Swidden agriculture

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May 08th 2012 21:57 environment
Swidden agriculture is one way of farming that cultivate by using the ash as fertilizer for two or three years after burn down the forests.
After two or three years passed, when the land lose fertilizer, other forest will follow the same fate.
Carrying out swidden agriculture frequently is one of the causes of decreasing and degradation of the forests.