Shifting cultivation in Africa: The Zande system of agriculture

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	1956
Contributors	Author: Pierre de Schlippe
Number of Pages	xxxi, 304 pp.
Date Published	01/1956
Publisher	Routledge & Kegan Paul
City	London, England
Language	English
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Collection Topic	Ecology
Keywords	ecology rice swiddens taxonomy sorghum Zande rock formations millet maize green gram overcultivation crop rotation slash and burn cowpeas
Abstract	The excerpts from this book talk about the Zande ecological conceptions concerning swidden farming, rock and stone formations. The second part of this excerpt looks at Zande Crops: millet, Maize, sorghum, rice, cowpeas, green gram. The excerpt finishes with a discussion of overcultivation.
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