The role of Amazonian anthropogenic soils in shifting cultivation: learning from farmers' rationales

We evaluated farmers' rationales to understand their decision making in relation to the use of fertile anthropogenic soils, i.e., Amazonian dark earths (ADE), and for dealing with changes in shifting cultivation in Central Amazonia. We analyzed qualitative information from 196 interviews with f...

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Main Authors: André B. Junqueira, Conny J. M. Almekinders, Tjeerd-Jan Stomph, Charles R. Clement, Paul C. Struik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2016-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss1/art12/