Date: Dec. 5 (Fri), 2014, 15:00 – 18:00 Venue: Seminar Room (Room # 318), 3F Inamori Center, Kawabata Campus, Kyoto University Language: English Title: "Ecological and Social dynamics of Agricultural systems in Southern Cameroon" Lecturer: Martin Yemefack, PhD (IRAD / IITA) ABSTRACT: Shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture is the mother of all existing farming systems in southern Cameroon. It is the main land use systems practiced by small scale farmers to ensure subsistence food and a small income. However, due interactions between ecological and socio-economical events, the system shows a great spatial variants and tremendous transformations. It is by essence an agricultural system that capitalizes for its sustainability [ Read More ]