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Full Description
This book discusses indigenous practices and obstacles faced by farmers conducting shifting cultivation (jhum) in North-east India and suggests methods of soil fertility improvement through e.g. microbial-mediated rejuvenation of forest fallows as a sustainable approach for mitigating deteriorating jhum lands and enhancing their productivity. Shifting cultivation has experienced a decline in crop productivity due to high population density and shortened fallow length that has impacted upon farmers' socio-economic status, and raised concerns regarding food security and environmental conservation. As shifting cultivation is conducted in moist tropical forests globally supporting millions of people, there is the potential to benefit many populations. This book is suitable for researchers, policy makers, development agencies, NGOs and farmers to formulate strategies that conserve the biodiversity, environment, soil health and traditions of tribal farming communities.
Contents
Introduction to Shifting Cultivation Systems in North-east India: From Indigenous Practices to Soil Fertility.- Festivals and Ceremonies Tie-up with Shifting Cultivation Among the Ao-Nagas of Nagaland.- Innovative Shifting Cultivation and Other Agricultural Practices Conducted by the Indigenous Population of Mizoram, North-east India.- Innovative Indigenous Technologies for Sustainable Mountain Farming Systems in North-east India.- Agrobiodiversity and Crop Productivity of Alder-based jhum Farming System in Khonoma Village, Nagaland, India.- Linking Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Parameters in Shifting Cultivation Sites of Nagaland (North-east India).- Recovery of Soil Organic Carbon During Forest Fallow Following Shifting Cultivation in Eastern Ghats and North-eastern Hill Region of India.- Differences in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Across Contrasting Land-use Systems in a Sub-tropical Hilly Region, North-east India.- Ethnopedological Knowledge of jhumias in Garo Hills, Meghalaya, to Assess Soil Nutrients and Health.- Agronomic Aspects of Nutrient Management in Shifting Cultivation Agro-ecosystems of North-east India.- Shifting Cultivation to Settled Agriculture for Sustaining Soil Health and Agriculture Productivity in North-east India.- Changes in Bacterial Community Structure and Nitrogen Cycling Gene Abundance During the Fallow Recovery Phase of Shifting Cultivation in North-east India.- Screening of Rhizosphere Actinomycetes from Shifting Cultivation Crops for Pigment Production.- Sustaining Shifting Agricultural Practices in North-east India Through Beneficial Soil Microbes.- Systematic Review on Shifting Cultivation in North-east India: Emerging Research Directions.- Management of Soil Fertility and Crop Productivity under Shifting Agriculture in Mizoram, North-east India: Ways Forward.
