Clinton L. Beckford

TL;DR: This article explored aboriginal environmental epistemologies and responsible human interactions with the natural environment and made the argument that while not a panacea, Aboriginal environmental ontologies hold lessons for teaching environmental stewardship and sustainability behavior in mainstream classrooms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that contextually speaking, local and traditional knowledge is valuable, adaptable and necessary in coping with risk and uncertainty in a changing world, while cautioning against a misguided notion of traditional knowledge as a panacea to all the ills of local agriculture.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the example of small-scale yam farmers in central Jamaica to explore and investigate important issues related to decision-making innovations around four questions: Can the decisions of farmers about innovations be considered to be rational? What are the major factors that influence decision outcomes? Why do so many agricultural innovations and modernization initiatives that target smallscale farmers fail? Do farmers really shun innovations that have clear and obvious benefits and, if so, why?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the sustainability of yam cultivation and consider concrete strategies for increasing the environmental sustainability and enhancing its contribution to food security in rural areas of the country.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the ways in which small farmers negotiate the stressors associated with hurricane events and found that despite high levels of vulnerability, farmers have achieved successful coping and adaptation at the farm level.