For this reason the temporary variability of the soil characteristics and their relationship with the spatial distribution of the crops is important. In the Cuao River watershed, located in the Venezuelan Amazon, ten systems of Piaroa shifting agriculture were randomly selected from different ...
Shifting cultivation is also known as swidden cultivation, where a field is rapidly cleared for crops grown for only a few years before the field is abandoned. Often, the field is cleared through fire. Answer and Explanation:1 The effects of shifting cultivation on the landscape vary between a...
For these reasons, as established by these laws, and after surveys and analyses, cultivation for food purposes in affected crops has become prohibited. As a result, the open space, the endless horizon of the countryside has turned into residual space, which is sometimes abandoned, sometimes ...
Shifting Turmeric Cultivation to Other Crops by Small-Holder Farmers in a Selected Area of IndiaKowsalya, M.Krishnaveni, M.Journal of Agricultural Science & Technology
When the fallow includes woody perennials, shifting cultivation is an agroforestry practice with temporal sequencing of agricultural crops and trees.The cultural, edaphic, ecological, and agronomic features of shifting cultivation systems have been studied in great detail (Conklin 1957, 1963; Nye and ...
1996. "Deforestation, Shifting Cultivation, and Tree Crops in Indonesia: Nationwide Patterns of Smallholder Agriculture at the Forest Frontier." Research Project on Social and Environmental Consequences of Growth-Oriented Policies. Policy Research Working: Paper 4. World Bank, Policy Research Department,...
Sillitoe P, Shiel RS (1999) Soil fertility under shifting and semi-continous cultivation in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Soil Use Manage 15:49–55Sillitoe, P.; Shiel, R.S. Soil fertility under shifting and semi-continuous cultivation in the Southern Highlands of Papua New ...
Economics of shifting land from field crops to hog plum (Spondias mombin L.) cultivation in southern Bangladeshdoi:10.3329/IJARIT.V10I2.51589Mhk SujanAK GhoshM SultanaF IslamFT SadiaBangladesh Journals Online (JOL)
Of course, the cultivation of 'cash crops' particu- larly vegetables requires significantly higher investment of inputs (fertiliser, irrigation, pesticides, herbicides) and labour than growing staples. So those with large plots use the opportunity of land as a cost-saving mechanism while those ...
2006. Introducing cash crops in shifting cultivation regions--the experience with cardamom in Laos. Agro- forestry Systems 66:65-76.Ducourtieux O, Visonnavong P, Rossard J (2006) Introducing cash crops in shifting cultivation regions: the experience with cardamom in Laos. Agrofor Syst 66:65...