Shifting cultivation is an indigenous farming practice prevalent in forested highland communities of the Eastern Himalayas. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a part of Eastern Himalayan ...

Shifting cultivation is expanding into intact forest frontiers in Laos, triggering a spike in associated carbon emissions, according to a new study based on satellite data. As the dominant land use ...

Shifting cultivation is a system of farming where a piece of land is cleared followed by several years of farming or wood harvesting until the soil loses fertility. Once the land will become ...

The Indonesian agricultural landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as many farmers abandon rice cultivation and opt for alternative crops. This shift stems from a lack of government ...

Jhum cultivation or shifting cultivation, practised in the hilly terrains of the northeast by clearing vegetation, is posing a big threat to the region as it is enhancing the possibility of landslides ...

The Indigenous food system of the Khasi community in Nongtraw village in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience and sustainable food systems, says a United Nations Food and Agricultural ...

It was one slice of the subcontinent the British were loath to enter. And it is precisely this territory that has compelled the US to pull apart India and Pakistan from mauling each other. Welcome to ...

Subsistence farming in Arunachal Pradesh is fast transitioning from jhum or shifting cultivation to settled agriculture, a new study brought out by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ...

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Despite being the world’s third-largest rice exporter, Vietnam has spent nearly US$1 billion on rice imports in the first nine months of 2024. The increase in rice imports is driven by a shift in rice ...