Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, and “Development” Beyond the Biophysical

摘要: Knowledge, culture, and relations of power shape the institutionalized discourses, ideologies, practices “development” as well everyday natural resource management women men around world. As a result, broader interdisciplinary perspective on agriculture, management, development practice beyond purely biophysical approaches is urgently needed. This chapter – like volume it introduces offers insights into socio-cultural, political-economic, environmental effects (and their very real implications for in global South), highlighting challenges “mis-adventures” associated with past current practices. It also presents strands theory that can help to make sense these realities, provides concrete recommendations moving them. The volume’s case studies, introduced this chapter, demonstrate possibility necessity reaching out borders anthropological social scientific disciplines ways are meaningful valuable others. studies articulate faced by sociocultural scientists working arenas dominated other disciplines. argues importance rigorous science, understanding dynamics knowledge, diverse contexts. At same time, highlights need move critique ventures towards constructive engagement disciplines, makes unique contributions science agriculture management.