Farmers' perspectives on slash-and-burn as a land clearing method for small-scale rubber producers in Sepunggur, Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 157-169

  Ketterings, Quirine M ^a   Tri Wibowo, Titus ^b   Van Noordwijk, Meine ^c   Penot, Eric ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d France and ICRAF SEA PO Box 16001   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Farmer's survey; Fire; Indonesia; Jambi Province; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn; Small robber producers; Social economic agronomic survey; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; SLASH AND BURN;

EID: 0345034612     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00532-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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