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O. T. Coomes, F. Grimard and G. J. Burt, “Tropical Forests and Shifting Cultivation: Secondary Forest Fallow Dynamics among Traditional Farmers of the Peruvian Amazon,” Ecological Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2000, pp. 109-124. doi:10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00066-X

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• TITLE: Deforestation, Forest Fallowing, and Soil Conservation in Shifting Cultivation

  AUTHORS: Yoshito Takasaki

  KEYWORDS: Shifting Cultivation; Deforestation; Forest Fallowing; Soil Conservation

  JOURNAL NAME: Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol.3 No.5A, August 27, 2013

  ABSTRACT: To design effective policies for rainforest conservation in shifting cultivation systems, it is crucial to have a better understanding of shifting cultivators’ decision making. This paper develops a unified dynamic farm model of shifting cultivation, addressing two lacunae in extant theoretical works: taking into account differences between primary and secondary forests and potential roles of on-farm soil conservation. The model unifies shifting cultivator’s decisions about primary-forest clearing, forest fallowing, and on-farm soil conservation by incorporating new soils acquired from cleared primary/secondary forest land into on-farm soil dynamics. I examine how three distinct policies—forest protection (e.g., protected areas), fallow management (e.g., improved fallow), and on-farm soil management (e.g., biochar in Amazonia)—alter primary-forest clearing (deforestation) and fallow length. The analysis reveals that although all three policies reduce deforestation, only on-farm soil management leads to longer fallow, i.e., sustainable secondary fallow forest.