- and
burning of
plants in a
forest or
woodland to
create a
field called a
swidden. The
method begins by
cutting down the
trees and
woody plants in an area...
- (Darby 1956, 200).
Swidden farming was
practised in
Siberia at
least until the 1930s,
using specially selected varieties of "
swidden-rye" (Steensberg 1993...
- and
traders who have
become emergent swidden sedentists Arao, Maleng, Malang, Makang, Tơe, Ahoe, Phóng
Swidden cultivators who move
every 2–3
years among...
-
agricultural practices involved the
cultivation wet rice (papayaw) as well as
swidden (uwa) farming. Due to the
availability of water, two
planting seasons are...
-
methods of food production. It was
believed that
shifting cultivation (
swidden)
agriculture provided most of
their food, but it is now
thought that permanent...
- into two categories: 'tame' or 'civilized' Kubu, who were
predominantly swidden farmers, and 'wild' Kubu, who
lived deep in the forests, and made much...
- A
ritual of the
Iraya Mangyan to
prepare land for
kaingin (
swidden farming)...
- the
swidden and the rest of the
swidden is
mixed with
about 15
other plants.
After the
second year the Bine
farmers move on to an
adjacent swidden and...
- Asia. They
generally inhabited mountainous or
marginal lands and took up
swidden or slash-and-burn
cultivation techniques to farm
these lands.
During the...
- fires, acid rain,
invasive species, and the
slash and burn
practices of
swidden agriculture or
shifting cultivation. The loss and re-growth of forests...
