Paul Richard is Professor Emeritus of Technology and Agrarian Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

• Introduction: Science, Agriculture and Environment in West Africa 1. Food Crops and Environment: Colonial Policy and Present Dilemmas 2. The Ecology of West African Farming Systems: i) Seasonality and Shifting Cultivation 3. The Ecology of West African Farming Systems: ii) Intercropping and Wet-Land Agriculture 4. The Ecological Dynamics of West African Food-Crop Farming Systems: Two Case Studies 5. Science and the Peasantry 6. People’s Science: a Green Revolution from Within? Conclusion.

Paul Richard is Professor Emeritus of Technology and Agrarian Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

• Introduction: Science, Agriculture and Environment in West Africa 1. Food Crops and Environment: Colonial Policy and Present Dilemmas 2. The Ecology of West African Farming Systems: i) Seasonality and Shifting Cultivation 3. The Ecology of West African Farming Systems: ii) Intercropping and Wet-Land Agriculture 4. The Ecological Dynamics of West African Food-Crop Farming Systems: Two Case Studies 5. Science and the Peasantry 6. People’s Science: a Green Revolution from Within? Conclusion.

Paul Richard is Professor Emeritus of Technology and Agrarian Development at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

• Introduction: Science, Agriculture and Environment in West Africa 1. Food Crops and Environment: Colonial Policy and Present Dilemmas 2. The Ecology of West African Farming Systems: i) Seasonality and Shifting Cultivation 3. The Ecology of West African Farming Systems: ii) Intercropping and Wet-Land Agriculture 4. The Ecological Dynamics of West African Food-Crop Farming Systems: Two Case Studies 5. Science and the Peasantry 6. People’s Science: a Green Revolution from Within? Conclusion.