English Dictionary

shifting cultivation

名詞

不可算名詞

An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.

日本語の意味

焼畑農業：一時的に耕作した後、土壌の疲弊や雑草の発生を理由に耕作地を放棄し、自然植生に回復させる農業形態。 / 移転耕作：用い済みの土地から離れ、新たな区画で再び耕作する伝統的な農業方式。

shifting cultivation has sustained many indigenous communities by temporarily farming plots of land before abandoning them to allow natural vegetation to recover.

焼畑農業（区画を一時的に耕作し、その後放棄して自然植生に戻す農法）は、多くの先住民コミュニティを長年支えてきた。

意味（1）

An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.