Introduction -- SECTION ONE: THEORETICAL APPROACH TO COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURE -- Chapter 1. Comparative agriculture, Object and Issues -- Chapter 2. The Origins of Comparative agriculture and René Dumont's Legacy -- Chapter 3. "Agrarian System", Integrating Concept of Comparative agriculture -- Chapter 4. Diachronic Approach to Agrarian Systems -- Chapter 5. Comparing Productive Processes -- SECTION TWO: METHODS AND EXPERTISE OF COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURE -- Chapter 6. Micro-Regional Approach to Agrarian Issues -- Chapter 7. Terrain and Surveys -- Chapter 8. Making History in Comparative agriculture -- Chapter 9. How to Build Farm Typologies? -- Chapter 10. Economy of Agricultural Production Process -- Chapter 11. Comparative agriculture and Evaluation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.