Meaning Shifting Cultivation
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Shifting CultivationCulture itinérante
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Shifting Cultivationtype of agriculture where a field or plot is cleared, cropped, and harvested until its fertility is exhausted. Also called slash-and-burn, milpa and swidden.
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Shifting Cultivationa farming system in which a small tribal group cuts and burns the natural vegetation before cultivating the land. After a number of years the land becomes depleted and the group moves to a new area. T [..]
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Shifting CultivationSee swidden
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Shifting CultivationA system of farming where land is cleared for cultivation, left fallow when it has lost its fertility and returned to after a period of time.
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Shifting CultivationAn agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned when the soil loses its fertility or weeds become dominant. The plot of land is then left to be reclaimed by na [..]
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