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Part IV

Chapter 11

Agriculture and Food Systems

Upland Rice · Rotational Farming · Palm Economy · Hunger Season

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Figure 9. The agricultural year in a forest-fallow rice system
Figure 9. The agricultural year in a forest-fallow rice system. Circular calendar of clearing, burning, sowing, weeding, bird-scaring, harvest, and the hunger season.Original drawing prepared for this volume.