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Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka

Author : James Brow
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka written by James Brow and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1992-06-04 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent transformations in Sri Lanka's agrarian structures have been both complex and uneven. While the overall direction of change has been towards a more capitalist form of organization, the process of transformation has been heterogeneous, contradictory, and, furthermore, varied widely from region to region. This volume explores both the range and the complexity of these processes by bringing together a set of ethnographic studies conducted in six of Sri Lanka's nine provinces. All thirteen essays trace the changes that have occurred in the four decades since independence. Contributors combine enthnographic with historical research and place their respective analysis of agrarian change within local cultural contexts. They treat agrarian change as a dynamic social process and convey a sense of how that change is experienced by the villagers. A number of common themes run through the collection, including the interplay between local initiatives and state policies; the complex ways in which capitalist schemes of production interact with existing agrarian institutions; and the refashioning of local identities as village life is incorporated into ever-widening circuits of economic, political, and cultural relations. With its new research data and unique theoretical perspectives, this volume will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, development economists, social and economic historians, agricultural economists, and those studying rural development and agrarian change in South Asia. "Book as a whole does go beyond accounting for economic changes, and provides multiple and integrated approaches to studying agrarian transformation elsewhere." --Contributions to Indian Sociology "A useful book, providing a wealth of detailed ethnographic evidence concerning the influence of capitalist relations of production on smallholder agriculture in Sri Lanka. It concludes with a helpful glossary giving translations and definitions of local terminology." --Third World Quarterly "The book is an exploration of the process of development and its impact on the lives of people. It is a very useful addition to the literature on Sri Lankan development studies." --Business Standard "What's inside the covers will interest scholars beyond the usual robe, rice, and plough set; this book amply demonstrates why no analysis of agrarian change can ignore the cultural and symbolic dimensions of agrarian activity." --Journal of Asian Studies

Understanding Green Revolutions

Author : Bertram Hughes Farmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521249423
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Green Revolutions written by Bertram Hughes Farmer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-05-03 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical examination of the truth behind the stereotype that there is a Green Revolution in agricultural technology. Twenty-one specialists in the field of development studies look at the reality of agrarian change, either through historical analysis, or through in-depth village field-work, or from their experience as development planners.

Change in Agriculture

Author : Clarence H. Danhof
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674107700
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Change in Agriculture written by Clarence H. Danhof and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American agriculture changed radically between 1820 and 1870. In turning slowly from subsistence to commercial farming, farmers on the average doubled the portion of their production places on the market, and thereby laid the foundations for today's highly productive agricultural industry. But the modern system was by no means inevitable. It evolved slowly through an intricate process in which innovative and imitative entrepreneurs were the key instruments.

Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka

Author : Buddhi Marambe
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811521522
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka written by Buddhi Marambe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A food system comprises the entire range of actors and interlinked activities related to food production, processing, distribution, marketing and trade, preparation, consumption, and disposal. When a food system operates without compromising the needs of future generations, it is considered to be a “Sustainable Food System.” The present-day food systems in Sri Lanka are diverse, and the natural and physical environment, infrastructure, institutions, society and culture, and policies and regulations within which the food systems operate, as well as the technologies employed, have shaped their outcomes. Agricultural research is a key factor in terms of innovation and technological advances. Innovation has been the main driver of food systems’ transformation over the past few decades and will be critical to addressing the needs of a rapidly growing population in a context of climate change and scarcity of natural resources. In addition, agricultural research must help meet the rising demand for food at affordable prices. Comprising 17 chapters written by specialist(s) in their respective subject-areas, this Contributed Volume on “Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective” shares the scientific knowledge accumulated by the National Agricultural Research System of Sri Lanka, including universities, and offers recommendations on how to make food systems more sustainable in order to address the current needs of Sri Lankan society. It presents perspectives on four key thematic areas, namely: (i) Crop and animal production, management, and improvement, (ii) Agro-product processing technologies, (iii) Natural resource management, and (iv) Socio-economic development and agri-business management.

