Author: T. HatchPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
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Shifting Cultivation in Sarawak and Its Effect on Soil Fertility
Author: T. HatchThe Relationships Between Fallow Periods, Soil Fertility and Productivity in Shifting Cultivation Agriculture
Author: Thilde Bech BruunShifting Cultivation and Environmental Change
Author: Malcolm F. CairnsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317750187
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1405
Book Description
Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
The Nature of Shifting Cultivation
Author: Raymond Frederick WattersPublisher:
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Category : Shifting cultivation
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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The Effect of Shifting Cultivation on the Agricultural Economy of the Peoples of Sarawak, Malaysia
Author: Fred Lee SimmermonPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Soil Erosion and Shifting Cultivation in Sarawak
Author: T. HatchCutting Across the Lands
Author: Eveline FerrettiPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501719130
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
An annotated bibliography focused on Borneo and the Southern Philippines. With over 1,000 citations, this reference work identifies patterns of forestland transformation common to the areas under consideration. A subject index is included.
Shifting Cultivation in Sarawak
Author: T. HatchPublisher:
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Category : Shifting cultivation
Languages : en
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Report on the Iban
Author: Derek FreedmanPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000321207
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Iban or the Sea Dayaks of Sarawak have probably been the best known of the indigenous peoples of Borneo for well over a century. Much has been written about them, but until the results of Dr Freeman's field research were published by the Government of Sarawak and by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1955 there was little information on their methods of agriculture and their social system. The book has become a landmark in the studies of shifting cultivation and of cognatic kinship organization; and the ideas around which it is written have proved over the years to be a continuing and powerful stimulus in the development of kinship theory. The field work on which the account is based was undertaken from 1949 to 1951. Although fundamental changes have taken place in the life of the Iban since the book was first published, it has been decided to republish it substantially unaltered.
Shifting Cultivation in Sarawak
Author: T. HatchPublisher:
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Category : Shifting cultivation
Languages : en
Pages : 165
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