Coping with Hunger

Hazard and Experiment in an African Rice-Farming System

Paul Richards

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01 April 2025

Politics & government; Economics; Agriculture & related industries; Human geography; Agricultural science

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use

Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of the environment. Based on participant-observation of rice farming in Sierra Leone, the book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of policy makers in the late 20th Century and restores indigenous culture and local wisdom to their rightful place. After analysing the fate of a number of ‘top-down ‘attempts to improve rice cultivation in Sierra-Leone the author derives an alternative agenda of research and development issues more closely reflecting the resource-poor farmers’ major interests and priorities. As a significant research-based contribution to the widespread general debates about the relevance of social factors in technological change, this book will be of interest to students in social and environmental sciences.

By: Paul Richards
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032469256
ISBN 10: 1032469250
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction 1. Food Crises and Technology Transfer: Sierra Leone 1919-1949 2. Bringing the Green Revolution to Sierra Leone 3. Mogbuama: Landscape and Society 4. Land and Labour 5. The Farming Year 6. The Harvest 7. The Hungry Season 8. Rice Varieties and Farmer Experiments 9. Rice R&D in Sierra Leone: A Farmer-First-and-Last Scenario.

Paul Richard is Professor Emeritus of Technology and Agrarian Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.