Shifting Cultivation in the Sudan with Particular Reference to Forestry

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Title:	Shifting Cultivation in the Sudan with Particular Reference to Forestry
Authors:	Jackson, J.K. Shawki, M.K.
Year:	1950
Periodical:	Sudan Notes and Records
Volume:	31
Pages:	210-222
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Sudan
Subjects:	shifting cultivation Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology
Abstract:	Introduction - Typical descriptions of shifting cultivation (The gum Arabic 'Gardens'-Village periphery cultivation in the acacia zone: 'Bildat'-'Harig' - Terraced/cultivation on mountains - The Nilotic tribes of the Upper Nile Province - Cultivation in the savanah woodland of Equatorial - Shifting cultivation in Equatoria high forests - Cultivation on gerfsland and basins) - Subsequent modifications (General-Modifications in the Gum belt - Harig - Bildat - Nilotic - Equatoria) - Extent of shifting cultivation - Inevitability: Measures of control - The legal aspect - Data on rate of ecological change - Adaptation of shifting cultivation to forestry - Conclusions. References.