Why do Apo Kayan shifting cultivators move?

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1981
Contributors Author: Timothy C. Jessup
Journal
Borneo Research Bulletin
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pagination
16-32
Date Published
04/1981
Language
English
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This paper examines shifting cultivation patterns in Apo Kayan on the island of Borner (East Kalimantan). Includes reasons for moving from fields not related to food productions and discards the idea that shifting cultivators cannot adjust to a cash economy. Another "myth" this is discarded is that shifting cultivators are destroyers of primary forests. Also includes suggestions for resettlement program planning as well as expediting economic growth.
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