Heirloom seeds and their keepers : marginality and memory in the conservation of biological diversity /

"Farmers and gardeners have long appreciated a wide variety of plants and have nurtured them for meals, medicine, and exchange. But diversity too often has been surrendered to monocultures of fields and spirits, predisposing much of modern agriculture to uniformity and, consequently, vulnerabil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nazarea, Virginia D. (Virginia Dimasuay), 1954-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Seeds.
Germplasm resources, Plant > Collection and preservation.
Traditional farming.
Agrobiodiversity conservation.
Seeds
Semences.
Plantes > Ressources génétiques > Collections et conservation.
Agriculture traditionnelle.
Biodiversité agricole > Conservation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Agrobiodiversity conservation
Germplasm resources, Plant > Collection and preservation
Traditional farming
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • It takes a village clown
  • A tale of two metaphors : jumping genes and colporteurs
  • Ordinary/extraordinary lives
  • Southern memories in a globalizing world
  • Out-of-place sense of place
  • Stories and histories
  • Conservation without design, or, The anthropology of quirkiness.

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