From the Book - Regular Print
Introducing an Exploration xi --
Part I. Presenting Agrodiversity --
Chapter 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan 3 --
Chapter 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity 23 --
Chapter 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity 40 --
Chapter 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity 59 --
Chapter 5. Understanding Soils and Soil-Plant Dynamics 80 --
Part II. Diversity Within Land Rotational Systems --
Chapter 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation 103 --
Chapter 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils 123 --
Chapter 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest 140 --
Chapter 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood 157 --
Part III. Paths of Transformation --
Chapter 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change? 179 --
Chapter 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times 198 --
Chapter 12. Green Revolution 218 --
Part IV. Future of Agrodiversity --
Chapter 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture 241 --
Chapter 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics 262 --
Epilogue: Looking at the Future 281.