The role of land tenure and extension education in the adoption of slash and burn agriculture

Schuck, Eric C.; Nganje, William E.; Yantio, Debazou

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(02)00180-5

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“…With decreased soil phosphorus availability, duration of yearly harvests may be reduced and the soil becomes less fertile over time, especially if S & B episodes recur [20]. This translates into inadequate and unstable food supplies, threatening the food security and livelihood of farmers, their families and businesses [11]. Reduced soil phosphorus availability is further compounded by crop harvesting which clears away plant material that constitutes sources of phosphorus, as well as erosion in agricultural systems and deforested areas.…”

Section: Food Security Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, it is important to note that these benefits appear to outweigh the costs since they only take into consideration short-term benefits and costs. Greater, long-term costs, both ecological and social, are often ignored, resulting in a misguided perception that S & B is more advantageous than it is harmful [2,11].…”

Section: Perceived Relative Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This reduces forests' capacity to absorb human carbon emissions, leading to substantial release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane which enhances the greenhouse effect and accelerates global warming, changes in precipitation, and climate change [2,11,15,21]. Indonesia ranks highest in carbon dioxide emissions from peatland degradation, approximating 900 million tons annually, as draining large areas of peatland causes the peat to decompose into carbon dioxide [22].…”

Section: Global Warming and Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, Indonesian rainforests have been hailed as biodiversity hotspots [2]. The destruction of vegetation and habitats of native creatures by S & B threatens their livelihood and survival, and pushes them towards the brink of extinction [11,15]-for instance, exclusive orang-utan communities [2,10]. Species that cannot withstand sudden changes in environment, fires or high temperatures, or those that require very specific conditions for survival, are especially likely to be affected [14,23].…”

Section: Threats To Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The most obvious consequence of S & B is the large-scale removal of forests or deforestation [11,15]. Deforestation incurs heavy environmental costs, including soil erosion and degradation, water pollution, desertification, global warming and climate change, vulnerability to natural disasters such as floods, and threats to biodiversity [15].…”

Section: Withdrawals: Deforestationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trans-Boundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia: Sustainability through Plural Environmental Governance

2016

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Recurrent haze in Southeast Asian countries including Singapore is largely attributable to rampant forest fires in Indonesia due to, for example, extensive slash-and-burn (S & B) culture. Drawing on the "treadmill of production" and environmental governance approach, we examine causes and consequences of this culture. We found that, despite some perceived benefits, its environmental consequences include deforestation, soil erosion and degradation, global warming, threats to biodiversity, and trans-boundary haze pollution, while the societal consequences comprise regional tension, health risks, economic and productivity losses, as well as food insecurity. We propose sustainability through a plural coexistence framework of governance for targeting S & B that incorporates strategies of incentives, education and community resource management.

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Section: Food Security Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceived Relative Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Global Warming and Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Threats To Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Withdrawals: Deforestationmentioning

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Sustainability assessment of different land tenure farming systems in tea farming: The effect of decisional and structural variables

Haq

Boz

Shahbaz

2021

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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This study focuses on the sustainability of different land tenure farms in tea farming and explores the effect of structural and decisional variables on tea farm sustainability. For this, a total of 138 tea growers from the Rize province of Turkey were selected through a stratified sampling approach and interviewed directly. The positive and negative effects of independent variables on all dimensions of sustainability were emphasized after an extensive review of the literature. This reviewing activity also facilitated hypothesizing the possible influences of variables on overall tea sustainability. A tobit model was used to examine the influence of the structural and decisional variables on tea farm sustainability. The results described that owners were more sustainable compared with shareholders. Their economic and social sustainability levels were not significantly different from each other. However, environmental sustainability at owners' tea farms was more satisfactory than that of shareholders. Among structural variables, land slope, age of tea orchard, and farmers' age were negative influences, whereas cooperative membership and terrace status affected tea farm sustainability positively. Similarly, among decisional variables, family labor, fertilizer application methods, farmers' willingness to perform a soil test, and sale value of tea had positive influences, whereas the cost of chemical fertilizers had a negative influence on tea farm sustainability. The land tenure was found to have a significant effect on sustainability when the tea farmer was the owner of the farm. Thus, farmers should replant their orchards on time, and adopt sustainable practices such as terracing and employing environment‐friendly fertilizer application methods for increasing tea sustainability in the locality. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:814–834. © 2020 SETAC

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Perceptions of Rain-Fed Lowland Rice Farmers on Climate Change, Their Vulnerability, and Adaptation Strategies in the Volta Region of Ghana

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Adiku

Ofori

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Technologies and Innovations for Development

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The role of land tenure and extension education in the adoption of slash and burn agriculture

Cited by 36 publications

References 14 publications

Trans-Boundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia: Sustainability through Plural Environmental Governance

Trans-Boundary Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia: Sustainability through Plural Environmental Governance

Sustainability assessment of different land tenure farming systems in tea farming: The effect of decisional and structural variables

Perceptions of Rain-Fed Lowland Rice Farmers on Climate Change, Their Vulnerability, and Adaptation Strategies in the Volta Region of Ghana

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