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The shamba system: an indigenous system of food production from forest areas in Kenya

1987

Oduor, P. A.

This paper briefly describes the system`s productivity and functioning and analyses its ecological as well as socio-economic characteristics. The taungya system is a method of planting forest trees in combination with food crops. Its origin can be traced back to the 1850`s in Burma, where it was used as a means of replanting teak plantations on badly degraded land. It is essentially a modification of the traditional shifting cultivation, but various forms of the practice can be found in different parts of the tropics.

AGROVOC Keywords

agricultura agriculture agroforesteria agroforesterie agroforestry farm forestry forest establishment intercropping shamba taungya

Bibliographic information

Publisher

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

Other Subjects

Exploracao floresta; Gfis keywords; Agricultur; Xxx; Gfis; Agrosilvicultur

Language

English

License

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

Type

Text; Journal Article

Source

Agroforestry systems No. 4, pp. 365-373,; ref..

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