Slash-and-burn agriculture, the major cropping system in the region of Faradje in Democratic Republic of Congo: Ecological and socio-economic consequences

Tanzito, G; Ibanda, P A; Talaguma, R; Lusanga, N M

doi:10.5897/jdae2019.1140

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“…The agriculture in DRC is still predominantly traditional in forest areas where slashand-burn agriculture is a common farming practice. This consists of slashing the vegetation and burning its residues to create new fertile farmland [28,29]. Moreover, contour farming is also performed in high-altitude volcanic mountain areas (Kivus).…”

Section: Agricultural Production Systems and Productivitymentioning

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Current Practices and Prospects of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Review

Karume

Mondo²,

Chuma³

et al. 2022

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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is one of the innovative approaches for sustainably increasing the agricultural productivity, improving livelihoods and incomes of farmers, while at the same time improving resilience and contributing to climate change mitigation. In spite of the fact that there is neither explicit policy nor practices branded as CSA in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), farmers are utilizing an array of farming practices whose attributes meet the CSA criteria. However, the intensity, distribution, efficiency, and dynamics of use as well as the sources of these technologies are not sufficiently documented. Therefore, this review paper provides a comprehensive evidence of CSA-associated farming practices in DRC, public and private efforts to promote CSA practices, and the associated benefits accruing from the practices as deployed by farmers in the DRC. We find evidence of progress among farming communities in the use of practices that can be classified as CSA. Communities using these practices are building on the traditional knowledge systems and adaptation of introduced technologies to suit the local conditions. Reported returns on use of these practices are promising, pointing to their potential continued use into the future. While progressive returns on investment are reported, they are relatively lower than those reported from other areas in sub-Saharan Africa deploying similar approaches. We recommend for strategic support for capacity building at various levels, including public institutions for policy development and guidance, extension and community level to support uptake of technologies and higher education institutions for mainstreaming CSA into curricula and training a generation of CSA sensitive human resources.

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Section: Agricultural Production Systems and Productivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Practices and Prospects of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Review

Karume

Mondo²,

Chuma³

et al. 2022

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“…More than half (76%) of the farmers in the pooled sample were males, and the majority (65%) of the adopters were males. Traditionally and culturally, the burning of farms as part of land preparation is a male-dominated activity [36]. From the pooled data the av-erage age of farmers was 42 years, indicating that farming in Ghana is dominated by farmers of advanced ages.…”

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confidence: 96%

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Wildfire Management Technology in Ghana

Nunoo,

Asante,

Ansah

et al. 2024

IJNREM

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This study evaluates the factors that influence and limit the development of fire belts, a fire management technique used by Ghanaian farmers. We obtained primary data from three hundred farmers. Kendall's coefficient of concordance and the logit model were used. Awareness of fire belt creation as fire management technology was high, with a generally positive perception of fire belt creation. This methodology, however, was adopted by less than half of the farmers. Age, gender, marital status, type of crop grown by the farmer, access to community fire volunteers, FBO membership, awareness of technology, cost of technology, and ease of technology use are the factors that determine the incidence of adoption of fire belt creation. Major constraints in adoption include limited access to information, unavailability of assistance from GNFS, initial investment cost, illiteracy, unwillingness to adopt the technology, culture and traditions, time-consuming and difficulty in technology use and risk and uncertainty about the technological application. To improve the uptake of fire belt creation there is the need to form and strengthen community fire volunteers and group dynamics (FBOs) at the community level as it promises to promote fire belt creation as fire management technology and hence reduce wildfire risk in the communities.

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“…The prospects for engaging in field farming in Southeast Asia are covered in research that looks at A Review of Swidden Agriculture in that region (Li et al, 2014). In addition, research related to field agriculture also discusses a lot of the negative impacts of swidden agriculture (Zenda Za Begani Arthur-Josué et al, 2020); (Tanzito et al, 2020); (Yandi et al, 2019) described that shifting cultivation In West Kalimantan, there are several districts, including Kapuas Hulu, Sanggau, Ketapang, and Porcupine explain that agricultural method for the local custom. An agricultural method known as shifting cultivation has been used by shifting farmers for generations.…”

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Local Wisdom Existence of Swidden Agriculture on Wawonii Island

Rosmalah¹,

Nuryadi²,

Fyka³

2023

Bul. Penelit. Sos. Ekonomi Pertan. Fakultas Pertan. Universitas

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The study assessed the existence of the local wisdom of swidden agriculture on Wawonii Island. Specifically, it identified the farming patterns in Wawonii Island and analyzed the local wisdom of swidden agriculture in Wawonii Island. Purposive sampling procedures were used to get an informant sample, and proportionate random sampling was used to get a farmers' sample. Informants in this study came from community leaders, village staff, and the agriculture and forestry service district. Konawe Islands and extension workers, while the sample of farmers totalling 30 people was taken proportionally from each sub-district on Wawonii Island. Data were collected using a structured interview schedule and summarized with percentages and means. The analytical method used is descriptive qualitative analysis. Results showed the local wisdom of the farmers who used to be slowly fading away. Farmers no longer carry out the tradition of land clearing as before due to limited land. The addition of chemical inputs also slowly began to be carried out because of the short period of resting land. The people of Wawonii Island manage their fields using two agricultural patterns carried out for generations: mixed cropping and monoculture. The existence of local wisdom of field farmers has decreased. The study recommended that the government provides policies that support the preservation of the local wisdom of the people that contribute positively to the balance of forest and land resources therein.

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Slash-and-burn agriculture, the major cropping system in the region of Faradje in Democratic Republic of Congo: Ecological and socio-economic consequences

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Current Practices and Prospects of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Review

Current Practices and Prospects of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Review

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Wildfire Management Technology in Ghana

Local Wisdom Existence of Swidden Agriculture on Wawonii Island

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