@book{18, keywords = {shifting cultivation, traditional agriculture, agroforestry}, author = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Forestry Department}, title = {Changes in shifting cultivation in Africa: Seven case studies}, abstract = {Excerpts from following papers: The case of the CGOT Sector, Sedhiou (Casamance), Senegal: transformations of traditional agriculture after an unsuccessful large-scale operation for mechanized groundnut production in forest zones; Integrated Rural Development Project, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone; Development of ecological methods of upland farming in West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania; Smallholder plantation agriculture of immigrant Baoule farmers in southwestern Ivory Coast; Alternatives and improvements to shifting cultivation on the east coast of Madagascar; The modifications to traditional shifting cultivation brought about by the forest development project in the HADO area, Kondoa, Tanzania; Forestry and socio-economic aspects of modification of traditional shifting cultivation through the taungya system in the Subri area, Ghana.}, year = {1985}, journal = {FAO Forestry Paper no. 50/1}, pages = {185}, month = {01/1985}, publisher = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}, address = {Rome}, isbn = {92-5-102283-6 978-92-5-102283-2}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13803278}, language = {English}, }