People of the Plow: An Agricultural History of Ethiopia, 1800-1990

by James C. McCann

Book Overview

For more than two thousand years, Ethiopia's ox-plow agricultural system was the most efficient and innovative in Africa, but has been afflicted in the recent past by a series of crises: famine, declining productivity, and losses in biodiversity. James C. McCann analyzes the last two hundred years of agricultural history in Ethiopia to determine whether the ox-plow agricultural system has adapted to population growth, new crops, and the challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299146146
• ISBN13: 9780299146146
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"