Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Aspects of a Changing Environment
	1 Floods and fields in the Brahmaputra valley: 20th-century changes in historical perspective
	2 Relation of the traditional economic system and ecology: The case of a Naga community
	3 Why do jhumiyas jhum? Managing change in shifting cultivation areas in the uplands of northeastern India
	4 A dying lake: Food security versus ‘development’ — Loktak, Manipur
	5 Land, environmental degradation and conflicts in northeastern India
Part II: Gender Dimensions of Farming
	6 Livelihood diversification: Farming, forest-use and gender in northeastern India
	7 Gender dynamics in agro-biodiversity conservation in Sikkim and Nagaland
	8 Gender, food security and rice farming in Tripura
	9 Mizoram’s rice economy and gender relations
	10 Gender ideologies and the ‘price’ of rice in northeastern India
Part III: Search for Alternatives
	11 Integrated rubber farming and livelihood systems in northeastern India
	12 Organic farming in the northeastern hill regions
	13A The potential of horticultural interventions for livelihood enhancement and biodiversity conservation in Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh
	13B Rhododendron conservation and squash production: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh
	14 Community-based approaches to local natural resource management
Appendix: Changing land relations in northeastern India: A comparative study of six tribes and a non-tribal group
About the Editor
Notes on Contributors
Index