Understanding Slash-and-Burn Agriculture: Practices, Impacts, and...

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Understanding Slash-and-Burn Agriculture: Practices, Impacts, and Alternatives

Slash-and-burn agriculture, also known as shifting cultivation or swidden agriculture, is one of the oldest methods of farming, practiced for thousands of years by indigenous and rural communities around the world. This agricultural technique involves the cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields for crop cultivation. Despite its ancient origins, slash-and-burn remains a...

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