From slash-and-burn to sustainability : a study from the Chittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh
Date
2007
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
SANDEE, Kathmandu, NP
Abstract
In Bangladesh many rural hill communities are in trouble because their traditional ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is becoming increasingly unsustainable. Farmers in these communities have to farm more intensively and this is causing a whole host of environmental and social problems. This challenge is not limited to this region, but is being experienced by traditional farmers across the developing world. To help find a solution to this crucial problem, a new SANDEE study looks at the economic and social feasibility of replacing shifting cultivation in the hill district of Khagrachari with settled agriculture and new soil conservation techniques based around orchard growing.
Description
This policy brief is based on SANDEE working paper no. 24 -07, "Shifting cultivation and its alternatives In Bangladesh : productivity, risk and discount rates"
item.page.type
Policy Brief
item.page.format
Text
Keywords
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, SOIL RESOURCES, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, FRUIT TREES, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, BANGLADESH