Cochet Comparative Agriculture

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-94-017-9828-0
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 154 Seiten

Reihe: Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

In the first section dedicated to theoretical thoughts on comparative agriculture, Hubert Cochet introduces the notion of “agricultural development”, the very subject of comparative agriculture, with a restored endogenous dimension. He then describes how this approach was slowly consolidated, around the concept of agrarian system in particular. The comparison of agricultural transformations in time and space highlights the importance of the comparatist approach to production processes, their trajectories and differentiation on a worldwide scale. The second section which focuses on the methods and expertise of comparative agriculture, tackles the issues of landscape analysis, field surveys and the historical approach underlying comparative agriculture. It sums up the economic tools mobilised as well as the evaluation perspectives opened up by comparative agriculture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cochet, Hubert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- SECTION ONE: THEORETICAL APPROACH TO COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURE.- Chapter 1. Comparative agriculture, Object and Issues.- Chapter 2. The Origins of Comparative agriculture and René Dumont’s Legacy.- Chapter 3. “Agrarian System”, Integrating Concept of Comparative agriculture.- Chapter 4. Diachronic Approach to Agrarian Systems.- Chapter 5. Comparing Productive Processes.- SECTION TWO: METHODS AND EXPERTISE OF COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURE.- Chapter 6. Micro-Regional Approach to Agrarian Issues.- Chapter 7. Terrain and Surveys.- Chapter 8. Making History in Comparative agriculture.- Chapter 9. How to Build Farm Typologies?.- Chapter 10. Economy of Agricultural Production Process.- Chapter 11. Comparative agriculture and Evaluation.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.