6–7, 11, 14, 17, 105, 107, 112, 186, 189–191, 202–203, 205–206, 213, 242, 245, 251, 253, 257, 259

ancient China, 50, 158

anthropocentric, 20, 25, 30, 45, 98, 105, 136

applied science, 29, 79

biogas project, 219, 222, 235, 246–247

biophysical limit, 19, 23, 26, 34, 127

birth rate, 224, 227–228

bottom-up, 8, 14, 91, 177–178, 205, 212–213, 250, 252

bridging the gap, 10, 37, 153, 161, 174, 183, 250

broader issue, 113

Brundtland Report, 2, 6, 154

capital, 2, 9, 12, 19–20, 22, 33, 92, 123, 131, 137, 139, 148, 160, 163, 167–168, 170, 176, 235

capital intensive, 5, 125, 180

capitalism, 96

capitalist, 96, 135, 164

case study, 8, 11, 13–15, 183, 202–203, 205–209, 212, 241–246, 250, 253, 258

Chinese ecological agriculture, 4–5, 8, 11, 13–14, 17, 41, 43, 60, 71, 116–118, 130, 137, 142, 147, 149–150, 153–156, 162, 174, 182, 185–186, 203, 205, 249–250

Chinese ecological economics, 44, 47–50, 52–57, 59–63, 65–66, 68–69, 73, 86, 91, 97, 155, 175

Chinese ecological economist, 44, 58, 62, 65