Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change (Record no. 62800)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780415746052
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : International Book Distributors
Distributor address : Flat No.- 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : 121278
Bill Date : 30/01/2025
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 631.5 CAI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cairns, Malcolm F.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change
Remainder of title : Indigenous People, Agriculture and Forest Conservation.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Malcolm F. Cairns.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Routledge
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2015.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxv, 1032p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 4707
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity.<br/><br/>Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities.<br/><br/>The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Shifting cultivation
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agricultural strategies
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Malcolm F. Cairns
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 06/02/2025 International Book Distributors 4707.00   631.5 CAI 30703 06/02/2025 06/02/2025 Books
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