Life on the Edge Sustaining Agriculture and Community Resources in Fragile Environments

Name: Life on the Edge Sustaining Agriculture and Community Resources in Fragile Environments
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ISBN: 9780195663556

ISBN-10: 0195663551

ISBN-13: 9780195663556

Edition: N/A

Authors: N. S. Jodha

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This book deals with agriculture and community resource management in mountains and dry tropical areas. It covers famine, food security, and agricultural sustainability in fragile areas, common property resources, traditional systems of resource management, and their decline under changed circumstances.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

List of Illustrations and Tables
Introduction: The Challenges and Opportunities in Fragile
Resource Areas
Towards Abundance
Famine Policies: How Apt?
Farmers Strategy and Its Relevance for Drought Management
Sustainable Agriculture in Fragile Resource Zones: Technological Imperatives
Food Security in Fragile Resource Zones
CPR Perspective
Common Property Resources in Crisis
Grazing Lands and Biomass Management in Western Rajasthan: Micro-level Field Evidence
Biophysical and Social Stresses on Common Property Resources
Ecosystem Revival
Biodiversity Management in Agricultural Landscapes
Reviving the Social System--Ecosystem Links in the Himalayas
Poverty and Environmental Resource Degradation: Alternative Explanations and Possible Solutions
Globalization: Repercussions for Fragile Ecosystems and Society
References
Index
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