2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Contemporary History of Farming Cultures in Central Equatorial African Rainforests
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20510227
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Shizuoka University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOMATSU Kaori Shizuoka University, 人文学部, 准教授 (30334949)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | アフリカ / 農耕文化 / 熱帯雨林 / 農業史 |
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| Research Abstract |
The characteristics of the farming culture in Central Equatorial African rainforests include mixed-intercropping, shifting cultivation, vegetative crops, semi-domestication and multiple subsistence. They have accepted many new crops in their farming system. They introduced commercial tree crops including cacao and coffee in 20^<th> century and adjusted their working pattern and land use system. I tried to rethink on the present farming culture in the area in relation to state policy, commercial economy and environmental use.
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