Contemporary Farming System in the Shifting Cultivation Practiced by Arfak Tribe in Hink District, Pegunungan Arfak Regency, West Papua, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
U. Yuminarti ◽  
D. H. Darwanto ◽  
Jamhari ◽  
Subejo ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Farming System ◽  
West Papua

Preventing soil degradation in shifting cultivation using integrated farming system models

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dibyendu Chatterjee ◽  
Rukuosietuo Kuotsu ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Ray ◽  
M. K. Patra ◽  
A. Thirugnanavel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Soil Degradation ◽  
Farming System ◽  
System Models ◽  
Integrated Farming

MANAGING NATURAL PASTURE FOR SMALL RUMINANTS: THE CASE OF ALLEY FARMING IN IKWUANO AREA OF ABIA STATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
O. O. Ekumankama
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Alley Farming ◽  
Natural Pasture ◽  
Small Holders ◽  
The Right

Natural pasture for small ruminants must be sustained, enhanced, and where it has been diminished or destroy, restored, if animal production must contribute meaningfully to national food security. In Eastern Nigeria, farming system, such as bush fallow, are generally based on shifting cultivation. Unfortunately, agricultural lands are relatively scarce, thereby resulting to shortened fallow periods and thus, widespread diminishing and destruction of natural pasture. The urgency of managing deficient and scarce natural pasture in this environment is widely recognized. Not only is this essential for small ruminants’ feeding, but a dynamic animal sector is a key to achieving food security. The paper argues therefore, that alley farming is the right approach to managing deficient and scarce natural pasture, since it is the most promising alternative to traditional slash-and-burn shifting cultivation. Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State was used as the study area. The results show that there is a pressing need for alley farming promotion. Small holders’ access to this technology would aid in revolutionizing animal production in Nigeria. This paper advocates for policies that will incorporate alley farming into production recommendations transferred to small farmers.

scholarly journals Exploring trajectories of shifting-cultivation landscapes through games the case of Assam, India.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.P.M. Bos ◽  
T. Cornioley ◽  
A. Dray ◽  
P.O. Waeber ◽  
C.A. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Cultivation System ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
Plantation Crops

Abstract Understanding landscape change starts with understanding what motivates farmers to transition away from one system, shifting cultivation, into another, like plantation crops, given that they often have limited labour and money available. In this study we explored the resource allocation strategies of the farmers of the Karbi tribe in Northeast India, who practise a traditional shifting cultivation system called jhum. Through Companion Modelling, a participatory modelling framework, we developed a model of the local farming system in the form of a role playing game. Within this environment local jhum farmers participated in a simulation that covered 18 years of farming, while also allowing us to analyse the impacts of their decisions together. In the game, farmers allocated labour and cash to meet household needs, while also investing in new opportunities like bamboo, rubber and tea, or the chance to improve their living standards. When given new opportunities, the farmers were eager to embrace those options where investment costs, especially monetary investments, are low. Returns on these investments were not automatically re-invested in further long-term, more expensive and promising opportunities. Instead, most of the money is spend on improving the household living standards, and especially on the education of the next generation. The landscape changed profoundly as a result of the farmer strategies. Natural ecological succession was replaced by an improved fallow of marketable bamboo species. Plantations of tea and rubber became more prevalent as time progressed. However, old practises that ensure food security are not yet given up.

scholarly journals Exploring Livelihood Strategies of Shifting Cultivation Farmers in Assam through Games

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swen P. M. Bos ◽  
Tina Cornioley ◽  
Anne Dray ◽  
Patrick O. Waeber ◽  
Claude A. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Cultivation System ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
Plantation Crops

Understanding landscape change starts with understanding what motivates farmers to transition away from one system, shifting cultivation, into another, like plantation crops. Here we explored the resource allocation strategies of the farmers of the Karbi tribe in Northeast India, who practice a traditional shifting cultivation system called jhum. Through a participatory modelling framework, we co-developed a role-playing game of the local farming system. In the game, farmers allocated labour and cash to meet household needs, while also investing in new opportunities like bamboo, rubber and tea, or the chance to improve their living standards. Farmers did embrace new options where investment costs, especially monetary investments, are low. Returns on these investments were not automatically re-invested in further long-term, more expensive and promising opportunities. Instead, most of the money is spend on improving household living standards, particularly the next generation’s education. The landscape changed profoundly based on the farmers’ strategies. Natural ecological succession was replaced by an improved fallow of marketable bamboo species. Plantations of tea and rubber became more prevalent as time progressed while old practices ensuring food security were not yet given up.

