Based on literature reviews, recent surveys and interviews with local farmers and provincial officials in Vietnam's northwest region between April and June 2012, this chapter provides an overview of shifting cultivation practices in Vietnam, the key policy interventions and their impacts on livelihoods, land use and the environment, as well as insights into how shifting cultivators could benefit from new incentives such as REDD+.
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Publication year
2017
Authors
Catacutan D; Nguyen H T; Hoan, D.T.; Hoang, T.L.; Simelton E
Language
English
Keywords
shifting cultivation, cultural heritage, biodiversity, soil erosion, policy, destroys forests, agriculture
Geographic
Viet Nam
