Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India

Pt. I Aspects of a Changing Environment 1. Floods and fields in the Brahmaputra valley: 20th-century changes in historical perspective / Ritupan Goswami 2. Relation of the traditional economic system and ecology: The case of a Naga community / Late U. A. Shimray 3. Why do jhumiyas jhum? Managing change in shifting cultivation areas in the uplands of northeastern India / Dhrupad Choudhury 4. A dying lake: Food security versus `development' - Loktak, Manipur / Thingnam Anjulika Samom 5. Land, environmental degradation and conflicts in northeastern India / Walter Fernandes pt. II Gender Dimensions of Farming 6. Livelihood diversification: Farming, forest-use and gender in northeastern India /Deepak K. Mishra 7. Gender dynamics in agro-biodiversity conservation in Sikkim and Nagaland / Chanda Gurung Goodrich 8. Gender, food security and rice farming in Tripura / S. Deb Barma Contents note continued: 9.Mizoram's rice economy and gender relations / Laithangpuii 10. Gender ideologies and the `price' of rice in northeastern India / Sumi Krishna pt. III Search for Alternatives 11. Integrated rubber farming and livelihood systems in northeastern India / P. K. Viswanathan 12. Organic farming in the northeastern hill regions / Nilabja Ghosh 13A.The potential of horticultural interventions for livelihood enhancement and biodiversity conservation in Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh / Sumi Krishna 13B.Rhododendron conservation and squash production: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh / Monalisa Sen 14. Community-based approaches to local natural resource management /S. K. Barik.