An overview on shifting cultivation with reference to Bangladesh

Scientific Research and Essays

M. A. Hossain¹ 

关键词:  ;    Shifting cultivation;    biodiversity;    fallow;    climate change;    Bangladesh.;   

DOI  :  10.5897/SRE11.1282

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Academic Journals

【 摘 要 】

Shifting cultivation is a form of land use among resource poor communities with a rotation of cultivation and fallow in the same unit of land. Millions of indigenous people are dependent onshifting cultivation practice, with majority households for subsistence living.This practice is intransition these days with rising population of shifting cultivators and demand formore food.Bangladesh like other neighboring countries has hills which are subjected to degradation due to deforestation enhanced by shifting cultivation. There has been a continuous debate on shifting cultivation. Soil erosion is in large extent in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) due to faulty cultivation in hill slopes, shifting cultivation, change in land use and reduction of land cover. This paper provides a review on shifting cultivation practice in the world with reference to Bangladesh, with an insight on emerging land use transition, its impacts and future priorities.

【 授权许可】

CC BY