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other subjects > technology > agriculture > shifting cultivation

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shifting cultivation  

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  • SHIFTING CULTIVATION IS a term referring to a wide range of traditional farming systems. Sometimes disparaged and sometimes romantically defended, shifting cultivation has been a lightning rod for arguments concerning the environmental sustainability of agriculture. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Shifting Cultivation]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Z420D7FG-L

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