Researching the culture in agri-culture: social research for international development

This book analyses the functions, content, methods, findings and impact of social and cultural research carried out by the worldwide network of 16 international agricultural research centres of the CGIAR. It brings together the perspectives of 50 eminent scholars and social researchers from 30 countries working within the centres or in outside academic and development institutions. The contributions examine critically the priorities, strengths, and weaknesses of research on the sociostructural, behavioural, cultural and institutional variables of developing agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries. The studies focus on farmers' values, needs, knowledge, their patterns of social organization, issues of food security, natural resource management and poverty reduction. Alternative models of multidisciplinary research, reuniting biological, natural, economic and social sciences, are scrutinized in the light of experience and results, with emphasis on the nature of social science research as a source of international public goods and a key contributor to induced development. The book is intended for researchers of agricultural and rural development, economics, sociology, culture and anthropology. It has 22 chapters in addition to an editors' preface, and has a subject index.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cernea, M.M. (ed.), 175019 CAB International, Wallingford (United Kingdom) eng, Kassam, A.H. (ed.)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
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Published:	Wallingford (United Kingdom) CABI 2005
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, CULTURAL FACTORS, CGIAR, SOCIAL GROUPS, SCIENTISTS, FOOD POLICIES, BIODIVERSITY, POVERTY, FORESTERS, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES, CROP MANAGEMENT, WATER USE, AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, FISHERY MANAGEMENT, PAUVRETE, FORESTIER, DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE, VARIETE A HAUT RENDEMENT, CHANGEMENT TECHNOLOGIQUE, CONDUITE DE LA CULTURE, UTILISATION DE L'EAU, MILIEU AQUATIQUE, GESTION DES PECHES, RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, ENVIRONNEMENT SOCIOECONOMIQUE, FACTEURS CULTURELS, GCRAI, GROUPE SOCIAL, SCIENTIFIQUE, POLITIQUE ALIMENTAIRE, BIODIVERSITE, POBREZA, DASONOMOS, DESARROLLO AGRICOLA, VARIEDADES DE ALTO RENDIMIENTO, CAMBIO TECNOLOGICO, MANEJO DEL CULTIVO, USO DEL AGUA, AMBIENTE ACUATICO, ADMINISTRACION PESQUERA, INVESTIGACION AGRARIA, ENTORNO SOCIOECONOMICO, FACTORES CULTURALES, GCIAI, GRUPOS SOCIALES, CIENTIFICOS, POLITICA ALIMENTARIA, BIODIVERSIDAD,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851990033.0000
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