Strategies of traditional shifting cultivation
Type: Approaches
Creation: 2008-12-31 00:00 Updated: 2017-08-03 08:24
Compilers: Abdul Gafur
Reviewers: Fabian Ottiger
Country/ region/ locations where the Approach has been applied
- Country: Bangladesh
- Region/ State/ Province: Chittagogn Hill Tracts
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Description of the SLM Approach
Short description of the Approach
Tradtional appraoch to jhuming involving tribal institutions and traditonal knowledge based technologies.
Detailed description of the Approach
Aims / objectives: The main purpose of the approach is to facilitate the tribal population with no cultivable landownership to seek their subsistence by adopting tradtional jhum practice by involving the entire family members. The specific objectives is to ensure site allocation within the communites for jhum and to ensure that the age old knowledge about shifting cultivation is passed on to the next generations.
Methods: The method to achieving this is that the tribals have a very strong local institution comprising of King, Dewan, Head man, and Karbari, priests and the villagers. In case of knowledge transfer, head of a family ensures that he/she passes on the technology information to his/her followers.
Stages of implementation: At evry stage of the implementation of jhum, the landusers are supported by the local institutions and their tradtional custams, attitudes and beliefs.
Role of stakeholders: The tribal institution takes care of the problems encourtered by the landusers during selection of jhum sites and overall activities of jhum.