Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics [
Shifting cultivation is the predominant system of arable farming in the humid and sub-humid tropics, where several hundred million people depend on this system of agriculture for their livelihood. This book documents and systematizes findings in shiftin cultivation from over the last six decades, in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, UK :
CABI ,
c2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2012/20123383846.pdf |
| Summary: | Shifting cultivation is the predominant system of arable farming in the humid and sub-humid tropics, where several hundred million people depend on this system of agriculture for their livelihood. This book documents and systematizes findings in shiftin cultivation from over the last six decades, including characterizing secondary succession and relating the changes that fallow vegetation undergoes to the process of soil fertility restoration. This book is essential reading for researchers and students of tropical agriculture and related areas. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 196 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1780640439 1780641710 (e-book) 9781780640433 (e-book) 9781780641713 (e-book) |