Agroforestry for the Peruvian Amazon - Looking for Alterantives to Slash-and-Burn Farming

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Agroforestry for the Peruvian Amazon - Looking for Alterantives to Slash-and-Burn Farming
Original language description
The book is a collection of studies focuses on assessing the sustainability, both environmental and economical, of agroforestry systems and methods around Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon. The results of an analysis focused on the explanation of the dynamics ofshifting cultivation cycles among local small-scale farmers and factors influencing the decision-making of farmers are presented. As the major problem in local slash-and-burn farming system is infestation by noxious grassy weed Imperata, the possible methods to control this grass and their performance is outlined. The tree species Inga edulis, one of the most widely distributed and economically useful tree species in the whole Amazon region, is reviewed. Biomass growth, the use in improved fallows andthe potential of this species to improve soil fertility and control weeds is discussed. Main results of establishment, adoption and economic perspectives of multistrata agroforestry systems among local small-scale farmers and recommendati
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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