Swidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systems

dc.contributor.authorHume, Douglas Williamen_US
dc.coverage.countryMadagascaren_US
dc.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:52:08Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:52:08Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-22en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-22en_US
dc.description.abstract"This paper describes and discusses several stakeholders' perspectives of agricultural change in eastern Madagascar. The historic and current government-sponsored attempts to facilitate the end of swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar have largely failed due to particular cultural beliefs held by the rural farmers. The Malagasy government is implementing several agricultural and social policies designed to promote biodiversity conservation and increase crop yields to meet the increased needs of the rising human population. One key aspect of planned agricultural change ignored by the Malagasy government is the impact this change will have on the rural farmers' belief system connected with their traditional agriculture, tavy (swidden agriculture as termed and practised by the Malagasy). As the current plan of the Malagasy government stands, only the political, agricultural, ecological, and economic problems of the agricultural change are part of policymaking. In addition to perspectives from government-sponsored programmes, economic and cultural viewpoints from local rice sellers and rural farmers are presented."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalConservation and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJuneen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber2en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/2636
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjectconservationen_US
dc.subjectindigenous institutionsen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subject.sectorAgricultureen_US
dc.submitter.emailaurasova@indiana.eduen_US
dc.titleSwidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systemsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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