Exploring agrodiversity
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Exploring agrodiversity
（Issues, cases, and methods in biodiversity conservation / series editor, Mary C. Pearl ; series advisers, Christine Padoch and Douglas Daly）
Columbia University Press, c2001
- : cloth
- : pbk
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-323) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part I. Presenting Agrodiversity 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity Part II. Diversity Within Rotational Land Systems 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity Part III. Paths of Transformation 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity Part IV. The Future of Agrodiversity 5. Understanding Soils and Soil--Plant Dynamics 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change? 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times 12. The Green Revolution 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics Epilogue: Looking at the Future References
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