Cultivated Food Plants of the Rupununi

摘要

This is the first of the Savanna Research Series to focus its attention on agriculture in the savannas. The fields of the shifting cultivators and the ranch gardens are seen as integral parts of the savanna landscape. A checklist of the species grown at selected locations is presented and certain of the plants discussed. A description is given of the various cultivation site-types from shifting cultivation to the commercial truck-farm. In conclusion the Amerindian need for help in procurement of seed and improved technology is stressed. The Rupununi is stated to have the potential to be self-supporting but never to be a garden-state to supply the rest of Guyana. (Author)