Alternatives to slash-and-burn

Estimates indicate that more than 200 million landless people have migrated into tropical forests in recent decades, and that these numbers are increasing. Farmers who cultivate the land can no longer give it time to fully recover; fallow periods...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1995
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47143
Description
Summary:Estimates indicate that more than 200 million landless people have migrated into tropical forests in recent decades, and that these numbers are increasing. Farmers who cultivate the land can no longer give it time to fully recover; fallow periods...