Changes in shifting cultivation in Africa: Seven case studies
| Title | Changes in shifting cultivation in Africa: Seven case studies |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1985 |
| Authors | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Forestry Department |
| Secondary Title | FAO Forestry Paper no. 50/1 |
| Number of Pages | 185 |
| Date Published | 1985 |
| Publisher | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| City | Rome |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 92-5-102283-6 978-92-5-102283-2 |
| Call Number | S602.87.C483 1985 |
| Keywords | agroforestry; shifting cultivation; traditional agriculture |
| 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. |
| URL | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13803278 |
| Short Title | Changes in shifting cultivation in Africa |
