Shifting Cultivation

Shifting Cultivation
Shif|ting Cul|ti|va|tion
['ʃiftiŋ kʌlti'veiʃn] die; - -
<aus gleichbed. engl. shifting cultivation, eigtl. »sich verschiebender Feldbau«>
Wanderfeldbau [nomadisierender Völker].

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