Mid Term Report V2

SHIFTING CULTIVATION IN THE VIEW OF POVERTY

REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION

A case of Van Kieu indigenous people inQuang Tri province, Vietnam

Prepared by: Dang Vu Bao - 07539705Supervised by: S.A Prof. Masaaki YAMADA

Mid-term presentation session11 May 2009

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Background - What is shifting cultivation?

Fallowing

Secondary forest

Primary forest

Burning

Planting

Harvesting

Slashing

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Shifting cultivation pattern

Plot A1-2 years

Plot C1-2 years

Plot B1 -2 years

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

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Statement of Problem

The Government of Vietnam efforts for replacing shiftingcultivation with sedentary agriculture since 1968.

However,

After more than 40 years, shifting cultivation is still practicednationwide.

So,

It is necessary to understand what shifting cultivation really is.

1.16 million ha of shifting fields planted annually by 3.1 million cultivators. (UNDP, 2004)

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Study Objective

To discuss the shifting cultivation practiced by VanKieu people.

In other words,

To record the indigenous knowledge and belief inshifting cultivation practiced by Van Kieu people.

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Materials and Methods

Published and unpublished documents,museums

SourcesSecondary data

Primary data

Narrative-text reportExpected output

PRAs tools: semi-structured interview,participant observation, field observation

How

Van Kieu people: The elders, middle-agedmen and women, the young

Who2 villages of 2 communes, Dakrong districtWhere

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Mo O commune

Dakrong commune

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Findings and discussions

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Shifting cultivation by Van Kieu people

Ownershipremained

2- 3 years7. Fallowing

Mother of Rice(Kan Tro)

Offering,

Auspicious day

Auspicious day

Taboo, Omen

Belief

Bamboo basket, pluckingthe grains by hands

Xariem, sickle, dibbler;fencing, trapping, weeding,

Dibbler; intercropping, notillage

Pria; biomass as fertilizer

Pria, axe; stumps left over

Big knife (Pria), judgmentof soil fertility

Tools/technique

Aug Oct

June Aug

April May

Mar Apr

Feb Mar

February

Calendar

No intrusion6. Harvesting

No fertilizerCattle roaming

5. Tending

Rice seedlingrespected

4. Planting

Firebreak wall3. Burning

2. Slashing

Markingownership

1. Fieldselection

Customary lawsSteps

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Shifting cultivation by Van Kieu people

A plot of landmarked forownership

DREAM – spiritualapproval. If dreamingof guests, child,GOOD OMEN. Ifblood, cock, BADOMEN.

TABOO: Banyan tree,tree hit by thunder

1. Use indigenousknowledge to judge soilfertility with indicatorssuch as soil color andcover vegetation.

2. Mark the ownership bymaking a slot in a tree witha big knife, then insertingsome green tree branchesinto the slot.

February(lunarmonth)

Select aplot ofland

What to respectWhat to believeSelect the land or not

HowWhenWhat to do

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Interpretation:primitive but effective

Pointed head of the dibbler

Dibbler used for planting

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Interpretation: a plot of land under ownership

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Interpretation: food-security

Banana

Cassava

Maize

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Interpretation: Soil fertility

Reed (grass)

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Interpretation: Fallow management

Acacia Fruit-tree

Banana

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Interpretation: not much forest cover destroyed

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Thank you for your attention!

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Mid Term Report V2

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