TY - ECHAP
KW - ecology
KW - agricultural ecology
AU - Miguel A. Altieri
AU - C. Ronald Caroll
AU - John H. Vandermeer
AU - Peter M. Rosset
AB - It is difficult to separate the study of agricultural systems from the study of the cultures that nurture them. For this reason, this paper deals with both the complexity of the production systems as well as with the sophistication of the knowledge of the people that manage them. This paper also attempts to integrate the arguments advanced by both social scientists and biologists, in order to justify the need to continue studying traditional agroecosystems. It is here argued that rescue of this knowledge must occur rapidly, not only because it is being irreversibly lost, but also because it is crucial for the advancement of agricultural ecology.
AN - 89-00229
BT - Agroecology
C5 - 22 pp.
CN - S589.7.A37 1990
CY - New York
DA - 01/1990
DB - Pennsylvania State University Libraries
LA - English
N2 - It is difficult to separate the study of agricultural systems from the study of the cultures that nurture them. For this reason, this paper deals with both the complexity of the production systems as well as with the sophistication of the knowledge of the people that manage them. This paper also attempts to integrate the arguments advanced by both social scientists and biologists, in order to justify the need to continue studying traditional agroecosystems. It is here argued that rescue of this knowledge must occur rapidly, not only because it is being irreversibly lost, but also because it is crucial for the advancement of agricultural ecology.
PB - McGraw-Hill
PP - New York
PY - 1990
SN - 0-07-052923-X; 978-0-07-052923-6
SP - 551
EP - 564
T2 - Agroecology
T3 - Biological resource management
TI - Why study traditional agriculture?
UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20055574
ER -