GEMET
General
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Environmental
Thesaurus
shifting cultivation
Definition

Agricultural practice using the rotation of fields rather than crops, short cropping periods followed by long fallows and the maintenance of fertility by the regeneration of vegetation.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7652