Land use was examined in three settlements Pedro Peixoto in Acre and Theobroma in Rondonia, Brazil, and Pucallpa, in Peru. Research aimed at characterizing the differences in land use after initial slash-and-burn, and presenting hypotheses to assess the feasibility of improved land uses. Settle...
Fujisaka, Sam
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White, D.
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[Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies]
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Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies
In a selected study are in Pucallpa, Peru, 151 farmer-settlers were interviewed to understand current land use dynamics. Respondents were stratified according to broad differences determined by preliminary informal surveys. Settlers included: farmers practicing slash-and-burn agriculture in upper...
Fujisaka, Sam
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[A diagnostic study of agricultural land use in the Southwest Brazilian Amazon]
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A diagnostic study of agricultural land use in the Southwest Brazilian Amazon
Numbers of plant species and individuals were examined relative to land use in an agricultural settlement in the Brasilian Amazon. Land uses were forest, cropped after forest, fallows, cropped after fallow, and pasture. These uses corresponded roughly to farmers` land use changes over time. As ex...
Fujisaka, Sam
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Escobar, G.
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[Plant community diversity relative to human land uses in an Amazon forest colony]
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Plant community diversity relative to human land uses in an Amazon forest colony
Fujisaka, Sam
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Jones, A.L.
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[Systems and farmer participatory research: developments in research on natural resource management]
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Systems and farmer participatory research: developments in research on natural resource management
Fujisaka, Sam
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Madrid, O
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Hurtado, L
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Usma, H
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Ricse, A
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Flores, Y
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Idrogo, F
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Barbarán, J
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Arévalo, L.
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Labarta, R.A.
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[Land use systems and dynamics in Pucallpa, Peru]
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Land use systems and dynamics in Pucallpa, Peru
Porro, R.
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Borner, J.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Mulligan, M.
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Benitez, S
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Barrera Rey, MX
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Naranjo, LG
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Quintero, M.
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Estrada, R.D.
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Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer
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Ortega, SC
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Vosti, S.A.
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Fujisaka, Sam
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Pinero Quiceno, AM
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Suarez, C
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Saenz Cruz, L.L.
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Keizer, E
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Peralvo, M
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Nelson, E.
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Tallis, H
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Mendoza, G
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[Challenges to managing ecosystems sustainably for poverty alleviation: securing well-being in the Andes/Amazon: final report]
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Challenges to managing ecosystems sustainably for poverty alleviation: securing well-being in the Andes/Amazon: final report