Land Use System in Mizoram

Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Land tenure system and land use pattern in Mizoram. 3. Programmes implemented in Mizoram to introduce permanent land use system. 4. Centrally sponsored schemes in Mizoram: convergence for effective project implementations. 5. On farm experiment on some permanent land use systems in Mizoram: an ecological and economical analysis. 6. Important cash crops of Mizoram. 7. Effective implementation of land use programmes and research priorities. 8. Soil conservation and agronomic measures for sustainable landuse. 9. Rehabilitation and improvement of shifting cultivation land. 10. Farm mechanization and processing of forests and agro-products. References. Index.

This book contains an overview of the traditional and the existing land use and tenure system in Mizoram. It also presents the various land use programmes implemented by various governments in Mizoram from time to time. It further highlights the land use problems and issues with suggestions and research priorities with reference to hill slopes of Mizoram. An ecological and economical analysis of some permanent land use systems in Mizoram, soil conservation and agronomic measures for sustainable land use, rehabilitation and improvement of shifting cultivation land use, rehabilitation and improvement of shifting cultivation land role of agro forestry are also discussed in details. The book may serve as a reference for policy makers and researchers working in forestry agriculture and allied fields in NE India with special reference to Mizoram.