Exploring Agrodiversity

by Harold C. Brookfield

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023110233X
• ISBN13: 9780231102339
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher