Land Use/ Cropping system | 2013/14 Cropping Season | 2014/15 Season |
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Pre-Harvest (October) | Post-Harvest (January) | Pre-Planting (May) | |
Agriculture: Upland Farm | Intercropping: rice, sorghum, maize, Okra, pepper, cucumber, pumpkin | Mostly low regrowth of shrubs and remnants of rice crop (rice stalk), pepper | Young farm bush re-growth |
Agriculture: Young Fallow (2 years) | Mostly shrubs and herbs | Mostly shrubs and few herbs | Mostly shrubs and herbs |
Agriculture: Old Fallow (6 years) | Mostly young trees and shrubs, few herbs | Mostly young trees, and shrubs | Mostly young trees and shrubs, few herbs |
Swamp | Paddy rice cultivation (monocropping), some weeds | Remnants of rice crop (rice stalk), some grass weeds | Remnants of rice crop (stalk), luxurious growth of different grass species |
Agriculture: Oil Palm | Perennial cash crop with shrubs and herbs in the undergrowth | Rubber plantation, very few shrubs in the undergrowth | Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the udergrowth |
Agroforestry: Cacao | Cacao plantation with scattered tall shade trees, very few herbs | Perennial cash crop with scattered tall shade trees, very few herbs | Perennial cash crop with scattered tall shade trees |
Cemetery | Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the undergrowth | Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the undergrowth | Rubber plantation, few shrubs in the undergrowth |
Diamond Mining | Old mining site with mixed vegetation, maize crop, oil palm, dominant tall forest trees (e.g. Gmelina sp., Tectonia sp.) | Old mining site with mixed vegetation, oil palm, dominant tall forest trees (e.g. Gmelina sp., Tectonia sp.) | Old mining site with mixed vegetation, oil palm, dominant tall forest trees (e.g. Gmelina sp., Tectonia sp.) |