Some economic advantages of shifting cultivation - Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Science Congress, 7, p.64-66, 1959 .

I should start by explaining that I have had the opportunity to observe, at first hand, shifting cultivation procedures in three different parts of the world: North Burma, Sarawak, and Dry Zone Ceylon. The ecological, technical, and economic factors involved differ in each case.


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