swidden cultivation, swidden farming, slash-and-burn cultivation, slash-and-burn farming (form of shifting cultivation)

Brûlis en période de recyclage

Laos, 21h cntury (2014). Photo Verschuer

Category Fields and systems

French culture sur brûlis

English swidden cultivation, swidden farming, slash-and-burn cultivation, slash-and-burn farming (form of shifting cultivation)

Japanese

Kanji 焼畑耕作, 焼畑農耕

Kana やきばたこうさく, やきばたのうこう

Translitération yakibata-kousaku, yakibata-noukou

Chinese

Traditional 火耕，刀耕火種

Simplified 火耕，刀耕火种

Pinyin huo geng, dao geng huo zhong

Other illustrations

Swidden : covering the seeds with hoe

158Japan (Miyazaki, Nishimera-mura Kiura), 20th century (1984). Photo Suto Isao