In the study of shifting cultivation systems, fallow duration is seen as the key determinant of vegetation and soil dynamics: long fallows renew soil fertility, biomass, and biodiversity. However, ...

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This postdoctoral position, jointly hosted by LSCE (France) and UM6P (Morocco) sharing his (her) time between the two countries, investigates emerging phosphorus limitations in shifting cultivation ...

Despite state discouragement, indigenous communities in northeast India persist in practicing shifting cultivation, an agricultural system used over centuries. A new study published in the journal ...

A new study has found that deforestation for subsistence agriculture often occurs nearby commercial logging, mining and agriculture operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Shifting cultivation ...