It's all the mound : fertility management under stationary shifting cultivation in Papua New Guinea Highlands

Special issue on integrating natural and social environmental science

Auteur :
SILLITOE, P.

Description :
Paper combines anthropological research with soil science to investigate the long-held assumption, based mainly on research in Africa and Latin America, the shifting cultivation causes environmental degradation. The Wola highlanders of Papua New Guinea were found to practice a shifting cultivation that improved soil fertility by incorporating compost from short grassy fallow into soil mounds for growing sweet potatoes. - (SLD)


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Mountain research and development, issn : 0276-4741, 1998, vol. 18, n°. 2, p. 123-134, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 53 ref.

Date :
1998

Editeur :
Pays édition : Japon, Tokyo, United Nations University