3 edition of Swidden fields found in the catalog.
Swidden fields
Published
1998
by Friday Circle, Dept. of English, University of Ottawa in Ottawa
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Donated in 1998-99 by Canadian authors and publishers through the efforts of Gary Geddes, Distinguished Professor of Canadian Culture, Center for Canadian-American Studies.
Other titles | Geddes Collection., Rare Book Collection. |
Contributions | University of Ottawa., Friday Circle. |
The Physical Object | |
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Pagination | [20] p. ; |
Number of Pages | 20 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL15467194M |
ISBN 10 | 1896362125 |
LC Control Number | 98010393 |
OCLC/WorldCa | 39386743 |
swidden definition: slash-and-burnOrigin of swiddenultimately from obsolete or dialect, dialectal swithen, to burn, scorch. Start studying AP Human Geography Chapter 10 Agriculture. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Search. (book) Where was agriculture invented? The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year to avoid exhausting the soil.
swidden fields, new cropping patterns, or just about anything that qualifies as “an improvement”. Alternatively, they may be social innovations, such as more effective methods of social fencing, labour arrangements or land tenure. ‘The Politics of Swidden farming’ is an ethnography of swidden farming practised – a characteristically remote, inaccessible and under-researched region of South Asia. The research ties on both archival-historical and contemporary ethnographic discourses on swidden farming and agrarian development among the eastern Naga community.
Book announcement & Call for papers, Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific Malcolm Cairns and his team are bringing to a logical conclusion what promises to be the world’s leading collection of scientific works on the practice of shifting cultivation, . Swidden, also known as “slash and burn,” “long fallow,” and roça in Brazil, is a system of agriculture that involves clearing small areas within a forest, burning the slash (Figs. 1 – 4), and planting for 1–5 years (Figs. 5 and 6).The plot is then abandoned for 25– years – long enough for the forest to .
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Political ecology. Shifting cultivation is a form of agriculture or a cultivation system, in which, at any particular point in time, a minority of 'fields' are in cultivation and a majority are in various stages of natural re-growth.
Over time, fields are cultivated for a relatively short time, and allowed to recover, or are fallowed, for a relatively long time.
Shifting cultivation supports around million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion Swidden fields book robs lowland areas of water. These misconceptions and their policy implications need to be challenged.
Swidden farming could support carbon sequestration and conservation of. Irrigated fields typically increase in value through time. C) The Betsileo of Madagascar used irrigation intensively.
D) Irrigated fields are labor intensive compared to swidden (burned over) fields. E) Irrigation usually enriches the soil. Define swidden.
swidden synonyms, swidden pronunciation, swidden translation, English dictionary definition of swidden. An area cleared for temporary cultivation by cutting and burning the vegetation.
n a. an area of land where slash-and-burn techniques have been used to. Swidden definition is - a temporary agricultural plot formed by cutting back and burning off vegetative cover.
While swidden systems are still present in the uplands in these areas, the use of fallow areas as pasture has expanded and the size of cultivated fields within the swidden land areas has decreased.
View chapter Purchase book. Swidden fields function as both field and forest, and it is inappropriate to consider swidden agriculture to be environmentally destructive. In the case of the mountain people in northern Laos, there is a variety of gathering methods for non-timber forest products (NTFPs) which differ according to the environment and take into account factors.
Swidden definition, a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation. See more. Swidden farming could support carbon sequestration and conservation of land, biodiversity and cultural heritage.
This comprehensive analysis of past and present policy highlights successes and failures and emphasizes the importance of getting it right for the future. This book is enhanced with supplementary : Malcolm Cairns.
Swidden definition: an area of land where slash-and-burn techniques have been used to prepare it for | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. Swidden cultivation in Asia. Bangkok [Thailand]: The Office, (OCoLC) Material Type: Government publication, International government publication: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: Unesco.
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This includes tools, choice of site, land preparation, burning, erosion control, labour, planting crops, weeding, pest control and harvest on swidden fields, preparation and transplanting on Author: Guido Sprenger. The study explores the cultural ecology of Khonoma, with special emphasis on the role of alder in its swidden fields.
It carefully documents how alder is being managed, examines the evidence for what benefits it provides, and seeks to reconstruct the historical reasons underlying alder?s magnified importance in Khonoma.
Get this from a library. The politics of swidden farming, environment and development in eastern India. [Debojyoti Das] -- 'The Politics of Swidden farming' is an ethnography of swidden farming practised - a characteristically remote, inaccessible and under-researched. Soil translocation by weeding on steep-slope swidden fields in northern Vietnam Article in Soil and Tillage Research 96(1) October with Reads How we measure 'reads'.
While swidden systems are still present in the uplands in these areas, the use of fallow areas as pasture has expanded and the size of cultivated fields within the swidden land areas has decreased.
View chapter Purchase book. The field research for this book was conducted in A few years earlier the Lao government stopped issuing export permits for wood resin, although wood resin from Cambodia was still being exported to Thailand via Laos.
The argument of the Lao government at the time was that wood resin harvesting was damaging the forests. SWIDDEN: comment | share: Houston Feb Does anyone know how to get their hands on a copy of their old demo, or can point me in the direction of a digital copy. I haven't heard them in years and am feeling super nostalgic: vule.
Swidden agriculture, once the dominant form of land use throughout the uplands and much of the lowlands of Southeast Asia, is being replaced by other land uses.
While change and adaptation are inherent to swiddening, the current rapid and widespread transitions are unprecedented. In this paper we review some recent findings on changes in biodiversity, especially plant diversity at various Cited by:.
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n a land-use system, esp in tropical Africa, in which a tract of land is cultivated until its fertility diminishes, when it is abandoned until this is.
The size of swidden fields is dictated by the ability of the household to maintain their swidden. Since production is generally for consumption and a few surplus for exchange, the average size of each swidden is less than a hectare.
Labor requirement is provided by the household, and cooperation from nearby relatives is also practiced and.