Working the land; Babad as forest clearing and the analogy between land and human fertility in Nusa Penida (Bali)

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ID2899480
AuthorsRodolfo A Giambelli (1. [email protected], corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume155
Issue4
Pages493-516
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/22134379-90003859
OpenAlexW1967193290
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Working the LandBabad as Forest Clearing and the Analogy between Land and Human Fertility in Nusa Penida (Bali)Nusa Penida is a dry island of 191,462 square kilometres lying off the southeastern coast of Bali.The majority of its inhabitants are subsistence farmers dependent for their livelihood on corn-growing.Rain-fed agriculture is at the core of their social organization.While in most of Bali the main crop is rice grown on irrigated terraces, in Nusa Penida this is not the case.Rice is cultivated only in a few dry areas, and the main crop is corn.Agricultural yields tend to be less abundant than in centra1 Bali, and in the past the island has been subject to food shortages2In order to reduce the threat of famine, farmers need to have highly diversified gardens.Hence intercropping and polyculture should be practised if a

Agricultural science · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Agronomy · Biology · Clearing · Dry land · Economics · Fishery · Geography · Land area · Livelihood · Polyculture · Subsistence agriculture · Environmental Science · Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies

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