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agriculture > agricultural method > shifting cultivation

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shifting cultivation  

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  • Agricultural practice using the rotation of fields rather than crops, short cropping periods followed by long fallows and the maintenance of fertility by the regeneration of vegetation.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7652

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