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Autor/in | Sailo, Andrew |
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Titel | Alley Cropping: An Alternative to Slash and Burn in the Slopelands of the Mizo Hills |
Quelle | In: Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 40 (2011), S.78-81 (4 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1059-9053 |
DOI | 10.4195/jnrlse.2011.0003se |
Schlagwörter | Agricultural Occupations; Topography; Biodiversity; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Soil Science; Conservation (Environment); India |
Abstract | Population pressure in the Mizo Hills, a small mountainous region in northeast India, has shortened fallow periods of slash-and-burn (S&B) plots substantially, making its practice unsustainable. Conventional farming and modern technology cannot be applied in this remote tropical region due to its topography; hence, most farmers continue practicing S&B on a scale that degrades the environment and reduces biodiversity. Alley cropping is increasingly being used in other similar tropical regions as an alternative to S&B due to benefits such as positive influence on soil properties, its ability to keep nutrients in equilibrium and carbon sequestration. Such grounds make alley cropping a viable alternative to S&B in the Mizo Hills and a ray of hope for a sustainable and sedentary means of farming for Mizo farmers. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |