10.5061/DRYAD.6MQ0N
Teegalapalli, Karthik
Nature Conservation Foundation
Datta, Aparajita
Nature Conservation Foundation
Data from: Shifting to settled cultivation: changing practices among the
Adis in Central Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India
Dryad
dataset
2016
Eastern Himalaya
Adi
wet rice cultivation
upper siang district
swidden
2016-08-30T17:01:14Z
2016-08-30T17:01:14Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0765-x
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In the hilly tropics, although shifting cultivation is a widespread
practice, government policies have attempted to replace it with other land
uses. However, several factors determine whether farming communities can
make the shift. We tried understanding the factors that facilitate or
impede the shift to settled cultivation through interviews with the Adi
tribe in north-east India. Although settled cultivation was initiated in
the 60s, about 90% of the families still practise shifting cultivation,
observing 13 festivals associated with the annual agricultural calendar.
Our results indicate that the economic status of a household determined
whether a family undertook settled cultivation, while labour availability
was important for shifting cultivation. Often, these nuances are ignored
in the Government policies. We conclude that future policies should be
mindful of cultural and socio-economic factors that affect the community
and of the social-ecological resilience of the landscapes and not use a
one-size-fits-all strategy.
Teegalapalli & Datta interviews dataThe data contains household
level socio-economic information collected from five villages in the Upper
Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The information was collected based on
interview questionnaires.
Upper Siang district
Arunachal Pradesh
India