Description:
What is shifting cultivation?
swidden,
Shwe Pyaung Taungya,
rotational
agroforestry, long fallow forest cultivation, low input
sustainable agro-
forestry...
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Oldest farming system in the world
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cultivating
a series of
plots sequentially; after
cultivating a field it is left to fallow
for
several years,
typically long enough for pioneer tree growth.
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In South East Asia predominantly
practiced by
politically
marginalised
upland ethnic
minority
peoples
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Agricultural system combines private and common
tenure systems
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High diversity in cropping
Often
misunderstood
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Criticised since colonial times
? largely misunderstood
by scientific foresters wanting to exploit timber
resources
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Scientific consensus since 1950?s that S.C can be a
perpetually sustainable cultivation system
Source/publisher:
Land Core Group
Date of Publication:
2016-06-17
Date of entry:
2016-07-01
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- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English
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