Noun
shifting cultivation (uncountable)
An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.
Areas where shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture are practiced are generally only fertile for 2–3 years before they are abandoned. Source: Internet
In the regions of shifting cultivation where polygyny is most frequently recorded, labor is often starkly divided between genders. Source: Internet
However, much of it has been cleared, citation due to the increase in logging since the 1960s and the increase of shifting cultivation. Source: Internet
In some of the sparsely populated regions where shifting cultivation takes place in Africa, women do much of the work. Source: Internet
There is much evidence for loosely managed and shifting cultivation and no evidence of "top down" structured landscape planning. Source: Internet