Polynesian and Micronesian subsistence agriculture

Polynesian and Micronesian subsistence agriculture / by Jacques Barrau

Creator: Barrau, Jacques

Created/Published: Noumea, New Caledonia : South Pacific Commission, 1956

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POLYNESIAN AND MICRONESIAN SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE	1
POLYNESIAN AND MICRONESIAN SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE	3
FOREWORD	4
FIRST PART	8
Natural Environment in Polynesia and Micronesia	9
II. Geology, physiography and soils	11
III. Vegetation	15
Traditional Agricultural Equipment and its Development	23
Exchanges in Micronesia and Polynesia	24
Economic Areas of Polynesia	27
Traditional Subsistence Economies and Agricultural systems	29
Variations in the vegetable food pattern of Polynesia and Micronesia	30
present Subsistence Economy of Polynesian and Micronesian Islands	34
subsistence economy of the high islands	34
subsistence economy of coral islands	45
subsistence problems entailed in the agricultural and economic evolution of Polynesia and Micronesia	52
PART TWO	55
STAPLE FOOD PLANTS	56
Palmae	60
Araceae	64
Taccaceae	71
Dioscoreaceae	72
Musaceae	78
DICOTYLEDONS	82
SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD PLANTS	88
NUTS, SEEDS AND PULSES	89
FRESH VEGETABLES	95
TUBERS AND STARCHY FOODS OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE	102
FRUIT PLANTS	107
CEREALS	116
SUGAR PLANTS	118
BEVERAGE PLANTS	119
NARCOTIC PLANTS	120
PART THREE	121
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN POLYNESIA AND MICRONESIA	123
IMPROVEMENT OF THE VEGETABLE FOOD PATTERN IN EUROPEAN TIMES	129
IMPROVEMENT OF HORTICULTURAL METHODS	134
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION	141
ROLE OF EXPERIMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK AND EDUCATION	144
BIBLIOGRAPHY	146

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