Shifting Cultivation
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The process of globalisation has made an unprecedented change in indigenous people's lives worldwide. However, the degree of exploitation and marginalisation vary from State to states and tribal group to group. It examines that younger... more
Shifting cultivation has been attributed to causing large-scale deforestation and forest degradation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers. This view has been embedded in many policy documents in the tropics, although, there are... more
Case study from Mokokchung district in Nagaland India on Shifting cultivation, changes and challenges in land-use and livelihoods.
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007. Since then, the importance of the role that indigenous peoples play in economic, social and environmental... more
Shifting cultivation or slash & burn is a traditional agricultural activity practiced commonly in rural mountainous region. It is a system of rotating cultivation on a plot of land for 2-3 years and leaves it fallow for another 10-15... more
The objective of the study is to weigh the impact of agroforestry practices on smallholder’s livelihood in the upland area of Cox’s bazar region. Few development organisations have been implementing some small scale livelihood development... more
In Meghalaya, the recent unprecedented demographic growth has intensified the local agricultural system with serious implication for food security. As the carrying capacity of the upland region is much limited compared to the lowland, the... more
Based on the case of Nyamikum village’s Abulës-Speakers (‘Abelam’) in Papua New Guinea, this paper weaves two parallel discussions: the first shifts our approach of gardens from being horizontal surfaces, covered in assemblages of plants,... more
The Khasis of West Khasi Hills practice another interesting method, and use cow's blood to repel birds from paddy fields. A small bird species, locally known as phreit, comes in flocks and damages the paddy, breaking the tillers.... more
Shifting cultivation is a widespread practice in tropical forested areas that policy makers often regard as the major cause of forest degradation. Secondary fallow forests regrowing after shifting cultivation are generally not viewed as... more