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“Shifting cultivation” as a book category covers works on swidden/slash-and-burn agriculture—also called rotational bush-fallow—where farmers clear small plots, cultivate them briefly, then allow long fallows for soil and forest regeneration. Titles in this category span ethnographies and indigenous knowledge, agroecology and soil science, fire and fallow management, biodiversity and carbon dynamics, and rural livelihoods and land tenure. They include environmental histories and case studies from tropical regions such as the Amazon, Central Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Melanesia, as well as policy analyses on deforestation narratives, conservation, climate (e.g., REDD+), and transitions to sedentary farming. The category also encompasses practical guides and extension manuals, remote sensing and landscape studies, and debates over sustainability, resilience, and development impacts. Books may range from academic research to practitioner handbooks and community perspectives.

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