Stephen B Brush

Biographic Data

ID	3617870
NAME	Stephen B Brush
GIVEN NAMES	Stephen B
FAMILY NAME	Brush
SIGNATURE	BRUSH S B
AFFILIATIONS	College of William and Mary
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	38
TOTAL CITATIONS	398
AUTHOR COUNT	37
EDITOR COUNT	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2018
H-INDEX	10

Agriculture: Modern Farming Systems
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushOTHERThe International Encyclopedia of…2018
Farming systems involve biophysical and sociocultural components. No farming system is unchanging, and the processes of increased energy input and output and spatial integration have resulted in changes such as shorter fallow, longer cultivation cycles, the use of nonlocal resources, and an overall decrease in the proportion of agriculturalists in a population. Modern farming systems are characterized by high energy inputs, high output, reliance …
A Minor Role for Environmental Adaptation in Local–Scale Maize Landrace Distribution: Results from a Common Garden Experiment in Oaxaca, Mexico1
Open AccessQuetzalcóatl Orozco-Ramírez, Quetzalcóatl Orozco–Ramírez et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany2014Cited by: 2References: 20
Agrobiodiversity and the law: Regulating genetic resources, food security and cultural diversity
B Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEThe Journal of Peasant Studies2013Cited by: 1References: 1
Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability
Jack R Harlan, Paul Gepts et al.BOOKBiodiversity in Agriculture2012
Earth Ovens (Píib) in the Maya Lowlands: Ethnobotanical Data Supporting Early Use
Open AccessCarmen Salazar, Daniel Zizumbo‐Villarreal et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany2012Cited by: 13References: 11
Farmers’ Rights and Protection of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEWorld Development2007Cited by: 14References: 14
Cernea Comment
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLECulture & Agriculture2006
Maize diversity and ethnolinguistic diversity in Chiapas, Mexico
Open AccessHugo Perales, Hugo R Perales et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2005
The objective of this study is to investigate whether ethnolinguistic diversity influences crop diversity. Factors suggest a correlation between biological diversity of crops and cultural diversity. Although this correlation has been noted, little systematic research has focused on the role of culture in shaping crop diversity. This paper reports on research in the Maya highlands (altitude > 1,800 m) of central Chiapas in southern Mexico that exa…
Farmers' Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World
B Brush, Stephen B BrushBOOKFarmers' Bounty2004
This book defines the dimensions of crop diversity and questions surrounding it. Understanding the nature of crop diversity and its fate in the modern world is an international scientific enterprise that draws scientists from many different disciplines—archaeology, geography, botany, genetics, anthropology, and economics. Since the mid-nineteenth century, many investigators have dealt with this topic and have defined an array of scientific, indus…
Crop Diversity in Peasant and IndustrializedAgriculture: Mexico and California
B Brush, Stephen B Brush et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2003Cited by: 2
The loss of biological diversity of crops in centers of crop origins and evolution ("Vavilov centers") is recognized as a cost of agricultural modernization. Another effect is to alter processes of crop evolution by restructuring farmer seed management. This article uses two case studies of "traditional" and "developed" agriculture to examine crop diversity and the management of crop evolutionary processes. The Mexican milpa is regarded as a desc…
Bioprospecting the Public Domain
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLECultural Anthropology1999Cited by: 40References: 19
Bio-cooperation and the benefits of crop genetic resources: The case of Mexican maize
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEWorld Development1998Cited by: 8References: 10
Making Nature, Shaping Culture: Plant Biodiversity in Global Context
B Brush, Stephen B Brush et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1997
Anthropology and the Conservation of Biodiversity
B Orlove, Benjamin S Orlove et al.ARTICLEAnnual Review of Anthropology1996Cited by: 66References: 88
Conservation programs for protected areas and plant genetic resources have evolved in similar ways, beginning with a focus on single species and expanding to ecosystem strategies that involve the participation of local people. Anthropologists have described the increasing importance of the participation of local people in conservation programs, both of local populations in protected area management and of farmers in plant genetic resources. Both …
In Situ Conservation of Landraces in Centers of Crop Diversity
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLECrop Science1995
The importance of crop germplasm found in landraces is well established, and a comprehensive international program exists to conserve this resource ex situ in gene banks and botanical gardens. Landraces are still cultivated in regions of crop domestication and diversity. In situ maintenance has been neglected by genetic resource conservation programs in part because of misconceptions about farming systems that produce landraces. This paper presen…
A conversation on Conversations: Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text. STEPHEN Gude-MAN and Alberto Rivera
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B Brush et al.ARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist1995References: 2
Keepers of maize in Chiapas, Mexico
Open AccessM R Bellon, B Brush et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany1994Cited by: 44References: 17
Indigenous Knowledge of Biological Resources and Intellectual Property Rights: The Role of Anthropology
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1993Cited by: 55References: 29
Reconsidering the green revolution: Diversity and stability in cradle areas of crop domestication
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEHuman Ecology1992
Farmer's rights and genetic conservation in traditional farming systems
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEWorld Development1992Cited by: 9References: 6
Technology adoption and biological diversity in Andean potato agriculture
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B Brush et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics1992Cited by: 41References: 10
A Farmer-based approach to conserving crop germplasm
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEEconomic Botany1991Cited by: 25References: 9
Agricultural development and maize diversity in Mexico
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B Brush et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology1988
Social/Cultural Anthropology: Intervillage Conffict in Oaxaca . Philip A. Dennis
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B BrushARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1988
Small-Scale Agro-Pastoral Production in the Central Andes
Open AccessB Brush, Stephen B Brush et al.ARTICLEMountain Research and Development1985
Small-scale agro-pastoral production in the Central Andes is oriented toward guaranteeing a subsistence livelihood by efforts to attain self-sufficiency in food production and to reduce environmental risks. Production strategies involve the simultaneous use of several ecological zones each with characteristic crops or types of pasture. Households are the basic units of production which allocate land, labour, and capital at their disposal to meet …