Forest ecosystems are increasingly threatened by unsustainable agricultural practices,
especially by those that damage their regenerative potential. This can be the case of slash …

Global burned area has declined by nearly one quarter between 1998 and 2015. Drylands
contain a large proportion of these global fires but there are important differences within the …

Slash and burn is a land use practice widespread all over the world, and nowadays it is
formally recognized as the principal livelihood system in rural areas of South America, Asia …

In almost all forms of agriculture and farming practice, land clearing is the initial step. In
Indonesia, in general, the most cost effective means of clearing land is through the use of …

Background This study represents the first in-depth ethnobotanical study in the province of
Uíge in northern Angola and documents the traditional knowledge of the Bakongo people …

Abstract In the South Kivu province of the DR Congo, marshes are considered as favorable
lands for various crop productions, and these improve food security and livelihood of …

Influence of land tenure and property rights (LTPRs) on farmers' willingness to accept (WTA)
incentives to embrace climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to combat land degradation was …

1 En Afrique subsaharienne, l'agriculture familiale occupe plus de 73 à 75% de la
population (Salami, et al., 2010; Morton, 2007). Ce type d'agriculture désigne une des …

In many parts of the humid Tropics, slash and burn shifting cultivation, incorporating a fallow
phase, is the most common farming method, encompassing a broad diversity of techniques …

Title: Routledge handbook of food and nutrition security/edited by Bill Pritchard, Rodomiro
Ortiz and Meera Shekar. Description: London; New York: Routledge, 2016.| Includes …