A technical workshop was convened in Rio Branco Acre Brazil over the period March
18th through March 25th 1997 in order to more clearly define the objectives of socioeconomic or
social science and policy research associated with Phase II of the GEF-funded Alternatives to
Slash-and-Burn Agriculture (ASB) research program and to discuss in detail the analytical
methods and fieldwork required to meet these objectives both within and across the three ASB
sites represented at the meeting — Brazil Indonesia and Cameroon.
Publication year
2000
Authors
Vosti, S.A.; Witcover, J.; Gockowski, J.; Tomich, T.P.; Carpentier, C.L.; Faminow, M.D.; Oliveira, S.; Diaw, C.
Keywords
Food security, Households, Labour requirements, Shifting cultivation
