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- 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...
- Kaulong, or Pasismanua, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 4000 swidden farmers of the southwest hinterlands of Kandrian District, West New Britain...
- (Darby 1956, 200). Swidden farming was practised in Siberia at least until the 1930s, using specially selected varieties of "swidden-rye" (Steensberg 1993...
- 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...
- Maleu-Kilenge, is an Austronesian language spoken by several thousand swidden farmers in the Talasea District of West New Britain Province, Papua New...
- into two categories: 'tame' or 'civilized' Kubu, who were predominantly swidden farmers, and 'wild' Kubu, who lived deep in the forests, and made much...
- and traders who have become emergent swidden sedentists Arao, Maleng, Malang, Makang, Tơe, Ahoe, Phóng Swidden cultivators who move every 2–3 years among...
- A ritual of the Iraya Mangyan to prepare land for kaingin (swidden farming)...
- methods of food production. It was believed that shifting cultivation (swidden) agriculture provided most of their food, but it is now thought that permanent...
- traditional agricultural system practiced by tribes in the Amazon is based on swidden cultivation (also known as slash-and-burn or shifting cultivation) and...