Brookfield, Harold
Cultivating biodiversity : understanding, analysing and using agricultural diversity / Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch, Helen Parsons and Michael Stocking. - London : ITDG Publishing published in association with United Nations University, UNEP, 2002. - xi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
An output of the UNU project on "People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC).
Part 1 Understanding and analysing agricultural diversit:1. Cultivating biodiversity : setting the scene / Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch, Helen Parsons and Michael Stocking -- 2. Agrodiversity and agrobiodiversity / Harold Brookfield -- 3. Agrodiversity at the scales of farm and ladnscape / Harold Brookfield -- 4. Agrodiversity, environmental protection and sustaining rural livelihoods : the global view / Michael Stocking -- 5. Guidelines on agrodiversity assessment / Harold Brookfield, Michael Stocking and Muriel Brookfield -- 6. Guidelines on the assessment of plant species diversity in agricultural landscapes / Daniel J. Zarin, Guo Huijun and Lewis Enu-Kwesi -- 7. Household-level agrobiodiversity assessment / Guo Huijun, Christine Padoch, Fu Yongneng, Dao Zhiling and Kevin Coffey -- 8. Quantitative methods for the analysis of agrodiversity / Kevin Coffey -- Part II Focus on people: 9. Spotting expertise in a diverse and dynamic landscape / Christine Padoch -- 10. PLEC demonstration activities : a review of procedures and experiences / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Edwin A. Gyasi and Kevin Coffey -- 11. Indigenous knowledge in space and time / Kojo Sebastian Amanor -- 12. Working with expert farmers is not simple : the case of PLEC Tanzania / Fidelis B.S. Kaihura -- 13 Genesis and purpose of the women farmers' group at Jachie, central Ghana / William Oduro -- Part III Agrodiversity case studies: 14. Agrodiversity assessment and analysis in diverse and dynamic small-scale farms in Arumeru, Arusha, Tanzania / Fidelis B.S. Kaihura, Paulo Ndondi and Edward Kemikimba -- 15. Biodiversity as a product of smallholder responses to change in Amazonia / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Christine Padoch, David McGrath and Tereza Ximenes-Ponte -- 16. From forests to fields : incorporating smallholder knowledge in the camu-camu programme in Peru / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and mario Pinedo-Panduro -- 17. Sustainable management of an Amazonian forest for timber production : a myth or reality? / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and Fernando Rabelo -- 18. Diversity of upland rice and wild vegetables in Baka, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / Fu Yongneng and Chen Aiguo -- 19. Evaluation of the cultivation of Amomum villosum under tropical forest in southern Yunnan / Guan Yuqin, Dao Zhiling, Cui Jingyun -- 20. Diversity at household level in wet-rice fields at Daka, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / Fu Yongneng, Guo Huijun, Chen Aiguo and Cui Jingyun -- 21. Promoting sustainable agriculture : the case of Baihualing, Yunnan / Dao Zhiling, Du Xiaohong, Guo Huijun, Liang Luohui and Li Yingguang -- 22. Intensification and diversification of land use in the highlands of northern Thailand / Kanok Rerkasem, Charal Thong-Ngarrn, Chawalit Korsamphan, Narit Yimyam, Benjavan Rerkasem -- 23. Improvement of production and livelihood in the Fouta Djallon, Republique de Guinee / I. Boiro, A.K. Barry, A. Diallo, S. Fofana, F. Mara, A. Balde, M.A. Kane and O. Barry -- 24. Traditional forms of conserving biodiversity within agriculture : their changing character in Ghana / Edwin A. Gyasi
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CASE STUDIES
WOMEN
FARMERS
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Cultivating biodiversity : understanding, analysing and using agricultural diversity / Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch, Helen Parsons and Michael Stocking. - London : ITDG Publishing published in association with United Nations University, UNEP, 2002. - xi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
An output of the UNU project on "People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC).
Part 1 Understanding and analysing agricultural diversit:1. Cultivating biodiversity : setting the scene / Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch, Helen Parsons and Michael Stocking -- 2. Agrodiversity and agrobiodiversity / Harold Brookfield -- 3. Agrodiversity at the scales of farm and ladnscape / Harold Brookfield -- 4. Agrodiversity, environmental protection and sustaining rural livelihoods : the global view / Michael Stocking -- 5. Guidelines on agrodiversity assessment / Harold Brookfield, Michael Stocking and Muriel Brookfield -- 6. Guidelines on the assessment of plant species diversity in agricultural landscapes / Daniel J. Zarin, Guo Huijun and Lewis Enu-Kwesi -- 7. Household-level agrobiodiversity assessment / Guo Huijun, Christine Padoch, Fu Yongneng, Dao Zhiling and Kevin Coffey -- 8. Quantitative methods for the analysis of agrodiversity / Kevin Coffey -- Part II Focus on people: 9. Spotting expertise in a diverse and dynamic landscape / Christine Padoch -- 10. PLEC demonstration activities : a review of procedures and experiences / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Edwin A. Gyasi and Kevin Coffey -- 11. Indigenous knowledge in space and time / Kojo Sebastian Amanor -- 12. Working with expert farmers is not simple : the case of PLEC Tanzania / Fidelis B.S. Kaihura -- 13 Genesis and purpose of the women farmers' group at Jachie, central Ghana / William Oduro -- Part III Agrodiversity case studies: 14. Agrodiversity assessment and analysis in diverse and dynamic small-scale farms in Arumeru, Arusha, Tanzania / Fidelis B.S. Kaihura, Paulo Ndondi and Edward Kemikimba -- 15. Biodiversity as a product of smallholder responses to change in Amazonia / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Christine Padoch, David McGrath and Tereza Ximenes-Ponte -- 16. From forests to fields : incorporating smallholder knowledge in the camu-camu programme in Peru / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and mario Pinedo-Panduro -- 17. Sustainable management of an Amazonian forest for timber production : a myth or reality? / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and Fernando Rabelo -- 18. Diversity of upland rice and wild vegetables in Baka, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / Fu Yongneng and Chen Aiguo -- 19. Evaluation of the cultivation of Amomum villosum under tropical forest in southern Yunnan / Guan Yuqin, Dao Zhiling, Cui Jingyun -- 20. Diversity at household level in wet-rice fields at Daka, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / Fu Yongneng, Guo Huijun, Chen Aiguo and Cui Jingyun -- 21. Promoting sustainable agriculture : the case of Baihualing, Yunnan / Dao Zhiling, Du Xiaohong, Guo Huijun, Liang Luohui and Li Yingguang -- 22. Intensification and diversification of land use in the highlands of northern Thailand / Kanok Rerkasem, Charal Thong-Ngarrn, Chawalit Korsamphan, Narit Yimyam, Benjavan Rerkasem -- 23. Improvement of production and livelihood in the Fouta Djallon, Republique de Guinee / I. Boiro, A.K. Barry, A. Diallo, S. Fofana, F. Mara, A. Balde, M.A. Kane and O. Barry -- 24. Traditional forms of conserving biodiversity within agriculture : their changing character in Ghana / Edwin A. Gyasi
1853394939
CASE STUDIES
WOMEN
FARMERS
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH