The Rationality of Shifting Cultivation Systems: Labor Productivity Revisited

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The Rationality of Shifting Cultivation Systems: Labor Productivity Revisited

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on labor productivity in shifting cultivation systems, and relationships between labor productivity and production parameters are analyzed in two case studies of Iban communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, during two farming seasons. In addition...

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Main Authors:	Uffe, Nielsen, Ole, Mertz, Gabriel Tonga, Noweg
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer US 2006
Subjects:	S Agriculture (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12272/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12272/1/The%20rationality%20of%20shifting%20cultivation%20systems%20labor%20productivity%20revisited%20%28abstract%29.pdf

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