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 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Tropics
- 2. Shifting cultivation : definition, basic features and types
- 3. Soil dynamics during cultivation
- 4. Soil dynamics during the fallow period
- 5. Fallow vegetation dynamics
- 6. Relationships between fallow soil and vegetation - 7. Ecological succession theory and models
- 8. Theory and models of soil fertility restoration under bush fallow
- 9. Intensification of shifting cultivation
- 10. Alternative farming systems and the future of shifting cultivation