Use and abuse of nature: incorporating : this fissured land, an ecological history of India : ecology and equity /
by Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha
- New Delhi: Oxford Univ. Press, 2013.
- xv,213
Part I. Aspects of a Changing Environment. -- 1. Floods and fields in the Brahmaputra valley: Twentieth-century changes in historical perspective Ritupan Goswami -- 2. Relation of the traditional economic system and ecology: The case of a Naga community Late U. A. Shimray -- 3. Why do jhumiyas jhum? Managing change in shifting cultivation areas in the uplands of northeastern India Dhrupad Choudhury 4. A dying lake: Food security versus 'development' - Loktak, Manipur Thingnam Anjulika Samom 5. Land, environmental degradation and conflicts in northeastern India Walter Fernandes. Part II. Gender Dimensions of Farming. -- 6. Livelihood diversification: Farming, forest-use and gender in northeastern India Deepak K. Mishra -- 7. Gender dynamics in agro-biodiversity conservation in Sikkim and Nagaland Chanda Gurung Goodrich -- 8. Gender, food security and rice farming in Tripura Vincent Darlong, D. K. Hore and S. Deb Barma -- 9. Mizoram's rice economy and gender relations Audrey Ladinpuii and Laithangpuii -- 10. Gender ideologies and the 'price' of rice in northeastern India Sumi Krishna. -- Part III. Search for Alternatives. -- 11. Integrated rubber farming and livelihood systems in northeastern India P. K. Viswanathan -- 12. Organic farming in the northeastern hill regions Nilabja Ghosh -- 13A. The potential of horticultural interventions for livelihood enhancement and biodiversity conservation in Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh Sumi Krishna -- 13B. Rhodododendron conservation and squash production: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh K. M. Jayahari and Monalisa Sen -- 14. Community-based approaches to local natural resource management Vincent Darlong and S. K. Barik. Appendix: Changing land relations in northeastern India: A comparative study of six tribes and a non-tribal group Walter Fernandes and Melville Pereira. About the Editor. Notes on Contributors. Index