Integrating peasant knowledge and geographic information systems : a spatial  approach to sustainable agriculture

Gerardo Bocco; Victor M. Toledo

Integrating peasant knowledge and geographic information systems : a spatial approach to sustainable agriculture

1997

Gerardo Bocco | Victor M. Toledo

Starting with a discussion of the scientific versus the traditional methods of land evaluation and perception, the authors formulate a methodological framework to integrate both perspectives into a geographic-information/expert-system environment aimed at sustainable development of a rural community, and present a case study in Central Mexico.

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AGROVOC Keywords

agricultural productivity china indigenous knowledge information processing information systems logging logs managers marketing margins monitoring netherlands physical geography social institutions statistics taiwan traditional technology

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Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide

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Agriculture and food.agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management; Agriculture and food.land tenure; Agriculture and food.agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management.soil and land management; Agriculture and food; Know-how; Statistics.statistics

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English

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