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Coping with Hunger - Paul Richards

Coping with Hunger

Hazard and Experiment in an African Rice-Farming System

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Buch | Hardcover
186 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-46913-3 (ISBN)
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Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of the environment. The book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of policy makers in the late 20th Century.
Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of the environment. Based on participant-observation of rice farming in Sierra Leone, the book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of policy makers in the late 20th Century and restores indigenous culture and local wisdom to their rightful place. After analysing the fate of a number of ‘top-down ‘attempts to improve rice cultivation in Sierra-Leone the author derives an alternative agenda of research and development issues more closely reflecting the resource-poor farmers’ major interests and priorities. As a significant research-based contribution to the widespread general debates about the relevance of social factors in technological change, this book will be of interest to students in social and environmental sciences.

Paul Richard is Professor Emeritus of Technology and Agrarian Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Introduction 1. Food Crises and Technology Transfer: Sierra Leone 1919-1949 2. Bringing the Green Revolution to Sierra Leone 3. Mogbuama: Landscape and Society 4. Land and Labour 5. The Farming Year 6. The Harvest 7. The Hungry Season 8. Rice Varieties and Farmer Experiments 9. Rice R&D in Sierra Leone: A Farmer-First-and-Last Scenario.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 512 g
Themenwelt Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 1-032-46913-7 / 1032469137
ISBN-13 978-1-032-46913-3 / 9781032469133
Zustand Neuware
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