The Political Economy of Agrarian Change

Author : Keith Griffin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349161764
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Agrarian Change written by Keith Griffin and published by Springer. This book was released on 1979-09-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Green Revolution?

Author : B.H. Farmer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349049387
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Green Revolution? written by B.H. Farmer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change

Author : Malcolm F. Cairns
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750187
Total Pages : 1405 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change written by Malcolm F. Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 1405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.

Farming Like the Forest

Author : Karin Hochegger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farming Like the Forest written by Karin Hochegger and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Production of Manure

Author : George Catchpole Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Production of Manure written by George Catchpole Watson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Class, Power and Agrarian Change

Author : J. Pincus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230374328
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Class, Power and Agrarian Change written by J. Pincus and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-07-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines patterns of class structure, production relations and capitala accumulation in three West Java villages. It explores the hidden assumptions underlying conventional theories of agrarian change and demonstrates the importance of class structure and class power in shaping patterns of change at the village level. Topics include the methodology of measuring class differentiation, changes in labour market institutions and real wages, and strategies of capital accumulation pursued by village elites.

Agriculture and the Generation Problem

Author : Ben White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781773631677
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Agriculture and the Generation Problem written by Ben White and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture and the Generation Problem examines the dynamics of the transfer of agrarian resources and opportunities between the generations in rural communities, and argues that we must take generational relations seriously if we are to understand the future of farming and the fate of future generations in rural areas.

The State and Peasant Politics in Sri Lanka

Author : Mick Moore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521047765
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The State and Peasant Politics in Sri Lanka written by Mick Moore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of Sri Lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resources. Sri Lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder population. Yet successive Sri Lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producers. In exploring the features of Sri Lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary Sri Lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict.

Coastal Agriculture and Climate Change

Author : M. Prakash
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000505081
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Coastal Agriculture and Climate Change written by M. Prakash and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing climate in micro and macro level attribute to influence and bring changes in productivity and production trend of every industry including agriculture and its ecosystem. The influence of climate change and its environmental impact on coastal ecosystem greatly influence the life and livelihood of agrarian communities and people involved in allied industries. The book has been authored with objectives of providing understanding on the environmental problems, features of coastal ecosystem, advanced strategies for environmental protection, mitigation strategies for environmental problems in coastal areas and augmenting agriculture income from coastal areas. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

Agrarian and Other Histories

Author : Shubhra Chakrabarti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788193926970
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Agrarian and Other Histories written by Shubhra Chakrabarti and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no area of Indian agrarian history that Binay Bhushan Chaudhuri has not traversed. This volume considers his work on the peasantry and the political economy of agriculture in eastern India, including the process of 'depeasantization' and the forcible induction of tribes and forest dwellers into settled agriculture.

Sustainable Intensification

Author : Jules N. Pretty
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136529276
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Intensification written by Jules N. Pretty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.

An Agrarian History of South Asia

Author : David Ludden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316025365
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book An Agrarian History of South Asia written by David Ludden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1999, David Ludden's book offers a comprehensive historical framework for understanding the regional diversity of agrarian South Asia. Adopting a long-term view of history, it treats South Asia not as a single civilization territory, but rather as a patchwork of agrarian regions, each with their own social, cultural and political histories. The discussion begins during the first millennium, when farming communities displaced pastoral and tribal groups, and goes on to consider the development of territoriality from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters consider the emergence of agrarian capitalism in village societies under the British, and demonstrate how economic development in contemporary South Asia continues to reflect the influence of agrarian localism. As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, the book promises to be a valuable resource for students of agrarian and regional history as well as of comparative world history.

Population Growth and Agrarian Change

Author : David B. Grigg
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521296359
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book Population Growth and Agrarian Change written by David B. Grigg and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1980-12-18 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1980, suggests some ways of looking at the interrelationships between population growth and agrarian change, and uses these approaches to consider the demographic and agrarian problems of various parts of Europe in the past - in the fourteenth century, the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and in the early nineteenth century.