Native food production in the Eastern Woodlands of North America before, and at the time of, European contact has been described by several writers as "slash-and-burn agriculture," "shifting cultivation," and even "swidden." Select quotes from various early explorers, such as John Smith of ...
An interaction occurs, a thank you is delivered, and the person receiving the act of kindness from another in issuing the “Thank you” is misunderstood by the giver as being sarcastic, caustic, and not heartfelt. The person issuing the Thank You did not feel any of that; they merely off...
The environmental harms and labor-intensive nature of tobacco growing alone serve as important reasons for governments to pursue alternatives [27]. However, the key to mitigating these challenges lies in generating viable economic activities for farmers to shift away from tobacco leaf cultivation. Altho...
As in the rest of Southeast Asia, eradication policies but also the expansion of intensive agriculture and cash crops might contribute to the decline of shifting cultivation in Laos [31]. 2.1. Resettlement Policy in the Lao PDR Though there is no comprehensive account of contemporary population ...
All models included scenario and round and their interaction as fixed-effects and variation among sessions and players was accounted for by adding random intercepts for players and sessions drawn from normal distributions. The models can be described as µi = β0 + β1turni + β2scenarioi +...
Origins of agriculture - Japan, Rice Farming, Shifting Cultivation: In Japan, archaeologists have established a long unbroken sequence of cultures that spans the period from more than 30,000 years ago to the present. Villages were established throughout