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Portuguese term or phrase:
agricultura de pousio
English translation:
shifting cultivation
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Naomi Fillmore
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agricultura de pousio
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Faz-se parte dum relatorio sobre comunidade riberenhas o estado Amazonas, Brasil a seção apresenta informações sobre a agricultura delas.
"As alagações na várzea contribuem para a fertilização dos solos, enquanto nas áreas de terra firme a agricultura depende quase que inteiramente da agricultura de pousio."
Eu acho que "agricultura de pousio" quer dizer "set-aside farming" mas não encontro nada para confirmar.
"As alagações na várzea contribuem para a fertilização dos solos, enquanto nas áreas de terra firme a agricultura depende quase que inteiramente da agricultura de pousio."
Eu acho que "agricultura de pousio" quer dizer "set-aside farming" mas não encontro nada para confirmar.
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shifting cultivation
I think that "shifting cultivation" is the practice of the river-side communities in the Amazon.
"Slash and burn is typically a part of shifting cultivation agriculture."
And at this link:
http://www.sbpcnet.org.br/livro/58ra/atividades/TEXTOS/texto...
"A floresta, nas pequenas propriedades agrícolas do litoral de Santa Catarina, fazia parte de um ciclo de cultivo de espécies anuais, através da agricultura de pousio (agricultura itinerante, roça-de-toco, agricultura de coivara). Essa forma de cultivo constitui uma tradição milenar da maioria das populações indígenas, sendo assimilada pelas populações remanescentes dos processos de colonização. Nesse sistema, a floresta é suprimida e o solo é ocupado com culturas anuais por alguns anos até o declínio da sua fertilidade natural, sendo deixado em pousio até que tenha novamente condições favoráveis para de suportar um novo ciclo de cultivo."
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Here is another page about the same practice, here called "coivara":
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coivara
"Slash and burn is typically a part of shifting cultivation agriculture."
And at this link:
http://www.sbpcnet.org.br/livro/58ra/atividades/TEXTOS/texto...
"A floresta, nas pequenas propriedades agrícolas do litoral de Santa Catarina, fazia parte de um ciclo de cultivo de espécies anuais, através da agricultura de pousio (agricultura itinerante, roça-de-toco, agricultura de coivara). Essa forma de cultivo constitui uma tradição milenar da maioria das populações indígenas, sendo assimilada pelas populações remanescentes dos processos de colonização. Nesse sistema, a floresta é suprimida e o solo é ocupado com culturas anuais por alguns anos até o declínio da sua fertilidade natural, sendo deixado em pousio até que tenha novamente condições favoráveis para de suportar um novo ciclo de cultivo."
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Here is another page about the same practice, here called "coivara":
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coivara
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Catherine Howard
: yes, "shifting cultivation" (or sometimes "shifting agriculture") is the phrase most often used by researchers in the region for this practice
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Thanks, Catherine!
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T o b i a s
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Obrigado, Tobias!
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Comment: "Thanks! After doing some more research myself 'shifting cultivation' is seems to be the right word for the Amazon context"
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crop rotation with occasional fallow periods
(Describes the cited reference.)
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Appropriation and local usages - FAO
www.fao.org/docrep/005/y2328e/y2328e07.htm
Populations who alternate shifting cultivation or crop rotation with fallow periods view treed land and farmland as two sides of the same coin, to be exploited in ..
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Appropriation and local usages - FAO
www.fao.org/docrep/005/y2328e/y2328e07.htm
Populations who alternate shifting cultivation or crop rotation with fallow periods view treed land and farmland as two sides of the same coin, to be exploited in ..
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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cynthia07
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land "in repose" agriculture
Pousio (ou poisio), em agricultura, é nome que se dá ao descanso ou repouso proporcionado às terras cultiváveis, interrompendo-se as culturas para tornar o solo mais fértil.[1
Banffshire
www.electricscotland.com/history/moray/chapter11.htmThe arable lands were divided into outfield and infield. ... with weeds and thistles, and after four or five years of repose was twice ploughed and sown with corn.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8jMB4tqNejQC&pg=PA373&lpg=P...
