What is the other name of slash and burn agriculture?
Considering this, what is meant by slash and burn agriculture?
Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
- In India, this primitive form of cultivation is called Bewar or Dahiya in madhya pradesh.
- Podu or pennda in Andhra pradesh.
- Pama dabi or Koan or Bringa in Or risk.
- Kumari in western ghat.
- Valre or Walter in South East rajasthan.
- Khil in Himalayan belt.
- Kuruwa in jharkhand and Jhumming in the north eastern region.
Also know, what is another name for shifting cultivation?
Swidden agriculture, also known as shifting cultivation, refers to a technique of rotational farming in which land is cleared for cultivation (normally by fire) and then left to regenerate after a few years. This type of “slash and burn” is better referred to as “swidden agriculture” or “shifting cultivation".
Slash and burn agriculture is most often practiced in places where open land for farming is not readily available because of dense vegetation. These regions include central Africa, northern South America, and Southeast Asia.