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Economic and Ecological Implications of Shifting Cultivation in Mizoram, India / / by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
| Economic and Ecological Implications of Shifting Cultivation in Mizoram, India / / by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati |
| Autore | Sati Vishwambhar Prasad |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (165 pages) |
| Disciplina |
338.162
631.5818 |
| Collana | Environmental Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic geography
Physical geography Regionalism Economic Geography Physical Geography |
| ISBN | 3-030-36602-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Geo-Environmental Setting -- Brief Introduction of Case Study Villages -- Economic Implications of Shifting Cultivation -- Ecological Implications of Shifting Cultivation -- Recent Changes in Farming Systems at State Level -- New Land Use Policy and Sustainable Permanent Agriculture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910366644403321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics / / Albert O. Aweto
| Shifting cultivation and secondary succession in the Tropics / / Albert O. Aweto |
| Autore | Aweto Albert O |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, : CABI, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.5818 |
| Soggetto topico |
Shifting cultivation - Tropics
Plant succession - Tropics Agriculture - Tropics |
| ISBN |
1-283-90349-0
1-78064-171-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Tropics; 1.1 Definition of the Tropics; 1.2 Climate; 1.2.1 Tropical rainforest climate; 1.2.2 Tropical wet-dry (savanna) climate; 1.2.3 Desert and semi-desert climates; 1.2.4 Monsoon climate; 1.2.5 Mild temperate (mesothermal) climate; 1.3 Vegetation; 1.3.1 Tropical rainforest; 1.3.2 Savanna; 1.3.3 Monsoon forest; 1.3.4 Desert and semi-desert; 1.4 Relief; 1.5 Soils; 1.5.1 Oxisols; 1.5.2 Ultisols; 1.5.3 Alfisols; 1.5.4 Inceptisols; 1.5.5 Entisols; 1.5.6 Vertisols; 1.5.7 Aridisols; 1.5.8 Mollisols; 1.6 Socio-economic Conditions
1.6.1 Low per-capita income1.6.2 Low level of industrialization; 1.6.3 Demographic characteristics; 1.6.4 Political instability; 1.6.5 Poverty; 1.6.6 Diseases; 1.7 Agriculture; 1.7.1 Shifting cultivation; 1.7.2 Permanent cultivation of field crops; 1.7.3 Plantation agriculture; 1.7.4 Livestock production; References; 2 Shifting Cultivation: Definition, Basic Features and Types; 2.1 Definition; 2.2 Characteristics of Shifting Cultivation; 2.3 Why Fields are Shifted; 2.4 Forms of Shifting Cultivation; 2.4.1 Slash-and-burn agriculture in forest and savanna lowlands; 2.4.2 The chitemene system 2.4.3 The Hmong system - a migratory shifting cultivation2.4.4 Shifting cultivation in the Orinoco floodplain; 2.4.5 The slash-mulch system; 2.4.6 The plough-in-slash system; References; 3 Soil Dynamics during Cultivation; 3.1 Effects of Vegetation Clearing; 3.1.1 Effects on microclimate; 3.1.2 Effects on the soil; 3.1.3 Nutrient and organic matter cycles; 3.1.4 Forest nutrient cycle; 3.1.5 Savanna nutrient cycle; 3.1.6 Nutrient cycling in shifting cultivation agroecosystems; 3.2 Vegetation Slash Burning; 3.2.1 Why vegetation slash is burned; 3.2.2 Effects on the soil 3.3 Organic Matter Decline3.4 Nutrient Decline during Cropping; 3.5 Decline in Soil Physical Status; 3.6 Erosion; 3.7 Shifting Cultivation in River Floodplains; References; 4 Soil Dynamics during the Fallow Period; 4.1 Soil Organic Matter Dynamics; 4.1.1 Organic matter equilibrium concept; 4.1.2 Organic matter equilibrium concept: an explanatory model; 4.1.3 Organic matter accretion in fallow soil in different ecological zones; 4.2 Nutrient Dynamics; 4.2.1 Forest fallows; 4.2.2 Savanna fallows; 4.3 Improvement in Soil Physical Status 4.4 Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics in High-altitude Fallows4.5 Soil Erosion; References; 5 Fallow Vegetation Dynamics; 5.1 Fallow Vegetation as a Resource; 5.1.1 Intangible benefits; 5.1.2 Tangible benefits; 5.2 Rainforest Succession; 5.2.1 General features of rainforest secondary succession; 5.2.2 Characteristics of secondary or successional tree species; 5.2.3 Changes infloristic composition of vegetation; 5.2.4 Changes in number of species and species diversity; 5.2.5 Changes in vegetation structure; 5.3 Succession in Deciduous Seasonal (Monsoon) Forest 5.4 Succession in Savanna Ecosystems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910626106803321 |
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| Wallingford, : CABI, c2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slash-and-Burn Agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Alternatives
| Slash-and-Burn Agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Alternatives |
| Autore | Palm C. A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (487 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.5818 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VostiStephen A
SanchezPedro A |
| Soggetto topico |
Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme) -- Congresses
