The role and value of local knowledge in Jamaican agriculture: Adaptation and change in small-scale farming

Geographical Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-128

  Beckford, Clinton ^a   Barker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Agricultural dualism; Farmer innovation; Jamaica; Local knowledge; Small scale farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COPING STRATEGY; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD SECURITY; INNOVATION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 34347393458     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2007.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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