Methods of Maintaining Settled Agriculture in Finnish Lapland

The farming methods used to maintain settled agriculture along the northern limits of cultivation in Finnish Lapland have been studied in the village of Peltovuoma. Farming is an integration of reindeer rearing, adapted from traditional Lapp methods, with settled agriculture, based on subsistence da...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Edwards, Christopher J.W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1972
Subjects:
Arctic medicine
Community development
Diseases
Economic conditions
Genetics
Health
Health care
Immunization
Native peoples
Parasites
Social change
Social conditions
Arctic
Peltovuoma
Lapland
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65988
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Summary:The farming methods used to maintain settled agriculture along the northern limits of cultivation in Finnish Lapland have been studied in the village of Peltovuoma. Farming is an integration of reindeer rearing, adapted from traditional Lapp methods, with settled agriculture, based on subsistence dairy production and arable cropping. Maintenance is only made possible by the careful management of a complex system of land uses, precisely located to maximize production from a limited area of reclaimed land of variable quality, within a restrictive climatic environment.

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