"shifting cultivation" meaning in All languages combined

See shifting cultivation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shifting cultivation (uncountable)
  1. An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation. Wikipedia link: shifting cultivation Tags: uncountable
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