Shifting cultivation is practiced by millions of farmers in the tropics and has been accused of causing deforestation and keeping farmers in poverty. The assumed positive relationship between fallow length and crop yields has long shaped such negative opinions on the sustainability and environmen...
Mertz, O.
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Wadley, R.L.
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Nielsen, U.
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Bruun, T.B.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Neergaard, Andreas de
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Jepsen, M.R.
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Martinussen, T.
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Qiang Zhao
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Noweg, G.T.
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Magid, J.
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[A fresh look at shifting cultivation: fallow length an uncertain indicator of productivity]
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A fresh look at shifting cultivation: fallow length an uncertain indicator of productivity
This paper recounts of a household survey done in Long Segar, East Kalimantan, in June 1997, covering the period from 1991-1997. This survey is a follow-up survey of land use, conducted first in 1980 (1962-1980) and again in 1991 (1981-1991). The initial purpose of the 1997 survey was to assess c...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Salim, A.
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[Kenyah forest use in East Kalimantan: responses to El Nino, transmigration and HTI]
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Kenyah forest use in East Kalimantan: responses to El Nino, transmigration and HTI
Translation of FAO Community Forestry Case Study Series 6: Shifting cultivators of Indonesia: marauders or managers of the forest? Rice production and forest use among the Uma’ Jalan of East Kalimantan (1993). The study examines longitudinal data from four Uma’ Jalan Kenyah Dayak villages in East...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dudley, R.G.
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Hadikusumah, H.
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Rusydi
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Sakuntaladewi, N.
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Amblani
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[Peladang berpindah di Indonesia: perusak atau pengelola hutan? produksi padi dan pemanfaatan hutan Uma' jalan Kalimantan Timur]
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Peladang berpindah di Indonesia: perusak atau pengelola hutan? produksi padi dan pemanfaatan hutan Uma' jalan Kalimantan Timur