The National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES) coordinates agriculture integrated watershed management and forestry sectors to facilitate the transformation of upland livelihoods with the aim of reducing rural poverty and conserving natural resources. There are five major policy themes relevant to upland development.It is claimed that for shifting cultivation to be sustainable a cycle of 20 to 25 years is needed to give forests a chance to recover before being 'slashed-and-burned' again. The government sees shifting cultivation as unsustainable and intends to stop it by:
making agriculture sedentary through diversification and agro-forestry opening market access through feeder roads and market information land allocation and land use entitlements (MAF 1999 land use zoning based on slope and land capability rural savings and credit
Publication year
2005
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Keywords
Policies, Upland areas
