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Crops Swidden farmers typically plant a wide variety of crop species and varieties, including annuals and perennials. This may include rattan, fruit, timber & other tree species. High species/varietal diversity reduces the risk of crop failure due to insects, diseases or fungi, and yields products that meet a variety of domestic and market needs. For example, farmers in Southeast Asia cultivate many different rice varieties due to their variable drought, insect and disease tolerances and desirability for specific uses, including brewing alcohol (arak). Plants are intensively and sequentially intercropped to provide multiple and continuous yields during cultivation and fallow periods. Rattan (Calamus caesius) was formerly cultivated as a swidden fallow crop in Indonesian Borneo. It provided a lucrative cash crop when fields were next ready for cultivation or the parcel could be retained as a rattan garden for decades, depending on household needs and cane market prices. swidden 1 yr after planting (sweet potato, banana, sugar cane, beans), San Vicente
Crops Swidden farmers cultivate crops for direct household consumption and for market/cash income. bananas, San Vicente cinnamon relay intercrop, Kerinci
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Page 3 and 4: fallow regrowth planting Swidden Cy
Page 5 and 6: In integral swidden systems farm pa
Page 7 and 8: Men are reportedly responsible for
Page 9 and 10: Planting Planting occurs immediatel
Page 11: Weed management Weeds rarely establ
Page 15 and 16: Swidden fallow vegetation includes:
Page 17 and 18: Summary attributes of integral swid
Page 19 and 20: Summary attributes of incipient sla
Page 21 and 22: The many different factors and unde
Page 23 and 24: Integral swidden systems can be tho
Page 25 and 26: Regeneration of biomass following d
Page 27 and 28: Integral swidden practices have bee
Page 29 and 30: Comparison of integral & incipient
Page 31 and 32: Discussion topics and questions: 1)
Page 33 and 34: 5) Swidden and the future a) where
Page 35 and 36: Recommended readings: Belsky, J. 19

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