Why study traditional agriculture?

Reference Type Book Chapter
Year of Publication
1990
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Book Title
Agroecology
Secondary Title
Biological resource management
Pagination
551-564
Date Published
01/1990
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
City
New York
Language
English
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ISBN
0-07-052923-X; 978-0-07-052923-6
Call Number
S589.7.A37 1990
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Abstract
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.
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22 pp.