strategy
Stabilizing shifting agriculture
Synonyms:
Evaluating shifting cultivationTackling causes of destructive shifting cultivation
Developing alternatives to shifting agriculture
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends limiting and ultimately halting destructive shifting cultivation by addressing the underlying social and ecological causes. Claim:
What else can shifting cultivators do for a living that will allow them to exploit their environments on an ecologically-sound, sustained-yield basis, and yet satisfy both their subsistence needs and their market wants? The answer is arboriculture, or tree-crop farming - cultivation of coconuts, bananas, fruit trees, and the like. Broader:
StabilizingExpanding practical agricultural optionsImproving management systems for highland valleysStrengthening traditional sustainable agriculture Constrains:
Using swidden-fallow land management Facilitated by:
Coping with soil deficiency References:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Institutional Aspects of Shifting Cultivation in AfricaFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: The Future of Shifting Cultivation in Africa and the Task of Universities: proceedings of the international workshop on shifting cultivation: teaching and research at university level, Ibadan (Nigeria), 1982Olofson, Harold: Adaptive Strategies and Change in Philippine Swidden-based SocietiesThrupp, Lori Ann: Diversity and Dynamics of Shifting Cultivation: myths, realities and policy implications Subjects:
Research, Standards → EvaluationAgriculture, Fisheries → Agriculture
Agriculture, Fisheries → Cultivation
Development → Development
Innovative change → Alternatives
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
