Geography in the International Agricultural Research Centers

Theoretical and Practical Concerns

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8375360
AutoresAnthony J Bebbington (0000-0003-3342-7898, University of Cambridge), Anthony Bebbington, Judith A Carney (0000-0003-2758-431X, University of California, Los Angeles), Judith Carney
Ano1990
Volume80
Fascículo1
Páginas34-48
Data de publicação1990-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8306.1990.tb00002.x
OpenAlexW2001597557
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas54

The International Agricultural Research Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research comprise a system for interdisciplinary work on Third World agrarian systems combining the physical and the social sciences. While economics and anthropology have represented the vanguard of social sciences in the Centers, recent years have witnessed increasing interest in geographic research. This interest reflects the Centers' growing concern for sustainable agriculture and agroecological mapping. It also suggests a somewhat narrow conception of geography. We address the possible origins of the limited representation of geography in these Centers to date, and the context of this emerging interest. We argue that geographers have a responsibility to draw out the practical implications of their research and suggest that the Centers afford one means of doing so. Potential contributions from the physical, biogeographical, cartographic and social fields of our discipline are considered, and the importance of teamwork combining these different specialties is suggested. Particularly significant, both for applied agricultural research and the theoretical study of Third World agriculture, could be a critical development of the concept of “sustainability.'’Several thematic and conceptual building blocks for such development are presented

Agrarian society · Agriculture · Agroecology · Context (archaeology) · Economic geography · Geographer · Geography · Human geography · Political science · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Ecology · Organic Food and Agriculture