<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vosti, S.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">asb@cgiar.org</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Slash-And-Burn Agriculture - Household Perspectives.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agriculture, Ecosystems &amp; Environment</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest margins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Household resource use</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natural resource management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Slash and burn agriculture</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.mendeley.com/research/slashandburn-agriculture-household-perspectives/</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">58</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23-38</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">English</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The paper explores household perspectives on slash-and-burn agriculture by first presenting a stylized conceptual model of household decision-making processes for the rural developing world, stressing: (a) household food and livelihood security objectives and time horizon; (b) joint and separate assessment of three types of resources available to the household natural, human, and financial; and (c) the environmental consequences of household livelihood resource use strategies. Considering the model in the context of the humid tropical forest agroecological zone where slash-and-burn agriculture is common, the paper then explores some conditioning factors to household decision-making that are prevalent throughout the zone, and their likely consequences on resource use patterns and environmental impact. Before examining some intra-zone differences, entry points for policy intervention, and broader policy and research guidelines necessary to promote both improvement in both human welfare and natural resource management are discussed.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record></records></xml>