Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies
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. Settlers in...
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1998
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| author | Fujisaka, Sam White, D. |
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| description | 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. Settlers in the Amazon practice slash-and-burn agriculture in forest lands to produce annual crops. After cropping, lands are converted to pasture, or planted with perennial crops, or fallowed in anticipation of future annual crop production. Land use after slash-and-burn cultivation in forest lands differed among the colonies examined. Whereas colonists in Pedro Peixoto converted lands to pasture for cattle production, settlers in Theobroma adopted a strategy encompassing both dual-purpose (milk and meat) cattle and perennial crop production. The more heterogeneous settlers in Pucallpa, who included small-scale cattle ranchers and riverine and forest slash-and-burn farmers, gave more importance to perennial crops. Hypotheses are suggested regarding the described land use differences, and implications for the adoption of agroforestry are discussed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace439262024-08-29T11:41:25Z Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies Fujisaka, Sam White, D. agrosilvopastoral systems diversification fallow forest products land use perennials shifting cultivation sistemas agrosilvopascícolas diversificación barbecho productos forestales utilización de la tierra plantas perennes cultivo migratorio forestry 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. Settlers in the Amazon practice slash-and-burn agriculture in forest lands to produce annual crops. After cropping, lands are converted to pasture, or planted with perennial crops, or fallowed in anticipation of future annual crop production. Land use after slash-and-burn cultivation in forest lands differed among the colonies examined. Whereas colonists in Pedro Peixoto converted lands to pasture for cattle production, settlers in Theobroma adopted a strategy encompassing both dual-purpose (milk and meat) cattle and perennial crop production. The more heterogeneous settlers in Pucallpa, who included small-scale cattle ranchers and riverine and forest slash-and-burn farmers, gave more importance to perennial crops. Hypotheses are suggested regarding the described land use differences, and implications for the adoption of agroforestry are discussed. 1998 2014-10-02T08:32:57Z 2014-10-02T08:32:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43926 en Limited Access Springer |
| spellingShingle | agrosilvopastoral systems diversification fallow forest products land use perennials shifting cultivation sistemas agrosilvopascícolas diversificación barbecho productos forestales utilización de la tierra plantas perennes cultivo migratorio forestry Fujisaka, Sam White, D. Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies |
| title | Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies |
| title_full | Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies |
| title_fullStr | Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies |
| title_short | Pasture or permanent crops after slash-and-burn cultivation? Land-use choice in three Amazon colonies |
| title_sort | pasture or permanent crops after slash and burn cultivation land use choice in three amazon colonies |
| topic | agrosilvopastoral systems diversification fallow forest products land use perennials shifting cultivation sistemas agrosilvopascícolas diversificación barbecho productos forestales utilización de la tierra plantas perennes cultivo migratorio forestry |
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