Land Use/ Cropping system

2013/14 Cropping Season

2014/15 Season

Pre-Harvest (October)

Post-Harvest (January)

Pre-Planting (May)

Agriculture:

Upland Farm

Intercropping: rice, sorghum, maize, cucumber, pumpkin, sour, sesame

Mostly low regrowth of shrubs and remnants of rice crop (rice stalk)

Young farm bush re-growth

Agriculture: Young Fallow (3 years)

Mostly shrubs and herbs

Mostly shrubs and few herbs

Mostly shrubs and herbs

Agriculture:

Old Fallow (5 years)

Mostly young trees and shrubs, few herbs

Mostly young trees, and shrubs

Slashed and burnt for cropping

Agriculture:

Swamp

Paddy rice cultivation (monocropping)

Remnants of rice crop (rice stalk),

Remnants of rice crop (stalk), mixed grasses

Agriculture:

Backyard garden

Pineapple, eggplant, pepper, ‘krainkrain’

Pineapple, eggplant, pepper

Pineapple, eggplant, okra, pepper