Peasants, farmers and scientists a chronicle of tropical agricultural science in the twentieth century /
This book is a critical account of tropical agricultural science and agricultural development in the twentieth century, in particular in Africa. It describes successes as well as fads and failures, from the perspective of a practitioner of more than 40 years. The emphasis is on the second half of th...
| Main Author: | Mutsaers, H. J. W., 1940- |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht, the Netherlands :
Springer,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxviii, 607 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter; What Is Tropical Agronomy?; A Tropical Agronomist's Education; Old and New: The 1960s and 1970s; Farmers Are Smarter Than You Think; Forests, Fallows and Fields; Farmer Skills, an Elusive Property; Mainly Technology; Follies and Sanity of Farming Systems Research; The Modelling Sorcerers and Their Apprentices; Donors, Experts and Consultants; Can African Farming Be Improved? (And Can Agronomists Help?); Back Matter.