Tropical secondary forests created by swidden-fallow agriculture cover extensive areas in the humid tropics and yield significant ecological and economic benefits, yet forest fallowing behaviour among swidden cultivators remains poorly understood. This paper reports on a study of forest fallow management among Amazonian peasant farmers in a traditional, riverside community near Iquitos, Peru. D...

Abstract Background Shifting cultivation is a major agriculture practice in the Nagaland state of India. This study examines effect shifting and length fallow period on soil quality index (SQI). Four sites were selected for study, viz., site (SCS), 3-year-old land (FL-3), 7-year-old (FL-7), 12-year-old (FL-12). Soil parameters recorded seasonally SQI was calculated from minimum data set. Result...

In this article we illustrate how fine-grained longitudinal analyses of land holding and land use among forest peasant households in an Amazonian village can enrich our understanding of the poverty/land cover nexus. We examine the dynamic links in shifting cultivation systems among asset poverty, land use, and land cover in a community where poverty is persistent and primary forests have been r...