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shifting cultivation LUcat Search catalogue 294937269

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2012-03-23

DUT
wisselbouw

IND
1

MIS
system of cultivation that preserves soil fertility by plot (field) rotation, as distinct from crop rotation. In shifting agriculture a plot of land is cleared and cultivated for a short period of time; then it is abandoned and allowed to revert to its natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot. The period of cultivation is usually terminated when the soil shows signs of exhaustion or, more commonly, when the field is overrun by weeds. The length of time that a field is cultivated is usually shorter than the period over which the land is allowed to regenerate by lying fallow.

PPN
294937269

UDC
631.584

MRF
631.582.2

BT1
cultivation systems

UF
shifting agriculture
slash-and-burn agriculture
swidden cultivation

BSO
13.03 CROP MANAGEMENT

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