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OverviewThe need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited. This book is an account of one, large, instance of success in practice. Twenty-five years ago, Winin Pereira, a nuclear physicist abandoned academia to start a co-operative farm at Alonde in a tribal area north of Bombay. The group experienced, and finally discarded, all the false hopes and promises of Western originated forms of development: ploughs that ploughed too deep, irrigation systems that lowered water tables, fertilizers and pesticides which managed the earth and became so expensive that poorer farmers were dispossessed. Instead they learnt from the adivasai, or tribal people, who have nurtured or been nurtured by foresets for millennia, ways of applying popular knowledge to contemporary problems. This book is a combination of Pereira's record of achievement of sustainable livelihoods and an account of the farm and its effect on the India around it by a leading British journalist. Originally published in 1991 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Winin Pereira , Jeremy Seabrook , Winin Pereira , Jeremy SeabrookPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Earthscan Ltd Volume: 5 Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781849710169ISBN 10: 1849710163 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 01 October 2009 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction The Other Side of History The Sustainable Lifestyle of the Warlis Red Ink in the 'Blueprint for Survival' Technological Intervention Farming Systems Interconnections of Violence Sa Vidya Ya Virniktaye! The Bhagat and the Allopath Natural Versus Formal Forestry Celebrating Trees, Celebrating Life Restoring our Future Glossary of Plant Names IndexReviewsAuthor InformationWinin Pereira, Jeremy Seabrook Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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