Index 523ecosystem homestead gardens 423–31, 440
ecotourism 127
eco-villages 431–40
Edmonton, Canada 81–2
EDRSS see Ecological Demonstrative Rebuilding
for Sustainable Settlements
education 145, 147, 330, 437, 470, 499–500
see also schooling
egalitarianism 45
Egypt 169–71, 174, 176, 180, 184–6, 300
El Niño events 363
electricity 316
embryo transfer 478–82
employment 108, 110, 124, 126
see also labour; working life
emptying of agriculture argument 507–8, 509
enclosure 8–9, 235–6, 245–6, 248–52, 259, 270,
283–4
endemic languages 142–3
Endicott, Karen 64
energy analyses 427–8
energy content of food 112–14
see also calorific returns
energy expenditure of Innu 122–3
energy integration systems 427
engineering 311–12
see also genetic engineering
England 175, 233–57
see also Britain
Enlightenment 1–2, 308
environment
benefits of hunting lifestyle 107–35
degradation 147
language link 142–4
preserving and restoring 148–9
protecting with afforestation 465–8
Yangtze River problems 462–8
environmental sustainability studies 347, 358–
61
equation revisions 412–17
equipment for farming 197–8, 199, 204
see also mechanization; technologies
equity 235, 237–8, 241–4, 247–8, 251–3
erosion of soil 11–12, 377–80, 385–7, 463
Eskimos 30
see also Inuit people
estate management 252
ethics 59–60, 235
Ethiopia 383–4
ethnic conflicts 141
ethnobotanical knowledge loss 145–7
Ethnographic Atlas 30–1, 37–8
ethos of foragers 46–7
etymology of agriculture 404–7
Eurasia see North Eurasia
Europe 78, 94, 119–20, 174–6, 184–6, 222
see also colonialism; individual countries
evolution
crops 159–60
human 3
language 86–8
exercise see physical activity transition
experimentation
attitudes to 271–2
crop rotation 274–7
drainage 282
handtools 282
irrigation farming 281–2
livestock breeding and management 278–
81
pest control 282–3
prizes for 267
resource-poor regions 258
soil fertility 272–4
Soviet-American farming 314
sowing techniques 277–8, 280
sustainability lessons 284
see also innovation
exported foods 510
extension practices 258–89, 378–9
external reviews, ASB 364
‘extinction of experience’ 144–5
extinctions 136–7, 139–40
see also loss
Ezekial, Mordecai 313
fairs 267–8
fallows
crop rotation 238, 240–1, 243
definition 341
field-centred agriculture 408
intensification pathways 342
meta–land-use systems 354, 356–7
family planning in China 424
famine, Russian 324
Fan Sheng Zhi Shu (Chinese text) 211, 213
FAO see Food and Agriculture Organization
Far East 222–9, 424
see also China; Japan
farm acquisition 197–207
farmer-to-farmer extension 261–8
farmer/hunter-gatherer dichotomy 94–7
farmers’ groups 266–7
farming charts 214–15
farmland shelterbelt system 472
fat content of food 112–13, 115, 116–17
feedback, ASB 362–4
feminist anthropology 54
fermentation technology 475, 478–82
Fernandes, Erick 12, 403–22
fertilization techniques
eco-counties 446
eco-villages 435–6
experimental 272–4
Far East 222, 226–9
Green Revolution 293–5, 303–5
non-chemical approaches 413–15
feudal system 184, 186–7, 302–3, 322–9
field anthropology 51, 52
field-centred agriculture 404–12
Field to Family project, PFI 512–13
field reeves 242
figs 201
film resources 218