IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ITINERANT IN THE MIOMBO FOREST, LOCALITY OF CASSOCO, MUNICIPALITY OF CELA
2022
Chambingo, I.F. (Instituto Superior Politécnico do Cuanza Sul) | Fançony, A.P. (Instituto Superior Politécnico do Cuanza Sul) | Cambuta, P.J. (Instituto Superior Politécnico do Cuanza Sul) | Kinhama, V.C. (Instituto Superior Politécnico do Cuanza Sul)
The rate of deforestation registered in recent years in Angola has reached alarming proportions. The various anthropogenic practices, such as fires, agriculture, exploitation of domestic fuels and wood production are identified as the main causes. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact that shifting agriculture plays on the Miombo ecosystems of Cassoço, Municipality of Cela, province of Cuanza Sul. The same took place in the period from April to September 2019. To carry out the investigation, Snowball, analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive, historical-logical, mathematical and statistical methods were used, combining the techniques of interview, observation participant, inventory and photographs. The researchers carried out 40 interview to participants with pleasant and charcoal workers whose age ranged from 19 to 45 years old. The assessment of the impact of shifting agriculture in the locality under study was based on the following aspects: Method of opening the fields, time and reasons for rotating the fields, form of soil preparation, type of agriculture practiced in the locality under study, main crops and yields of these crops t/ha and form of land acquisition. The work made it possible to know that in the Cassoço ecosystem, shifting agriculture causes a negative impact, as the fields are abandoned every 6 to 7 years. The model of opening the mines is done by felling trees with the help of sharp objects, leaving the trunks in place for an undefined time for putrefaction.
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