标题：Exploring innovative strategies for livelihoods in a slash-and-burn context in Madagascar : experiencing the role of huma geography in sustainability-oriented research
摘要：Slash-and-burn agriculture on the eastern escarpment
of Madagascar is held responsible for the ongoing
deforestation of the remaining primary forests. Further
consequences attributed to the method are the degradation of fallow land, resulting in a loss of productivity,
which is considered to be a threat to food security and
the livelihoods of the peasants. The research results
presented here contribute to current conservation
and development efforts regarding alternative land
use systems by studying how households can successfully
adopt and adapt innovative strategies. Based on
an interdisciplinary synthesis of knowledge about the
land use system and a transdisciplinary analysis of
multi-stakeholder interests, promising development
routes were identified and tested. The results of the
introduction of single innovative activities indicated
overall improvement in ecological, economic and
socio-cultural terms. However, the successful adoption
by peasant households could only be achieved where
households were able to simultaneously combine different innovative activities. This combination maximised
synergies and reduced potential conflict between
individual innovations and the existing livelihood
strategy of a household. Consequently, important basic
parameters for such a process could be defined, such
as liberty of choice, accessibility and market networks,
as well as Joint development of innovations between
concerned actors and researchers.
