swid·den (sw d n) n. An area cleared for temporary cultivation by cutting and burning the vegetation. [Dialectal alteration of obsolete swithen, from Old Norse svidhna, to be ...
AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION [Note: for Oct. 24 th class, read "Intro" plus section on "Swidden Systems"; for Oct. 26 th, remainder (section on "Agricultural ...
slash and burn. Simple agricultural method whereby natural vegetation is cut and burned, and the clearing then farmed for a few years until the soil loses its fertility, whereupon ...
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