Reviews
I learned that crops have a hometown.
In a word, it is a disorganized and contentless book. Since the author is an agricultural scholar, I purchased it expecting systematic content regarding the origins of crops, but my expectations were completely shattered. Far removed from the origins of crops, it even includes content about the introduction of Buddhism, as well as personal travelogues and photos.
I remember reading in an old children's magazine about someone who contributed to the food shortage in Africa and became a chief.
Han Sang-ki: home of crops
Crops, which have sustained countless humans for millennia, are a precious cultural heritage above all else. Yet, we live unaware of this fact. Where did rice, barley, wheat, soybeans, potatoes, and cotton—which protect our lives and health and give us vitality—originate, and through what routes were they introduced to Korea? The author, a world-renowned Ph.D. in plant genetics and breeding, references Nikolai Vavilov's *The Eight Origins of Cultivated Plants*—a bible-like book in the field—and introduces the world's nine major centers of crop origin, including West Africa, which is not covered in the original text. Furthermore, the book examines the origins, propagation routes, and characteristics of approximately 20 important crops widely cultivated globally. This book is the culmination of the author's half-century of research—conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria and Korea—who has traveled the globe dozens of times to observe the realities of global agriculture and the importance of crops through the eyes of an agricultural scientist.
Korean title: 작물의 고향
Korean author: 한상기
Korean publisher: 에피스테메
ISBN-13: 9788920037559
Reviews
I learned that crops have a hometown.
In a word, it is a disorganized and contentless book. Since the author is an agricultural scholar, I purchased it expecting systematic content regarding the origins of crops, but my expectations were completely shattered. Far removed from the origins of crops, it even includes content about the introduction of Buddhism, as well as personal travelogues and photos.
I remember reading in an old children's magazine about someone who contributed to the food shortage in Africa and became a chief.
