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Challenging Nature
Philip W. Porter
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Hardcover. The author here examines eighteen farming communities of Tanga Region, Tanzania, an area of rural poverty with a long history of drought, floods, food shortages, famine, and social and economic disruption to understand what the farmers there know about their environment and which historical and economic factors play into the lack of food security. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 halftones, 51 line drawings, 58 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; KNAC; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Tanga Region, Tanzania, is an area of persistent rural poverty with a long history of drought, floods, food shortages, famine, and social and economic disruption. Though farmers have been cultivating the land there for hundreds of years, they have consistently been unable to supply adequate food for the region's inhabitants. In "Challenging Nature", Philip Porter examines eighteen farming communities to understand what the farmers there know about their environment and which historical and economic factors play into the lack of food security. Porter first began work on this project in 1972, asking 250 farmers in the region about life history, ... Read more
Tanga Region, Tanzania, is an area of persistent rural poverty with a long history of drought, floods, food shortages, famine, and social and economic disruption. Though farmers have been cultivating the land there for hundreds of years, they have consistently been unable to supply adequate food for the region's inhabitants. In "Challenging Nature", Philip Porter examines eighteen farming communities to understand what the farmers there know about their environment and which historical and economic factors play into the lack of food security. Porter first began work on this project in 1972, asking 250 farmers in the region about life history, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S.
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226675800
SKU
V9780226675800
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About Philip W. Porter
Philip W. Porter is emeritus professor of geography at the University of Minnesota.
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