Kamal P Aryal is a Natural Resource Management Analyst at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu, Nepal. His work focuses on agriculture innovation, Shifting cultivation, management of natural resources and biodiversity, and participatory action research in the region.
[Commentary] Shifting cultivation landscapes in transition
Shifting cultivation, variously known as swidden agriculture, slash and burn, or locally as jhum in Bangladesh and northeast India, has been vilified and blamed for deforestation and environmental degradation since…
