Exploring agrodiversity / Harold Brookfield.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-323).

Introduction; Introducing an Exploration; The Plan of the Book; Acknowledgments; PART 1 Presenting Agrodiversity; 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan; Mintima, Chimbu, Papua New Guinea; Bayninan, Ifugao, Philippines; Comment: Dimensions of Diversity; 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity; Three Contrasted Examples; Threats to Crop Biodiversity: Paucartambo, Peru; A People Resettled Again and Again: The Zande of the Southern Sudan; The City in the Village: Four Villages Around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Comment Arising from the First Two Chapters3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About AgrodiversitySummarizing the Elements of Agrodiversity; Defining Agrodiversity; Describing and Classifying Agrodiversity; Following What Farmers Do; Analyzing and Writing About Agrodiversity; Themes for a Structured Argument; Two Cautions; The Way Forward; 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity; Two Very Relevant Questions; Selection of Favored Sites; Diversity in Early Managem ...

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 div.