Agricultural systems on the floodplains of the Peruvian Amazon
| Title | Agricultural systems on the floodplains of the Peruvian Amazon |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1989 |
| Authors | Hiraoka, M |
| Editor | Browder, JO |
| Book Title | Fragile lands of Latin America: Strategies for sustainable development |
| Secondary Title | Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development |
| Pagination | 75-100 |
| Date Published | 1989 |
| Publisher | Westview Press |
| City | Boulder, CO |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 0-8133-7705-6 |
| Call Number | HD320.5.Z63F68 1989 |
| Keywords | agroforestry; American Indians; climate; fallow; flora; local knowledge; Native Americans; Peru; rainfall; river; shifting cultivation; South America; swiddens |
| Abstract | The "development" of Amazonia continues unabated. Governments sharing the basin are promoting the occupation of the region for reasons that range from land pressures occasioned by inequitable land tenure systems or population pressure, expansion of food and fiber production to meet domestic needs or foreign exchange earnings, to exploitation of natural resources. Development models, however, have been based on those extraneous to the region. This chapter explores those models and systems. (author) |
| Notes | Chapter 5 |
| URL | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18351601 |
| Short Title | Fragile lands of Latin America |
