Tropical Land Clearing for Sustainable Agriculture: The SMN Concept

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6114
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Type:	Book Chapter
Author:	Latham, Marc
Book Title:	Tropical and Land Clearing for Sustainable Agriculture: Proceedings of an IBSRAM Inaugural Workshop
Publisher:	IBSRAM
Location:	Bangkok
Page(s):	5-11
Date:	1987
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6114
Sector:	Forestry
Region:	Africa
Subject(s):	agriculture deforestation forests--tropics
Abstract:	"The goal was to establish a Soil Management Network on Tropical Land Clearing for Sustainable Agriculture. During this workshop three aspects were considered: 1. Definition of the problem and its limits. Choice of land to be cleared, clearing methodology, post-clearing management, and rehabilitation of degraded lands were the major points discussed. A multidisciplinary approach was used, with representatives from soil science, agronomy, civil engineering, sacioeconomics, and other areas. A realistic research agenda considered both experimental and time imperatives. 2. Form of the network. I t was decided that the networKs struc- ture and organization must be sufjíciently coherent to retain the advantages of a network and suficiently flexible to take into account local priorities."

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