Transformation of shifting cultivation: Extent, driving forces and impacts on livelihoods in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKilawe, C. J.
dc.contributor.authorMertzb, O.
dc.contributor.authorSilayo, D. A.
dc.contributor.authorBirch-Thomsen, T.
dc.contributor.authorMaliondo, S. M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-17T13:32:04Z
dc.date.available2018-05-17T13:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionArticle on transformation of shifting cultivation is published in Applied Geographyen_US
dc.description.abstractShifting cultivation is in rapid transformation in many parts of the Global South, but the drivers and consequences of these changes are still not well understood, especially in Africa. We therefore analysed the drivers of this transformation and its impacts on livelihoods between 1995 and 2014 in two villages located in Eastern Central Tanzania by combining analysis of socio-economic and remote sensing data. Results revealed that in an upland village, the number of shifting cultivators declined from 34% to 16% and the area changed from 19% to 17%.Inaplateauvillage,thenumberofshifting cultivatorsdeclinedfrom24%to18%andtheareasubstantially declined from23% to 14%. Inboth villages, shifting cultivators adoptedintensive land preparation methods that involved deep tillage and burying of vegetation. Transformation of shifting cultivation in the upland area was driven by adoption and enforcement of land tenure policies that restrict shifting cultivation whereas in the plateau area, it was driven by population pressure causing competition for land between shifting cultivators and pastoralists. In both villages transformation of shifting cultivation negatively affected household income and increased periods of food insecurity.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0143-6228
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2146
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherELSEVIERen_US
dc.subjectHousehold surveyen_US
dc.subjectLand use changeen_US
dc.subjectObject Based Image Analysisen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectSlash-and-burnen_US
dc.titleTransformation of shifting cultivation: Extent, driving forces and impacts on livelihoods in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlwww.elsevier.com/locate/apgeogen_US

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