01893naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501380007726000090021530000160022450001180024052007640035865000130112265000250113565000240116065000170118465300340120165300240123565300240125965300310128365300190131470000170133370000220135070000260137270000220139877301710142015089282023-11-07       2001    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aVOSTI, S. A.  aIntensifying small-scale agriculture in the western Brazilian Amazonbissues, implications and implementation.h[electronic resource]  c2001  ap. 245-266.  aBased on papers presented at an international conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, Iate July-early Aug. 1998.  aThe study area is in the western Brazilian Amazon and is the Brazilian site of the Alternatives to Slash and Burn Agriculture (ASB) Programme. Firstly, the area's land use systems are described and entry points for agricultural intensification strategies are suggested. Secondly, the relative scarcity of land and labour is examined. Third, there is a presentation of evaluations of pairs of land-use system alternatives (traditional systems versus proposed more intensive alternatives), regarding adaptability, agronomic sustainability and broader environmental impacts, as well as tradeoffs between intensification and adaptability, plant biodiversity and carbon stocks. Finally the constraints involved in promoting successful intensification are outlined.  aLand use  aShifting cultivation  aCultivo Migratório  aUso da Terra  aAgricultura de corte e queima  aAmazonia Occidental  aAmazônia Ocidental  aSlash and burn agriculture  aWestern Amazon1 aWITCOVER, J.1 aCARPENTIER, C. L.1 aOLIVEIRA, S. J. M. de1 aSANTOS, J. C. dos  tIn: LEE, D. R.; BARRETT, C. B. (ed.). Tradeoffs or synergies? Agricultural intensification, economic development and the environment. New York: CABI Publishing, 2001.