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shifting cultivation
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a land-use system, esp in tropical Africa, in which a tract of land is cultivated until its fertility diminishes, when it is abandoned until this is restored naturally Translations shifting cultivation n → agricoltura itinerante Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They practice swidden agriculture to grow a variety of crops suited to the different environments found on their mountainside: mangos, chiles, and sugar cane in the warm lowlands and corn, beans, coffee, and potatoes in the highlands. Dipterocarps other than Shorea balangeran were not found or were sparse in the fallowed land, which resulted from swidden agriculture, although dipterocarps were the most dominant species in the original vegetation of lowland and lower montane Borneo. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the rice production from swidden agriculture is declining, perhaps because of an increase in swidden frequency, and most families are not self-sufficient in rice production. |
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