Paul Richards

Coping with Hunger

Hazard and Experiment in an African Rice-Farming System

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. The book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of policy makers in the late 20th Century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032469256
• ISBN-10: 1032469250
• Artikelnr.: 71686109

Autorenporträt

Paul Richard is Professor Emeritus of Technology and Agrarian Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Food Crises and Technology Transfer: Sierra Leone 1919
1949 2. Bringing the Green Revolution to Sierra Leone 3. Mogbuama: Landscape and Society 4. Land and Labour 5. The Farming Year 6. The Harvest 7. The Hungry Season 8. Rice Varieties and Farmer Experiments 9. Rice R&D in Sierra Leone: A Farmer
First
and
Last Scenario.