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The developed world has much to learn from the third world about the preservation of biological diversity. This book demonstrates the intimate relationship between cultural and biological diversity, and how the practices of third world farmers have promoted cultivation with conservation.

This book presents fifteen examples of practices from countries as diverse as Nepal and Nigeria, from home gardens in South India to water harvesting in the Sudan.

In a reversal from scientific Western prescriptions, the contributors look at farmers' practices in the third world. What...

Over the past two decades, how has urban agriculture changed in sub-Saharan Africa? Is city farming now better integrated into environmental management and city governance? And, looking ahead, how might urban agriculture address the needs of the low-income households and modernizing cities of Africa? In this book, leading specialists in the fields of urban agriculture and urban environment present a unique collection of case studies that examines the growing role of local food production in urban livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Amongst many issues, the authors probe the changing role of...