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Encyclopedia: Shifting cultivation Source:Wikipedia
Shifting cultivation
is an
agricultural
system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of
wood harvesting
or
farming
, until the soil loses fertility. Once the land becomes
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Shifting cultivation is one of the most ancient ways of agriculture. As its name suggests,
shifting cultivation is about moving the farm around.
shifting cultivation is about moving the farm around.
For methods, see slash and burn Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots
of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. This system often involves clearing of a
piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming, until the soil loses
fertility. Once the land...
of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. This system often involves clearing of a
piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming, until the soil loses
fertility. Once the land...
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shifting cultivation: (swidden, slash and burn) a form of plant cultivation in which seeds are
planted in the fertile soil prepared by cutting and burning the natural growth; relatively
short periods ...
planted in the fertile soil prepared by cutting and burning the natural growth; relatively
short periods ...
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Shifting Cultivation is practiced by primitive tribes in the forested highlands of the Amazon
Basin, Congo Basin, Papua New Guinea, etc.
Basin, Congo Basin, Papua New Guinea, etc.
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library.thinkquest.org/26634/forest/farming/shiftcult.htm
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Tropical Forests & Shifting Cultivation, FAO United Nations |
Cambodia Corps, Inc.
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Unasylva - Vol. 9, No. 2 - Shifting cultivation in the Belgian Congo |
Extracts from a case study prepared in connection with a general FAO enquiry on shifting
cultivation ... Shifting cultivation is still practiced in both the forest region and in the
savanna, ...
cultivation ... Shifting cultivation is still practiced in both the forest region and in the
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Unasylva - No. 150 - Forestry and the crisis in Africa - Changes in ... |
This article has been adapted from FAO Forestry Paper 50, Changes in shifting cultivation in
Africa. ... The term shifting cultivation has been applied to a wide range of cropping systems;
Africa. ... The term shifting cultivation has been applied to a wide range of cropping systems;
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Man and Land: An introduction into the problems of agrarian structure and agrarian reform by
Prof. F. Kuhnen...
Prof. F. Kuhnen...
www.professor-frithjof-kuhnen.de/publications/man-and-l...
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New Agriculturist 99-5: Points of View - Shifting cultivation |
Points of view - Shifting cultivation ... Shifting cultivators include indigenous groups, who
have been practising swidden cultivation for centuries as well as migrant farmers who reclaim
forest areas but, ...
have been practising swidden cultivation for centuries as well as migrant farmers who reclaim
forest areas but, ...