Agriculture and Current Deforestation Practices
1ka•ing•in noun \käˈēŋə̇n\
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Definition of KAINGIN
Philippines
: swidden
Variants of KAINGIN ka•ing•in also ca•ing•in or ca•iñg•in \käˈēŋə̇n\
Origin of KAINGIN
Tag kaingin
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2kaingin
adjective \"\
Definition of KAINGIN
Philippines
: employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbrush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer
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Slash-and-burn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaingin Slash-and-burn is an agricultural technique which involves cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology or other tools. It is typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture, and of transhumance livestock herding.[1]
Older English terms for slash-and-burn include assarting, swidden, and fire-fallow cultivation. Today the term "slash-and-burn" is mainly associated with tropical rain forests. Slash-and-burn techniques are used by between 200 and 500 million people worldwide.[2][3] In 2004 it was estimated that, in Brazil alone, 500,000 small farmers were each clearing an average of one hectare of forest per year. The technique is not sustainable beyond a certain population density because, without the
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Definition of KAINGIN
Philippines
: swidden
Variants of KAINGIN ka•ing•in also ca•ing•in or ca•iñg•in \käˈēŋə̇n\
Origin of KAINGIN
Tag kaingin
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2kaingin
adjective \"\
Definition of KAINGIN
Philippines
: employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbrush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer
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Slash-and-burn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaingin Slash-and-burn is an agricultural technique which involves cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology or other tools. It is typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture, and of transhumance livestock herding.[1]
Older English terms for slash-and-burn include assarting, swidden, and fire-fallow cultivation. Today the term "slash-and-burn" is mainly associated with tropical rain forests. Slash-and-burn techniques are used by between 200 and 500 million people worldwide.[2][3] In 2004 it was estimated that, in Brazil alone, 500,000 small farmers were each clearing an average of one hectare of forest per year. The technique is not sustainable beyond a certain population density because, without the