The relationship between length of fallow and crop yields in shifting cultivation: a rethinking

By Ole Mertz. Agroforestry Systems, 2002

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia (2009, background): “Though the relationship between fallow period and yield has proved difficult to establish statistically (Mertz 2002; Mertz et al. 2008), there is little doubt that, below a critical fallow period, yields decline sharply, other things being equal (Ruthenberg 1980).”
• Tree Biodiversity, Land Dynamics and Farmers’ Strategies on the Agricultural Frontier of Southwestern Burkina Faso (2006, unknown): “As noted elsewhere (Mertz 2002), yields in shifting cultivation are not only influenced by fallow length but by a wide range of biophysical, socioeconomic and cultural factors.”