LEADER 04042nam 22006735 450 001 9910462214503321 005 20210107023717.0 010 $a0-231-50112-9 024 7 $a10.7312/broo10232 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242008 035 $a(EBL)949015 035 $a(OCoLC)818858127 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000152273 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158707 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152273 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10321131 035 $a(PQKB)11369088 035 $a(DE-B1597)458689 035 $a(OCoLC)979744800 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231501125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC949015 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242008 100 $a20190708d2001 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExploring Agrodiversity /$fHarold Brookfield 210 1$aNew York, NY : $cColumbia University Press, $d[2001] 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (371 p.) 225 0 $aIssues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-10233-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Plan of the Book -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPart I. Presenting Agrodiversity -- $tChapter 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan -- $tChapter 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity -- $tChapter 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity -- $tChapter 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity -- $tChapter 5. Understanding Soils and Soil-Plant Dynamics -- $tPart II. Diversity Within Land Rotational Systems -- $tChapter 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation -- $tChapter 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils -- $tChapter 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest -- $tChapter 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood -- $tPart III. Paths of Transformation -- $tChapter 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change? -- $tChapter 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times -- $tChapter 12. The Green Revolution -- $tPart IV. The Future of Agrodiversity -- $tChapter 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture -- $tChapter 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics -- $tEpilogue: Looking at the Future -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aSmall farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward conserving resources, especially soil. They have shown considerable resilience in the face of major onslaughts against their way of life by outsiders and government.Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, this book provides in-depth analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history. The book also considers the effect of the "gene revolution" on small farmers and reviews the effects of the "green revolution" in Asian countries. In conclusion, it questions whether the diverse agricultural practices employed by small farmers can survive modern pressures and the global ambitions of the biotechnology industry. 410 0$aIssues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation 606 $aAgrobiodiversity 606 $aAgrobiodiversity 606 $aAgriculture - General$2HILCC 606 $aAgriculture$2HILCC 606 $aEarth & Environmental Sciences$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aAgrobiodiversity. 615 0$aAgrobiodiversity 615 7$aAgriculture - General 615 7$aAgriculture 615 7$aEarth & Environmental Sciences 676 $a306.3/49 676 $a306.349 676 $a333.7616 700 $aBrookfield$b Harold, $01057550 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462214503321 996 $aExploring Agrodiversity$92492948 997 $aUNINA