Gene C Wilken
Biographic Data
| ID | 373286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gene C Wilken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gene C |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilken |
| SIGNATURE | WILKEN G C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America
Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America
The Search for Self-Sufficiency in Rural Mexico
Good farmers: Traditional agricultural resource management in Mexico and Central America
"Is traditional farming a thing of the past? Have we fallen into a technological trap where the modernization of agriculture is the only solution to world food production? Focusing on the farming practices of Mexico and Central America, Good Farmers examines in detail the effectiveness of sophisticated traditional methods of soil, water, climate, slope, and space management that rely primarily on human and animal power."--Publishers description.
World Systems of Traditional Resource Management
Village Clusters and Rural Development
Patla at Ajalpan: A Barter System in the Tehuacán Valley of Mexico
In the patla, or barter, section of the periodic market at San Juan Ajalpan, in the Tehuacán Valley of Mexico, farmers exchange valley-grown maize and vegetables for fruits and other hill products. Although negotiated barter is common, most exchanges are of fixed quantities of dry shelled maize for hill fruits of relatively uniform size. Since both parties to a transaction know current exchange rates in terms of shelled maize, trading proceeds ra…
Microclimate Management by Traditional Farmers
INKING the terms farmer and conjures up the image of a fetish-bound native in the far corner of a parched field mumbling incantations to an impotent rain god. A closer look at the field itself, however, may reveal that the superstitious cultivator has already instituted more effective measures to increase available moisture and, in fact, may have mastered a variety of climatemodifying techniques. Studies of environmental management by traditional…
Food-Producing Systems Available to the Ancient Maya
Discussion on the subsistence base of the ancient Maya has centered mainly around the potentialities and limitations of shifting cultivation. The case for alternative and more intensive food-producing systems warrants serious consideration. Reports and personal observation reveal that techniques of terracing, irrigation, drainage, gardening, and tree culture, plus gathering and intensified shifting cultivation were likely known and used. Like oth…
The ecology of gathering in a Mexican farming region
Drained-Field Agriculture: An Intensive Farming System in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Food-Producing Systems Available to the Ancient Maya
Discussion on the subsistence base of the ancient Maya has centered mainly around the potentialities and limitations of shifting cultivation. The case for alternative and more intensive food-producing systems warrants serious consideration. Reports and personal observation reveal that techniques of terracing, irrigation, drainage, gardening, and tree culture, plus gathering and intensified shifting cultivation were likely known and used. Like oth…
Drained-Field Agriculture: An Intensive Farming System in Tlaxcala, Mexico
The ecology of gathering in a Mexican farming region
Microclimate Management by Traditional Farmers
INKING the terms farmer and conjures up the image of a fetish-bound native in the far corner of a parched field mumbling incantations to an impotent rain god. A closer look at the field itself, however, may reveal that the superstitious cultivator has already instituted more effective measures to increase available moisture and, in fact, may have mastered a variety of climatemodifying techniques. Studies of environmental management by traditional…
Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America
Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America
Drained-Field Agriculture: An Intensive Farming System in Tlaxcala, Mexico
The ecology of gathering in a Mexican farming region
Food-Producing Systems Available to the Ancient Maya
Discussion on the subsistence base of the ancient Maya has centered mainly around the potentialities and limitations of shifting cultivation. The case for alternative and more intensive food-producing systems warrants serious consideration. Reports and personal observation reveal that techniques of terracing, irrigation, drainage, gardening, and tree culture, plus gathering and intensified shifting cultivation were likely known and used. Like oth…
Microclimate Management by Traditional Farmers
INKING the terms farmer and conjures up the image of a fetish-bound native in the far corner of a parched field mumbling incantations to an impotent rain god. A closer look at the field itself, however, may reveal that the superstitious cultivator has already instituted more effective measures to increase available moisture and, in fact, may have mastered a variety of climatemodifying techniques. Studies of environmental management by traditional…
Patla at Ajalpan: A Barter System in the Tehuacán Valley of Mexico
In the patla, or barter, section of the periodic market at San Juan Ajalpan, in the Tehuacán Valley of Mexico, farmers exchange valley-grown maize and vegetables for fruits and other hill products. Although negotiated barter is common, most exchanges are of fixed quantities of dry shelled maize for hill fruits of relatively uniform size. Since both parties to a transaction know current exchange rates in terms of shelled maize, trading proceeds ra…
World Systems of Traditional Resource Management
Village Clusters and Rural Development
Good farmers: Traditional agricultural resource management in Mexico and Central America
"Is traditional farming a thing of the past? Have we fallen into a technological trap where the modernization of agriculture is the only solution to world food production? Focusing on the farming practices of Mexico and Central America, Good Farmers examines in detail the effectiveness of sophisticated traditional methods of soil, water, climate, slope, and space management that rely primarily on human and animal power."--Publishers description.
Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America
The Search for Self-Sufficiency in Rural Mexico
Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America
Geography (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Agroforestry (5 works) · Business (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Biology (3 works) · Environmental resource management (3 works)