Changing Fortunes: Biodiversity and Peasant Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes
Two of the world's most pressing needs—biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World—are addressed in Karl S. Zimmerer's multidisciplinary investigation in geography. Zimmerer challenges current opinion by showing that the world-renowned diversity of crops grown in the Andes may not be as hopelessly endangered as is widely believed. He uses the lengthy history of small-scale farming by\ Indians in Peru, including contemporary practices and attitudes, to shed light...
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"A significant contribution to our understanding of the local management of plant and animal genetic resources in the context of existing agricultural systems. . . . This book will be widely discussed."—Enrique Mayer, Yale University
AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Fields of Plenty and Want1Ch. 2The Great Historical Arch of Andean Biodiversity26Ch. 3Transitions in Farm Nature and Society, 1969-199068Ch. 4Innovation and the Spaces of Biodiversity107Ch. 5Loss and Conservation of the Diverse Crops148Ch. 6Diversity's Sum: Geography, Ecology-Economy, and Culture186Ch. 7The Vicissitudes of Biodiversity's Fortune218Appendixes233Notes251Bibliography273Index299
