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shifting cultivation  

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  • SHIFTING CULTIVATION IS a term referring to a wide range of traditional farming systems. Sometimes disparaged and sometimes romantically defended, shifting cultivation has been a lightning rod for arguments concerning the environmental sustainability of agriculture. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Shifting Cultivation]

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