Coping with uncertainty in food supply
By: edited by I. de Garine and G.A. Harrison.
Contributors: Garine, I. de; Harrison, G. A. 1927-; Werner-Reimers-Stiftung.; Maison des sciences de l'homme (Paris, France)
Series: Oxford science publications
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
Subjects: Food supply -- Social aspects -- Congresses.; Nutrition -- Social aspects -- Congresses.; Food habits -- Congresses.
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Coping with Uncertainty in Food Supply
     by de Garine, I. (Editor); Harrison, G. Ainsworth (Editor)
	

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1	Seasonal Variations in Food Supply for Wild Primates   C.M. Hladik	
2	Seasonality and Human Population Biology   G.A. Harrison	
3	Food, Seasonality, and Human Evolution   W.A. Stini	
4	Food as a Function of Seasonal Environment and Social History   E.N. Wilmsen and D. Durham	
5	Efe Pygmies of Northeast Zaire: Subsistence Strategies in the Ituri Forest   R.C. Bailey and N.R. Peacock	
6	Food Supply Uncertainty Among the Aka Pygmies (Lobaye, Central African Republic)   S. Bahuchet	
7	Tradition and Change: Problems and Persistence in the Inuit Diet   M.M.R. Freeman	
8	Food Storage Among Hunter-Gatherers: More of Less Security in the Way of Life?   A. Testart	
9	Coping with Uncertainty in Food Supply Among the Oto and the Twa Living in the Equatorial Flooded Forest near Lake Tumba   Zaire, H. Pagezy	
10	Coping with Seasonal Fluctuations in Food Among Savanna Populations: The Massa and Mussey of Chad and Cameroon   I. de Garine and G. Koppert	
11	Coping with the Market: Uncertainty and Food Security Among Hausa Peasants   M. Watts	
12	Health and Energy Requirements of Nomadic Turkana Pastoralists   M.A. Little and K. Galvin and P.W. Leslie	
13	Seasonality, Climatic Fluctuations, and Food Supplies (Sahelian Nomadic Pastoral Societies)   E. Bernus	
14	Nutrition and Socio-Economic Strategies in Pastoral Societies in the Middle East with Special Reference to West Afghan Pashtuns   M.J. Casimir	
15	How Non-Food Producing Nomads Obtain Their Food: Peripatetic Strategies in Afghanistan   A. Rao and M.J. Casimir	
16	Coping with Uncertainty in Food Supply: Case Studies Among the Pastoral and Non-Pastoral Nomads of Western India   K.C. Malhotra and M. Gadgil	
17	Central Indian Tribal Societies under Stress of Modern Socio-Economic Pressures: Strategies to Face the Challenge   U. Pingle	
18	Uncertainties in Food Supply, and Nutritional Deficiencies, in Relation to Economic Conditions in a Village Population of Southern West Bengal, India   P. Bharati and A. Basu	
19	Food Allocation within the Family: Response to Fluctuating Food Supply and Food Needs   E.F. Wheeler and M. Abdullah	
20	A Framework for Analysing Uncertainty in Highland Areas   R. Huss-Ashmore and R. Thomas	
21	Discussion and Conclusions   I. de Garine and G.A. Harrison
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Based on papers presented at a conference held Dec. 13-16, 1982 in Bad Homburg, Germany, sponsored by the Werner-Reimers-Stiftung, Bad Homburg, and the Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris.