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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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65988 2023-05-15T14:19:19+02:00 Methods of Maintaining Settled Agriculture in Finnish Lapland Edwards, Christopher J.W. 1972-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65988 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65988/49902 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65988 ARCTIC; Vol. 25 No. 1 (1972): March: 1–72; 8-20 1923-1245 0004-0843 Arctic medicine Community development Diseases Economic conditions Genetics Health Health care Immunization Native peoples Parasites Social change Social conditions info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1972 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:59Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Lapland University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Peltovuoma ENVELOPE(24.195,24.195,68.383,68.383) ARCTIC 25 1 |
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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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Methods of Maintaining Settled Agriculture in Finnish Lapland |
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Methods of Maintaining Settled Agriculture in Finnish Lapland |
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