vi Sustainable Agriculture and Food
10 Farmers of Forty Centuries 222
F. H. King
Part III Agricultural Revolutions and Change
11 Agricultural Sustainability and Open-field Farming in England,
c 1650–1830 233
M. Turner, J. Beckett and B. Afton
12 Farmers’ Extension Practice and Technology Adaptation:
Agricultural Revolution in 17th–19th-Century Britain 258
J. Pretty
13 Past Successes 290
G. R. Conway
14 Soviet Collectivization, Capitalist Dreams 308
J. C. Scott
15 Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn: Challenges and Approaches of
an International Consortium 339
P. A. Sanchez, C. A. Palm, S. A. Vosti, T. P. Tomich and J. Kasyoki
Part IV Modern Agricultural Reforms
16 Making Soil and Water Conservation Sustainable: From Coercion and
Control to Partnerships and Participation 375
J. Pretty and P. Shah
17 Rethinking Agriculture for New Opportunities 403
E. Fernandes, A. Pell and N. Uphoff
18 Integrated Farming Systems at Different Scales 423
Li Wenhua
19 Agricultural Biotechnology in Southern Africa: A Regional Synthesis 475
D. Mnyulwa and J. Mugwagwa
20 Sustaining Cultivation 501
M. Bell
Index 519