scholarly journals Economic efficiency and constraints of maize production under shifting cultivation farming system in low land of Gudeya Bila district, Oromia national regional state, Ethiopia: Stochastic frontier approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolesa Tesema
Keyword(s):  
Family Size ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Tobit Model ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract Traditionally farming system of rural area in Ethiopia is based on producing maize without oxen ploughing which is characterized with clearing land by their own land and cultivating it without oxen ploughing. Thus for many years the farmers of Ethiopia are unable to meet their food security. This situation is continued currently in the study area in which the production system of maize is based on producing advanced methods of production that need improvements of efficiency of farmers .Therefore these studies analyze economic efficiency and constraints of maize production under shifting in the low land farming of Gudeya Bila district. The study was conducted using cross-sectional data collected during the 2020/2021 production year from 154 randomly selected sample households. To estimate the level of technical, allocative and economic stochastic production frontier model was employed and Tobit model was used to identify factors affecting technical, allocative and economic efficiency of sample households.The mean technical, allocative and economic efficiency were 78.78%, 69.99% and 56.66% respectively. The Tobit model results shows that education levels, family size, farm size, construction of terrace, frequency of extension contact, uses of credit, participation in off/non-farm activities and shifting cultivation had a significant positive effect on technical efficiency. Livestock holding and participation in off/nonfarm activities have positive effects and distance to plot were found to have negative effect on allocative efficiency while family size, soil conservation practice, credit, extension service, off/non-farm activities were found to have positive effect and distance to plot is negative influence on economic efficiency. The main conclusion steaming from this analysis was there is the possibility to enhance the efficiency of maize producers in the study area. Thus policies and strategies of the government should be directed towards the contraction of terrace, shifting from shifting cultivation to oxen farming, producing by fragmented of land rather than focusing only on single plot.

scholarly journals Cadangan Karbon pada �Kabun� di Kabupaten Katingan Kalimantan Tengah

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Nanang Hanafi ◽  
Ise Afitah ◽  
Jariah Jariah
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Tree Biomass ◽  
Traditional Farming ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of

Kabun is a traditional farming system commonly practiced by people in Katingan District, Central Kalimantan. Land management carried out by the people of Katingan District since long ago using shifting cultivation. This farming system is an agroforestry system. The existence of "kabun" is expected as one of the mitigations of climate change, by maintaining the vegetation in the "kabun." The purpose of this study is to predict carbon storage of "kabun" as well as the history of management in the Buntut Bali Village, Pulau Malan subdistrict, Katingan District, Central Kalimantan. This research was carried out destructively for understorey and litter, and nondestructive for tree biomass and woody necromasses were carried out in 3 observation plots. In the observation plot 1 was obtained carbon stocks of 88.915 tons/ha, the presence of tree biomass contributed to carbon reserves of 81.263 tons/ha; plot of observations of the 2 carbon stocks obtained was 66,928 tons / ha, the most significant contribution of carbon stocks came from tree biomass 61,209 tons/ha; The plot of observations of the 3 carbon stocks was obtained at 72,375 tons/ha, and the biomass contribution of trees was 65,643 tons / ha.

scholarly journals Traditional Wisdom of Adat Law Baduy Community In Farming System In Kanekes Village, Leuwihdamar Lebak Banten

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Sodikin Sodikin
Keyword(s):  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Male Line ◽  
Adat Law

Baduy community, tradition laws were a genealogical community with the type of lineage according to the male line (patrilineal). They believed in a descent or the same origin through the teachings of Sunda Wiwitan religion. The teachings of Sunda Wiwitan were the basis or guidance in their life. In terms of farming that they did was a mandate it religion that they professed or believed. Environmental wisdom in terms of farming with the system of shifting cultivation or dry rice (huma) was a mandate of the teachings of its religion. Masyarakat hukum adat Baduy merupakan komunitas masyarakat yang bersifat geneologis dengan tipe pertalian keturunan menurut garis laki-laki (patrilineal). Mereka mempercayai satu keturunan atau asal usul yang sama melalui ajaran agama Sunda Wiwitan. Ajaran agama Sunda Wiwitan ini merupakan dasar atau pedoman dalam kehidupan masyarakatnya. Dalam hal bercocok tanam yang mereka jalankan merupakan amanat agama Sunda Wiwitan yang mereka anut atau percayai. Kearifan lingkungan dalam hal bercocok tanam dengan sistem ladang berpindah atau sawah kering (huma) adalah amanah dari ajaran agama Sunda Wiwitan. DOI: 10.15408/jch.v5i1.5398

scholarly journals Studi Perladangan Berpindah Dari Suku Wemale Di Kecamatan Inamosol Kabupaten Seram Bagian Barat

Agrologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan M Matinahoru
Keyword(s):  
Direct Observation ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Open Forest ◽  
Land Size

Shifting cultivation is a farming system  in which farmers  cultivate through a movement of activity from a place to another  in the secondary or primary forest. Wemale tribe in the Inamosol District of West Seram Regency are able to open forest area about 0.2 – 1.0 hectare in each year for practing the shifting cultivation. To understand how Wemale tribe practiced the shifting cultivation, a research has been  conducted with the main objevtive to know the factors that determined  the variation of the land size of the shifting cultivation. The method used in the research was by interview and direct observation in the field. The results of the research indicated that variation of land size of the shifting culvation that was practiced by the Wemale tribe were the number of  household labors and the number  of children in the household that were still active in the process of education

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