Shifting cultivation in Africa: The Zande system of agriculture
| Title | Shifting cultivation in Africa: The Zande system of agriculture |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1956 |
| Authors | de Schlippe, P |
| Number of Pages | xxxi, 304 pp. |
| Date Published | 1956 |
| Publisher | Routledge & Kegan Paul |
| City | London, England |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | cowpeas; crop rotation; ecology; green gram; maize; millet; overcultivation; rice; rock formations; slash and burn; sorghum; swiddens; taxonomy; Zande |
| 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. |
| URL | https://ehrafworldcultures-beta.its.yale.edu/cultures/fo07/documents/060 |
