Beyond the Biophysical Knowledge, Culture, and Politics in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: German, Laura A. (Editor), Ramisch, Joshua J. (Editor), Verma, Ritu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Environment.; Agriculture.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Human geography.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Management.; Sociology, general.; Human Geography.

Beyond the Biophysical argues for an interdisciplinary perspective on agriculture, natural resource management (NRM), and international development practice that extends beyond a purely biophysical orientation. Biophysical interventions succeed or fail not simply on their own merits but within a con...

Table of Contents:

• Beyond Biophysical Assumptions
• Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, and “Development” Beyond the Biophysical
• Beyond the Invisible: Finding the Social Relevance of Soil Nutrient Balances in Southern Mali
• The “Demonization” of Rainforest Migrants, or: What Conservation Means to Poor Colonist Farmers
• Beyond Biodiversity: Culture in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation in the Himalayan Foothills
• Local Knowledge and Scientific Perceptions: Questions of Validity in Environmental Knowledge
• Power Dynamics at the “Development Interface”
• “Opting Out”: A Case Study of Smallholder Rejection of Research in Western Kenya
• Natural Resource Management in an Urban Context: Rethinking the Concepts of “Community” and “Participation” with Street Traders in Durban, South Africa
• The Deliberative Scientist: Integrating Science and Politics in Forest Resource Governance in Nepal
• Common Property Regimes: Taking a Closer Look at Resource Access, Authorization, and Legitimacy
• Institutional Disjunctures and Innovations
• Innovative Farmers, Non-adapting Institutions: A Case Study of the Organization of Agroforestry Research in Malawi
• Framing Participation in Agricultural and Natural Resource Management Research
• Anthro-Apology? Negotiating Space for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and In-Depth Anthropology in the CGIAR
• Who Is Fooling Whom? Participation, Power, and Interest in Rural Development.