Building on traditional shifting cultivation for rotational agroforestry: Experiences from Yunnan,China |
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Authors: | Luohui Liang Lixin Shen Weiming Yang Xinkai Yang Yuan Zhang |
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Institution: | 1. United Nations University, 53-70 Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan;2. Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Heilongtan, Kunming 650204 Yunnan, China;3. The Environmental Supervision Center for Southwest China, Chengdu, China;4. Dehong Association of Forestry, Yonghan Street, Mangshi, Luxi City, Dehong Prefecture, China;5. Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China |
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Abstract: | Under population pressure, the transition from the long-fallow shifting cultivation to short-fallow shifting cultivation with associated land degradation has been claimed to be unavoidable and sedentary cultivation would be advocated as the only future to replace the unsustainable short-fallow shifting cultivation in the mainstream research and development. The recent development of the shifting cultivation system in Yunnan, Southwest China demonstrates how local peoples hybridize elements of the traditional shifting cultivation and the new agriculture and forestry technologies as a new and dynamic rotational agroforestry system for economic development without losing the natural resource base. Comparing experiences in other regions and under some conditions, the rotational agroforestry system may be promoted as a viable option for development of the shifting cultivation system in the mountainous areas where the introduction of sedentary agriculture is much constrained. |
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Keywords: | Traditional knowledge Forestry Agriculture Integration Land use system Mountains |
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