Abstract
Shifting cultivation is practiced widely in the tropical uplands, covering roughly 280 million hectares of land. However, divergent perspectives and multiple attributions are often offered, and some of them have long shaped negative opinions. In article 2200051, Arun Jyoti Nath and co‐workers conclude that shifting cultivation remains a complex and misunderstood form of agricultural practice, and it should be accepted as a rational land use system.
Keywords: ethnic marginalization, indigenous farming system, sustainable forest management, tropical deforestation