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Local names of shifting cultivation around the world
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later.
This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility.
Name | Region |
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Ray | Vietnam |
Tavi | Madagascar |
Masole | Congo (Zaire river Valley) |
Fang | Equatorial African Countries |
Logan | Western Africa |
Comile | Mexico |
Milpa | Yucatan and Guatemala |
Echalin | Guadeloupe |
Milya | Mexico and Central America |
Konuko | Venezuela |
Roka | Brazil |
Chetemini | Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Caingin | Philippines |
Taungya | Myanmar |
Chena | Sri Lanka |
Ladang | Java and Indonesia |
Tamrai | Thailand |
Humah | Java and Indonesia |
India | |
Jhum | North-eastern India |
Vevar and Dahiyaar | Bundelkhand Region (Madhya Pradesh) |
Deepa | Bastar District (Madhya Pradesh) |
Zara and Erka | Southern States |
Batra | South-eastern Rajasthan |
Podu | Andhra Pradesh |
Kumari | Hilly Region of the Western Ghats of Kerala |
Kaman, Vinga and Dhavi | Odisha |