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Agriculture and a changing environment in Northeastern India / editor, Sumi Krishna.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transition in Northeastern India ; 4Publication details: New Delhi ; Abingdon : Routledge, 2012.Description: xiv, 420 p. : ill, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415632898 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 630.9541 AGR 006711
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Contents:
List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Introduction Sumi Krishna Part I. Aspects of a Changing Environment. 1. Floods and fields in the Brahmaputra valley: Twentieth-century changes in historical perspective Ritupan Goswami 2. Relation of the traditional economic system and ecology: The case of a Naga community Late U. A. Shimray 3. Why do jhumiyas jhum? Managing change in shifting cultivation areas in the uplands of northeastern India Dhrupad Choudhury 4. A dying lake: Food security versus 'development' - Loktak, Manipur Thingnam Anjulika Samom 5. Land, environmental degradation and conflicts in northeastern India Walter Fernandes. Part II. Gender Dimensions of Farming. 6. Livelihood diversification: Farming, forest-use and gender in northeastern India Deepak K. Mishra 7. Gender dynamics in agro-biodiversity conservation in Sikkim and Nagaland Chanda Gurung Goodrich 8. Gender, food security and rice farming in Tripura Vincent Darlong, D. K. Hore and S. Deb Barma 9. Mizoram's rice economy and gender relations Audrey Ladinpuii and Laithangpuii 10. Gender ideologies and the 'price' of rice in northeastern India Sumi Krishna. Part III. Search for Alternatives. 11. Integrated rubber farming and livelihood systems in northeastern India P. K. Viswanathan 12. Organic farming in the northeastern hill regions Nilabja Ghosh 13A. The potential of horticultural interventions for livelihood enhancement and biodiversity conservation in Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh Sumi Krishna 13B. Rhodododendron conservation and squash production: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh K. M. Jayahari and Monalisa Sen 14. Community-based approaches to local natural resource management Vincent Darlong and S. K. Barik. Appendix: Changing land relations in northeastern India: A comparative study of six tribes and a non-tribal group Walter Fernandes and Melville Pereira. About the Editor. Notes on Contributors. Index
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List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Introduction Sumi Krishna Part I. Aspects of a Changing Environment. 1. Floods and fields in the Brahmaputra valley: Twentieth-century changes in historical perspective Ritupan Goswami 2. Relation of the traditional economic system and ecology: The case of a Naga community Late U. A. Shimray 3. Why do jhumiyas jhum? Managing change in shifting cultivation areas in the uplands of northeastern India Dhrupad Choudhury 4. A dying lake: Food security versus 'development' - Loktak, Manipur Thingnam Anjulika Samom 5. Land, environmental degradation and conflicts in northeastern India Walter Fernandes. Part II. Gender Dimensions of Farming. 6. Livelihood diversification: Farming, forest-use and gender in northeastern India Deepak K. Mishra 7. Gender dynamics in agro-biodiversity conservation in Sikkim and Nagaland Chanda Gurung Goodrich 8. Gender, food security and rice farming in Tripura Vincent Darlong, D. K. Hore and S. Deb Barma 9. Mizoram's rice economy and gender relations Audrey Ladinpuii and Laithangpuii 10. Gender ideologies and the 'price' of rice in northeastern India Sumi Krishna. Part III. Search for Alternatives. 11. Integrated rubber farming and livelihood systems in northeastern India P. K. Viswanathan 12. Organic farming in the northeastern hill regions Nilabja Ghosh 13A. The potential of horticultural interventions for livelihood enhancement and biodiversity conservation in Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh Sumi Krishna 13B. Rhodododendron conservation and squash production: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh K. M. Jayahari and Monalisa Sen 14. Community-based approaches to local natural resource management Vincent Darlong and S. K. Barik. Appendix: Changing land relations in northeastern India: A comparative study of six tribes and a non-tribal group Walter Fernandes and Melville Pereira. About the Editor. Notes on Contributors. Index

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