sailabn.
/ˈsʌɪlɑːb/ A method of cultivation used in the Indus basin in Pakistan and northern India in which the land is irrigated by flood-water from the rivers.
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round tilth1723
infield and outfield1733
terrace1796
superculture1835
terrace-cultivation1860
terrace-culture1863
conservation tillage1897
monoculture1901
strip farming1913
polyculture1915
sailab1916
shifting cultivation1922
strip-cultivation1932
shifting agriculture1934
strip-cropping1936
podu1938
contour terracing1939
strip system1954
swiddening1971
monocropping1974
1916 J. Douie Panjab, N.W. Frontier Province & Kashmir xiv. 142 ‘Unirrigated’ embraces cultivation dependent on rain (bárání) or on flooding or percolation from rivers (sailáb).
1960 Indus Basin Devel. Fund Agreement 30 in Parl. Papers 1961 (Cmnd. 1527) XXXVII. 501 Pakistan may also withdraw such waters from each of the following Tributaries..for irrigation of that part of the following areas cultivated on sailab.
1962 Times 2 June 11/6 The annual migration follows a restricted round which includes short halts for cultivation by the sailaba method. Rough earthen bunds are built in the wadis to form a trap for the soil wash from the occasional flash floods and the sorghum and millet seeds are sown in these small patches of saturated soil.
1973 N. D. Gulhati Indus Waters Treaty iii. 43 The total area in the Indus basin, along different rivers, cultivated annually after inundation or sailab, was about 2·17 million acres... This cultivation was referred to as sailab.
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