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