Farmers' bounty : locating crop diversity in the contemporary world /

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Stephen Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge & practice of farmers, & he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to global issues that affect crop resources.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brush, Stephen B., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Series:Yale agrarian studies.
Subjects:
Crops > Germplasm resources.
Germplasm resources, Plant.
Crops, Agricultural > genetics
Cultures > Ressources génétiques.
Plantes > Ressources génétiques.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
SCIENCE > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Encountering Crop Diversity
  • 2. A Naturalistâ€?s View of Crop Diversity
  • 3. The Measure of Crop Diversity
  • 4. Crop and Society in Centers of Diversity
  • 5. The Ethnoecology of Crop Diversity inAndean Potato Agriculture
  • 6. The Farmerâ€?s Place in Crop Evolution:Selection and Management
  • 7. Genetic Erosion of Crop Populations in Centers of Diversity:A Revision
  • 8. The Ecology of Crop Diversity
  • 9. Maintaining Crop Diversity On-Farm and Off
  • 10. Rights over Genetic Resources and the Demise ofthe Biological Commons11. Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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