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Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture

Netting, Robert McC.·1993·Stanford University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1515/9781503622067
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Contrasting the prevailing theories of the evolution of agriculture, the author argues that the practice of smallholding is more efficient and less environmentally degrading than that of industrial agriculture which depends heavily on fossil fuel, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. He presents a convincing case for his argument with examples taken from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, and demonstrates that there are fundamental commonalities among smallholder cultures. "Smallholders, Householders" is a detailed and innovative analysis of the agricultural efficiency and conservation of resources practiced around the world by smallholders.

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  • Regime shifts in land system productivity are driven not by technological innovations in themselves but by demographic or social demands for surplus production or reduced labor inputs, usually well after the requisite technologies have become widely available.

    “In all cases, regime shifts in land system productivity are driven not by technological innovations in themselves but rather by demographic or social demands for surplus production or reduced labor inputs, usually well after the requisite technologies have become widely available (45).”

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  • Hunter-gatherer's use of fire to enhance foraging success is a form of land-use intensification, as is land clearing for shifting cultivation, wet rice cultivation, the moldboard plow, and contemporary use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and mechanization.

    “By this model, hunter-gatherer’s use of fire to enhance foraging success is a form of land-use intensification, as is land clearing for shifting cultivation, wet rice cultivation, the moldboard plow, and contemporary use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and mechanization (44, 45).”

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  • In less densely populated regions, agricultural productivity was generally much lower, as in the pre- and postcolonial Americas, Australia, and New Zealand.

    “In less densely populated regions, agricultural productivity was generally much lower, as in the pre- and postcolonial Americas, Australia, and New Zealand (44, 45, 74).”

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  • Agricultural yields within the most densely populated and productive preindustrial land-use systems compared well with modern yields and were sustained in some regions for centuries to millennia, even though they also tended to require extreme inputs of labor and other socially unsustainable hardships.

    “Agricultural yields within the most densely populated and productive preindustrial land-use systems compared well with modern yields and were sustained in some regions for centuries to millennia, even though they also tended to require extreme inputs of labor and other socially unsustainable hardships (43–45, 92).”

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Authors
Netting, R. M.
Corresponding author
Netting, Robert McC.
Venue
Stanford University Press eBooks
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Published
1993-09-01
DOI
10.1515/9781503622067
OpenAlex
W4206967838
Cited by
756
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 65 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 46 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 26
FWCI
49.26
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Stanford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rural Development and Agriculture
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture
Keywords
smallholder farming, small farms, industrial agriculture, agricultural efficiency, environmental degradation, resource conservation, fossil fuels, mineral fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, evolution of agriculture, household farming

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