Shifting cultivation - how it affects the soil environment

Authors

  • Roger L. Parfitt

Abstract

Shifting cultivation has been carried out for thousands of years in Papua New Guinea. This article describes some possible reasons
for different aspects of shifting cultivation such as burning off the bush fallow and the planting of casuarina groves.

Published

2025-10-23

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (1976): Harvest

Section

Articles