| 释义 |
‖ taungya|ˈtaʊŋjə|
Also taunggya, † toungya.
[Burmese, f. taung hill + ya plot, field.]
A temporary hillside clearing. Usu. attrib., designating a method of shifting cultivation practised in Burma, and a system of forest management based on this (see quot. 1938) and employed in tropical countries.
1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 560/2 The system of cultivation known in Bengal as the júm, that is clearing virgin soil by burning, cultivating it for one or two years, and then leaving it again to the jungle, is here [sc. in Burma] extensively practised under the name of toungya cultivation. 1904[see kumri]. 1921Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 574/3 The best system of raising teak is in taungya plantations. 1926Tansley & Chipp Study of Vegetation xi. 257 Plant succession in deserted taungyas or cultivated land. 1938H. G. Champion in Champion & Trevor Man. Indian Silviculture i. vi. 182 Taungya plantation procedure..depends on getting the cultivator to plant or sow a new forest crop with his food crop, so that when he moves on, useful trees and not weeds will restock the area. 1946[see joom]. 1952[see shifting cultivation s.v. shifting ppl. a. 1 b]. 1975Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 9/3 Dr. Earl commends the ‘taungya’ method of managing eucalyptus plantations in Uganda. |