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Coping with Hunger - Hazard and Experiment in an African Rice-Farming System (Hardcover)
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Coping with Hunger - Hazard and Experiment in an African Rice-Farming System (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use
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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. 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.
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