Cultivating Knowledge

Genetic diversity, farmer experimentation and crop research

By (author) Walter de Boef

Paperback - £19.95

Publication date:

15 December 1993

Length of book:

224 pages

Publisher

Intermediate Technology Publications

Dimensions:

229x151mm

ISBN-13: 9781853392047

Local crop diversity in the South is being threatened by the promotion of modern 'high-yield' varieties. These worldwide case studies show the importance of small-scale farmers and local communities to maintaining crop diversity.