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Life on the edge: sustaining agriculture and community resources in fragile environments/ N.S. Jodha

By: Jodha, N.SMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: (Studies in social ecology and environmental history)Publication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001Description: xxvi, 327 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 9780195651348Subject(s): Sustainable development | Agriculture--Environmental aspects | Hill farmingDDC classification: 333.76

Contents:

Introduction: The Challenges and Opportunities in Fragile Resource Areas -- I. Towards Abundance -- 1. Famine Policies: How Apt? -- 2. Farmers' Strategy and Its Relevance for Drought Management -- 3. Sustainable Agriculture in Fragile Resource Zones: Technological Imperatives -- 4. Food Security in Fragile Resource Zones -- II. CPR Perspective -- 5. Common Property Resources in Crisis -- 6. Grazing Lands and Biomass Management in Western Rajasthan: Micro-level Field Evidence -- 7. Biophysical and Social Stresses on Common Property Resources -- III. Ecosystem Revival -- 8. Biodiversity Management in Agricultural Landscapes -- 9. Reviving the Social System-Ecosystem Links in the Himalayas -- 10. Poverty and Environmental Resource Degradation: Alternative Explanation and Possible Solutions -- 11. Globalization: Repercussions for Fragile Ecosystems and Society.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	333.76 JOD/L (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P03257

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Introduction: The Challenges and Opportunities in Fragile Resource Areas --
I. Towards Abundance --
1. Famine Policies: How Apt? --
2. Farmers' Strategy and Its Relevance for Drought Management --
3. Sustainable Agriculture in Fragile Resource Zones: Technological Imperatives --
4. Food Security in Fragile Resource Zones --
II. CPR Perspective --
5. Common Property Resources in Crisis --
6. Grazing Lands and Biomass Management in Western Rajasthan: Micro-level Field Evidence --
7. Biophysical and Social Stresses on Common Property Resources --
III. Ecosystem Revival --
8. Biodiversity Management in Agricultural Landscapes --
9. Reviving the Social System-Ecosystem Links in the Himalayas --
10. Poverty and Environmental Resource Degradation: Alternative Explanation and Possible Solutions --
11. Globalization: Repercussions for Fragile Ecosystems and Society.

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