The role of Amazonian anthropogenic soils in shifting cultivation learning from farmers’ rationales

• Published in: Ecology and society Vol. 21; no. 1; p. 12
• Main Authors: Junqueira, André B., Almekinders, Conny J. M., Stomph, Tjeerd-Jan, Clement, Charles R., Struik, Paul C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Agricultural management; Agricultural soils; Agroecology; Amazonia; Amazonian dark earths; Centre for Crop Systems Analysis; Crop economics; Crop management; Crop Physiology; Crops; decision making; Ecological sustainability; Fallowing; intensification; Kennis, Technologie and Innovatie; Knowledge Technology and Innovation; PE&RC; Shifting cultivation; slash and burn; Sustainable agriculture; swidden cultivation; terra preta; WASS

We evaluated farmers’ rationales to understand their decision making in relation to the use of fertile anthropogenic soils, i.e., Amazonian dark earths (ADE), and for dealing with changes in shifting cultivation in Central Amazonia. We analyzed qualitative information from 196 interviews with farmer...