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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Article entitled Common Ground: Risk, Scarcity, and Shared Resources in Goan Agriculture. By Paul Axelrod and Michelle Fuerch in Human Ecology, VOL 34; NUMBER 1. Pages: 79-98. ISSN: 0300-7839. Summary In the Indian state of Goa, communally owned agricultural land has persisted through indigenous state rule, colonial occupation and postcolonial liberation. We show that in Goa, and indeed elsewhere in the world, communally owned land provides protection against scarcity, risk, and state revenue demands in wet rice agriculture. When wet rice agriculture is the primary agricultural activity, communally owned land is an effective way to utilize resources. These findings add to the literature that challenges the inevitability of the tragedy of commonly owned resources. For full text (20 pages) check your Library or buy from http://www.springerlink.com/ Eddie Fernandes _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)