Book Description
The authors assess the relative efficiency of plantation and smallholder agriculture, evaluate different forms of plantation management, and look at the regional and environmental impact, and policitcal and policy issues.
Author : Mary Tiffen
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 36,94 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Farms, Size of
ISBN :
The authors assess the relative efficiency of plantation and smallholder agriculture, evaluate different forms of plantation management, and look at the regional and environmental impact, and policitcal and policy issues.
Author : Mary Tiffen
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Farms, Size of
ISBN :
The authors assess the relative efficiency of plantation and smallholder agriculture, evaluate different forms of plantation management, and look at the regional and environmental impact, and policitcal and policy issues.
Author : Percy Philip Courtenay
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Plantations
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Author : Susan Mann
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807818855
Investigates the resistance of agriculture to wage labor and other forms of capitalism, finding a reason in the uncontrollable natural and technical features of the industry. Mann (sociology, U. of New Orleans) examines the persistence of family farming in South America, the replacement of slavery by share cropping rather than wage labor in the southern US, an d other examples. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Author : P. P. Courtenay
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
ISBN :
Author : R.B. Mandal
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 1990
Category :
ISBN : 9788170223269
Author : James F. Hancock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1351977075
Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture – "best" through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "worst" as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers. This book traces the social, political and evolutionary history of seven major plantation crops – sugarcane, banana, cotton, tea, tobacco, coffee and rubber. It describes how all of these were domesticated in antiquity and grown by small landowners for thousands of years before European traders and colonists sought to make a profit out of them. The author relates how their development and spread were closely associated with government expansionist policies. They stimulated the exploration of far off lands, were the focus of major conflicts and led to the enslavement of both native and displaced peoples. From the southern United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, to Asia and Africa, plantation crops turned social structures upside down leading to revolution and government change. The economies of whole countries became tied to the profits of these plantations, leading to internal power struggles to control the burgeoning wealth. Open warfare routinely broke out between the more powerful countries and factions for trade dominance. This book shows that from the early 1500s to today, at least one of the plantation crops was always at the center of world politics, and that this still continues today, for example with the development of oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia. Written in an accessible style, it is fascinating supplementary reading for students of agricultural, environmental and colonial history.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Erkan Rehber
Publisher : ICFAI Books
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Agricultural contracts
ISBN : 8131406202
Nowadays, agricultural-food system has been experiencing major changes which are driven mainly by recent developments in consumer preferences and attitudes, technological improvements, food safety issues and related regulations. The advanced agro-food sec
Author : Caroline Sargent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 1134064772
Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South. Plantation Politics is the first book to examine their rationale and purpose, exposing the misconceptions and myths that have surrounded their role, and describing the contribution they can make to sustainable development. At their best, industrial plantations can become a major asset to local development by providing raw materials, infrastructure, employment, income and environmental and recreational services. At their worst, plantations, usually imposed from a 'top-down' perspective and ignoring local needs, values and rights, have monopolized land in times of food shortage, degraded wild animal and plant populations, and destroyed habitats and landscapes. The contributors analyse the conditions appropriate for both simple and complex plantations, and the contributions each can make. Complex plantations, whether established from scratch or within natural forest, are more suitable in most cases, where they are subject to numerous different claims and needs. However, their ownership, management and silviculture present new challenges challenges which, without the carefully researched guidelines offered here, current policy and research may well be ill-equipped to take up. Caroline Sargent is the Director and Stephen Bass is the Associate Director of the Forestry Programme at the International Institute for Environment and Development. Originally published in 1992