Shifting cultivation in steeply sloped regions: A review of management options and research priorities for Mizoram state, Northeast India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-177

  Grogan, Paul ^a   Lalnunmawia, F ^b   Tripathi, S K ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fire; Hill; Jhum; Land use policy; Slash and burn; Swidden

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; BAMBOO; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; HEDGEROW; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA; MIZORAM;

EID: 84857059675     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9469-1     Document Type: Article

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