shifting cultivation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005791",
  "term": "shifting cultivation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A farming system, common in the tropics, in which land is cleared, the debris burned, and crops grown for a relatively short period until yields decline. The land is then abandoned. The original land is cleared and cropped again after a uncontrolled fallow period of 3-20 years, usually when soil fertility has been naturally restored by woody vegetation.",
  "synonyms": [
    "bush fallow systems",
    "slash and burn agriculture",
    "slash and burn farming",
    "slash-and-burn agriculture",
    "swidden agriculture"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "farming systems",
    "taungya system",
    "leys",
    "slash"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cultivo migratorio"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/shifting-cultivation/"
}