Who counts? Demography of swidden cultivators in southeast asia

• Main Authors: Ole Mertz, Stephen J. Leisz, Andreas Heinimann, Kanok Rerkasem, Thiha, Wolfram Dressler, Van Cu Pham, Kim Chi Vu, Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Carol J.P. Colfer, Michael Epprecht, Christine Padoch, Lesley Potter
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Environmental Science; Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67651155778&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/48832
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Swidden cultivators are often found as a distinct category of farmers in the literature, but rarely appear in population censuses or other national and regional classifications. This has led to a worldwide confusion on how many people are dependent on this form of agriculture. The most often cited n...