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Abstract: "Recent literature describing the process and
pathways of the agrarian transition in Southeast Asia suggests
that the rise of agricultural intensification and the
growth of commodity markets will lead to the demise of
swidden agriculture. This paper offers a longitudinal
overview of the conditions that drive the agrarian transition
amongst indigenous swidden cultivators and migrant paddy
farmers in central Palawan Island, the Philippines. In line
with regional agrarian change, we describe how a history of
conservation policies has criminalized and pressured
swidden farmers to adopt more intensive ??modern?? agricultural
practices. We examine how indigenous swidden
cultivators adjust their practice in response to recent
changes in policies, security of harvests, and socio-cultural
values vis-a`-vis intensification. Rather than suggest that
this transition will lead to the demise of swidden, results
reveal that farmers instead negotiate a shifting ground in
which they lean on and value swidden as a means of
negotiating agrarian change"...Keywords: Agrarian transition, Indigenous,
Persistence, Palawan Island, the Philippines,
Swidden
Source/publisher:
"Agriculture and Human Values"
Date of Publication:
2009-00-00
Date of entry:
2015-02-03
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Language:
English
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