Slash-and-burn agriculture: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	swidden agriculture • shifting cultivation • forest fallow cultivation

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slash-and-burn agriculture

Smoke rises among scattered trees during slash and burn forest clearance in the Amazon rainforest, with charred ground and partially burned vegetation visible.

Field in southern Belize showing slash-and-burn agriculture, with charred tree trunks and branches scattered across cleared land, and a few standing palm trees in the background.

men planting a rice swidden

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