Exploring Agrodiversity / Harold Brookfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brookfield, H. C., author.

Series:

Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agrobiodiversity.

Local Subjects:

Agrobiodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward conserving resources, especially soil. They have shown considerable resilience in the face of major onslaughts against their way of life by outsiders and government.Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, this book provides in-depth analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history. The book also considers the effect of the "gene revolution" on small farmers and reviews the effects of the "green revolution" in Asian countries. In conclusion, it questions whether the diverse agricultural practices employed by small farmers can survive modern pressures and the global ambitions of the biotechnology industry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

The Plan of the Book

Acknowledgments

Part I. Presenting Agrodiversity

Chapter 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan

Chapter 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity

Chapter 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity

Chapter 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity

Chapter 5. Understanding Soils and Soil-Plant Dynamics

Part II. Diversity Within Land Rotational Systems

Chapter 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation

Chapter 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils

Chapter 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest

Chapter 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood

Part III. Paths of Transformation

Chapter 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change?

Chapter 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times

Chapter 12. The Green Revolution

Part IV. The Future of Agrodiversity

Chapter 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture

Chapter 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics

Epilogue: Looking at the Future

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231501125

0231501129

OCLC:

818858127