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History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape - Page 373 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0691012156
Emilio Sereni - 1997 - History - 389 pages
When one remembers that, in 1929, the agricultural cadastre surveyed, for all of
Italy, ... pastures of the Mediterranean type to that of sowed land "in repose
Banffshire
www.electricscotland.com/history/moray/chapter11.htmThe arable lands were divided into outfield and infield. ... with weeds and thistles, and after four or five years of repose was twice ploughed and sown with corn.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8jMB4tqNejQC&pg=PA373&lpg=P...
Search Results
History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape - Page 373 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0691012156
Emilio Sereni - 1997 - History - 389 pages
When one remembers that, in 1929, the agricultural cadastre surveyed, for all of
Italy, ... pastures of the Mediterranean type to that of sowed land "in repose
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fallow farming/fallow agriculture
effects of fallow agriculture.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18441781
by A Cabaneiro - 2008 - Cited by 3 - Related articles
1 Mar 2008 – The effects of fallow agriculture on soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and CO2 emissions were assessed in the tropical Andean páramo ...
Fallow and fertile - The Ecologist
www.theecologist.org/blogs_and.../other.../fallow_and_ferti...
20 Jun 2008 – Inevitably, however, fallow farming has been deemed 'uneconomic' by the same logic that has seen agricultural imports and exports increase ...
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fallow system of farming/agriculture
agricultural technology : Fallow system and tillage techniques ...
www.britannica.com/.../agricultural.../Fallow-system-and-ti...
Dryland farming is made possible mainly by the fallow system of farming, a practice dating from ancient times. Basically, the term fallow refers to land that is ...
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[PDF]
The Environmental Benefits of Set-Aside in the EU
www.defra.gov.uk/.../defra-stats-foodfarm-environ-obs-resea... Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
24% had been set-aside or fallow for ten or more years. In response to market shortages last year, the Agriculture Council agreed a derogation that allowed ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18441781
by A Cabaneiro - 2008 - Cited by 3 - Related articles
1 Mar 2008 – The effects of fallow agriculture on soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and CO2 emissions were assessed in the tropical Andean páramo ...
Fallow and fertile - The Ecologist
www.theecologist.org/blogs_and.../other.../fallow_and_ferti...
20 Jun 2008 – Inevitably, however, fallow farming has been deemed 'uneconomic' by the same logic that has seen agricultural imports and exports increase ...
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Note added at 14 mins (2012-08-31 19:09:01 GMT)
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OR
fallow system of farming/agriculture
agricultural technology : Fallow system and tillage techniques ...
www.britannica.com/.../agricultural.../Fallow-system-and-ti...
Dryland farming is made possible mainly by the fallow system of farming, a practice dating from ancient times. Basically, the term fallow refers to land that is ...
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Note added at 38 mins (2012-08-31 19:32:45 GMT)
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[PDF]
The Environmental Benefits of Set-Aside in the EU
www.defra.gov.uk/.../defra-stats-foodfarm-environ-obs-resea... Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
24% had been set-aside or fallow for ten or more years. In response to market shortages last year, the Agriculture Council agreed a derogation that allowed ...
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Fallow System Farming
``Dryland farming is made possible mainly by the fallow system of farming, a practice dating from ancient times.``
As opposed to wetland systems.
For the source see the link below.
As opposed to wetland systems.
For the source see the link below.
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A agricultura de pousio é definida como uma forma de cultivo marcada pela rotação de pequenas áreas (3 a 5 ha), por intervalos de tempo pequenos (2 a 4 anos), alternados com períodos de descanso da terra, onde cresce uma pequena capoeira na área (Silva, 1996).
http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&sclient=psy-ab&q="agricultura de... (terceira hiperligação)
http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&sclient=psy-ab&q="agricultura de... (terceira hiperligação)
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