Deforestation -- Control -- Tropics -- Congresses Shifting cultivation -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics -- Congresses Shifting cultivation -- Tropics -- Congresses Shifting cultivation - Environmental aspects - Tropics Shifting cultivation - Control - Tropics Deforestation - Tropics Agriculture Earth & Environmental Sciences Agriculture - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-231-50883-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""I The Problem and Approach""; ""1 Alternatives to Slash and Burn: Challenge and Approaches of an International Consortium""; ""II Thematic Research""; ""2 Carbon Losses and Sequestration After Land Use Change in the Humid Tropics""; ""3 Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Slash and Burn and Alternative Land Use Practices in Sumatra, Indonesia""; ""4 The Potential Role of Above-Ground Biodiversity Indicators in Assessing Best-Bet Alternatives to Slash and Burn""
""5 Below-Ground Biodiversity Assessment: Developing a Key Functional Group Approach in Best-Bet Alternatives to Slash and Burn""""6 Sustainability of Tropical Land Use Systems After Forest Conversion""; ""7 The Forest for the Trees: The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia""; ""III Site-Specific Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture""; ""8 Sustainable Forest Management for Smallholder Farmers in the Brazilian Amazon""; ""9 Permanent Smallholder Rubber Agroforestry Systems in Sumatra, Indonesia"" ""10 Coffee, Pastures, and Deforestation in the Western Brazilian Amazon: A Farm-Level Bioeconomic Model""""11 Smallholder Options for Reclaiming and Using Imperata cylindrica L. (Alang-Alang) Grasslands in Indonesia""; ""IV National Perspectives""; ""12 The Western Brazilian Amazon""; ""13 The Forest Margins of Sumatra, Indonesia""; ""14 The Forest Margins of Cameroon""; ""15 The Peruvian Amazon: Development Imperatives and Challenges""; ""16 Northern Thailand: Changing Smallholder Land Use Patterns""; ""V Cross-Site Comparisons and Conclusions"" ""17 Land Use Systems at the Margins of Tropical Moist Forest: Addressing Smallholder Concerns in Cameroon, Indonesia, and Brazil""""18 Balancing Agricultural Development and Environmental Objectives: Assessing Tradeoffs in the Humid Tropics""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451635203321 |
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Palm C. A
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slash-and-Burn Agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Alternatives
| Slash-and-Burn Agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Alternatives |
| Autore | Palm C. A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (487 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.5818 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VostiStephen A
SanchezPedro A |
| Soggetto topico |
Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (Programme) -- Congresses
Deforestation -- Control -- Tropics -- Congresses Shifting cultivation -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics -- Congresses Shifting cultivation -- Tropics -- Congresses Shifting cultivation - Environmental aspects - Tropics Shifting cultivation - Control - Tropics Deforestation - Tropics Agriculture Earth & Environmental Sciences Agriculture - General |
| ISBN | 0-231-50883-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""I The Problem and Approach""; ""1 Alternatives to Slash and Burn: Challenge and Approaches of an International Consortium""; ""II Thematic Research""; ""2 Carbon Losses and Sequestration After Land Use Change in the Humid Tropics""; ""3 Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Slash and Burn and Alternative Land Use Practices in Sumatra, Indonesia""; ""4 The Potential Role of Above-Ground Biodiversity Indicators in Assessing Best-Bet Alternatives to Slash and Burn""
""5 Below-Ground Biodiversity Assessment: Developing a Key Functional Group Approach in Best-Bet Alternatives to Slash and Burn""""6 Sustainability of Tropical Land Use Systems After Forest Conversion""; ""7 The Forest for the Trees: The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia""; ""III Site-Specific Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture""; ""8 Sustainable Forest Management for Smallholder Farmers in the Brazilian Amazon""; ""9 Permanent Smallholder Rubber Agroforestry Systems in Sumatra, Indonesia"" ""10 Coffee, Pastures, and Deforestation in the Western Brazilian Amazon: A Farm-Level Bioeconomic Model""""11 Smallholder Options for Reclaiming and Using Imperata cylindrica L. (Alang-Alang) Grasslands in Indonesia""; ""IV National Perspectives""; ""12 The Western Brazilian Amazon""; ""13 The Forest Margins of Sumatra, Indonesia""; ""14 The Forest Margins of Cameroon""; ""15 The Peruvian Amazon: Development Imperatives and Challenges""; ""16 Northern Thailand: Changing Smallholder Land Use Patterns""; ""V Cross-Site Comparisons and Conclusions"" ""17 Land Use Systems at the Margins of Tropical Moist Forest: Addressing Smallholder Concerns in Cameroon, Indonesia, and Brazil""""18 Balancing Agricultural Development and Environmental Objectives: Assessing Tradeoffs in the Humid Tropics""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777560503321 |
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Palm C. A
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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