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Swidden-fallow agricultureDeforestationForest conservationA key issue in understanding tropical forest disturbance is what drives farmers practicing customary shifting cultivation to clear crop fields in old-growth forest over secondary forest fallows. These farmers typically hold a stock of secondary forest ...
What is an example of shifting cultivation? What are the ethical concerns of intensive farming? What is extensive aquaculture? What is agro-ecological farming? What crops are grown in mixed farming? What crops are grown in plantation agriculture?
The rotation of harvesting pressure, in agriculture as well as hunting or fishing, is a well-known strategy commonly used by Indigenous people to maintain habitat productivity (Gadgil et al., 1993). Traditional PA gazettement practices are rigid in terms of both spatial and temporal boundaries. ...
agriculture is becoming increasingly significant as a source of household food, a trend that is closely linked to declining incomes of vulnerable urban households in the wake of neoliberal economic restructuring, high rates of urbanisation, and the need to serve an emerging niche market in African ...
provide the best model to mimic if sustainability is the goal. Normally, ecosystems agroecology is not actively involved in social science; however, this school is essentially based on the belief that large-scale agriculture is inappropriate. The work of Steve Gliessman is prototypical of this ap...
Animal husbandry is part of that – good, bad, and complicated – so let’s dig into it. Defining Animal Husbandry According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, animal husbandry is “a branch of agriculture concerned with the production and care of domestic animals”. ...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. References Abate, T., van Huis, A., & Ampofo, J. K. O. (2000). Pest management strategies in traditional agriculture: An African perspective. Annual Review of Entomology, 45, 631–659. CAS PubMed ...
Shifting cultivation can be a beneficial agricultural practice when used on a smaller scale for subsistence farming. When shifting agriculture is used on a larger scale, the clearing of large areas of tropical vegetation can lead to harmful deforestation....
Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest agricultural practices in areas with abundant native vegetation. This practice clears fields with fire rather than cutting and clearing. Once the soil is depleted, the fields are allowed to grow fallow....