livelihoods
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Jhum’s Stubborn Roots: Misunderstood Science, Curious Persistence
CASAS’ member Amit John Kurien has published an chapter in the report Community Involvement in Conservation and Livelihood Initiatives in the Eastern Himalayas Reflections on Practices and Policies. Abstract: Post-Independence efforts by the Indian agricultural science community and the state to curb jhum (shifting cultivation) in Northeast India. It took place primarily in the hill…
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The persistence of swidden cultivation and upland autonomyin Laos
Lamphay Inthakoun, CASAS’ member, has published in the Journal of Peasant Studies with her colleague Miles Kenney-Lazar. Abstract: Historically, swidden cultivation has been practiced sustainably in upland Southeast Asia. However, it has been condemned by governments as environmentally destructive and impoverishing, leading to a general decline. Nonetheless, swidden continues to be practiced in many upland…