Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction xi
4. The Plan of the Book xvi
5. Acknowledgments xviii
6. Part I. Presenting Agrodiversity
7. Chapter 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan 3
8. Chapter 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity 23
9. Chapter 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity 40
10. Chapter 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity 59
11. Chapter 5. Understanding Soils and Soil–Plant Dynamics 80
12. Part II. Diversity Within Land Rotational Systems
13. Chapter 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation 103
14. Chapter 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils 123
15. Chapter 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest 140
16. Chapter 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood 157
17. Part III. Paths of Transformation
18. Chapter 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change? 179
19. Chapter 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times 198
20. Chapter 12. The Green Revolution 218
21. Part IV. The Future of Agrodiversity
22. Chapter 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture 241
23. Chapter 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics 262
24. Epilogue: Looking at the Future 281
25. References 287
26. Index 325