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- From: jhaskett@well.sf.ca.us (Jonathan David Haskett)
- Subject: Sources on history of Agricultural Sustainability
- Message-ID: <jhaskett.728249575@well.sf.ca.us>
- Summary: Looking for historical analysis of why some Ag syst fail others work
- Keywords: Soil irrigation
- Sender: news@well.sf.ca.us
- Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:32:55 GMT
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- I am examining what makes some agricultural systems sustainable
- and others not so. In this regard I am interested in historical references
- which deal with certain examples. Specifically in the failure catagory:
- 1) The collapse of Mesopitamian agriculture due to erosion and
- salinization.
- 2) The deforestation of he middle east and degradation of agricultural
- land.
- 3) The failure of early southwest Native American agricultural systems.
- And in the success catagory:
- 1) I have "Farmers of 40 Centuries", but any additional references on
- historical Chinese agricultre would be welcome.
- 2) Discussions of the success of slash and burn agriculture, and its
- its evolution as the period between burns becomes shorter.
- 3) References to other notably successful agricutlural systems, which
- have persisted for long periods.
- I was hoping that a compreshensive general historical work of the
- nature of McNeil's "Plagues and Peoples" had been written on this
- subject but I have not come across it. Of course a reference to such a
- work would be greatly appreciated.
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- Responses can be sent directly to me are greatly apprecieated.
- Thank you , J.H.
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- * Jonthan Haskett
- * jhaskett@asrr.arsusda.gov
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