Definition of shifting cultivation in English:

shifting cultivation

(also shifting agriculture)

noun

mass noun

A form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.
Example sentencesExamples
- They practise shifting cultivation, periodically clearing the forest to grow millet, maize and pulses.
- This thinly populated area has 237 villages of which 205 have settlements and the remaining are abandoned due to shifting cultivation habit among the tribals.
- They depend on shifting agriculture, complemented by animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, and gathering for their livelihood.
- Australian aboriginal people never practiced agriculture, so did not cut the rainforest for shifting cultivation, as occurs in rainforests in many other tropical regions.
- Many slash-and-burn farmers are in a rapid transition from shifting cultivation to settled hill-rice agriculture and even to intensive farming.

Definition of shifting cultivation in US English:

shifting cultivation

(also shifting agriculture)

nounSHiftiNG ˌkəltəˈvāSHənʃɪftɪŋ ˌkəltəˈveɪʃən

A form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.
Example sentencesExamples
- This thinly populated area has 237 villages of which 205 have settlements and the remaining are abandoned due to shifting cultivation habit among the tribals.
- Australian aboriginal people never practiced agriculture, so did not cut the rainforest for shifting cultivation, as occurs in rainforests in many other tropical regions.
- They practise shifting cultivation, periodically clearing the forest to grow millet, maize and pulses.
- They depend on shifting agriculture, complemented by animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, and gathering for their livelihood.
- Many slash-and-burn farmers are in a rapid transition from shifting cultivation to settled hill-rice agriculture and even to intensive farming.

单词	shifting cultivation
释义	Definition of shifting cultivation in English: shifting cultivation (also shifting agriculture) noun mass noun A form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored. Example sentencesExamples They practise shifting cultivation, periodically clearing the forest to grow millet, maize and pulses. This thinly populated area has 237 villages of which 205 have settlements and the remaining are abandoned due to shifting cultivation habit among the tribals. They depend on shifting agriculture, complemented by animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, and gathering for their livelihood. Australian aboriginal people never practiced agriculture, so did not cut the rainforest for shifting cultivation, as occurs in rainforests in many other tropical regions. Many slash-and-burn farmers are in a rapid transition from shifting cultivation to settled hill-rice agriculture and even to intensive farming. Definition of shifting cultivation in US English: shifting cultivation (also shifting agriculture) nounSHiftiNG ˌkəltəˈvāSHənʃɪftɪŋ ˌkəltəˈveɪʃən A form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored. Example sentencesExamples This thinly populated area has 237 villages of which 205 have settlements and the remaining are abandoned due to shifting cultivation habit among the tribals. Australian aboriginal people never practiced agriculture, so did not cut the rainforest for shifting cultivation, as occurs in rainforests in many other tropical regions. They practise shifting cultivation, periodically clearing the forest to grow millet, maize and pulses. They depend on shifting agriculture, complemented by animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, and gathering for their livelihood. Many slash-and-burn farmers are in a rapid transition from shifting cultivation to settled hill-rice agriculture and even to intensive farming.
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