swidden farming
1swidden — /swid n/, n. a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation. [1951; special use of dial. (N England) swidden area of moor from which vegetation has been burned off, n. use of swidden, swithen to singe < ON svithna to be singed,… …
2swidden — swid•den [[t]ˈswɪd n[/t]] n. ant agr. a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation • Etymology: 1951; earlier E dial. swidden burned area of moor < ON svithna to be singed …
3Laotian society — is above all else characterized by semi independent rural villages engaged in subsistence agricultural production. Ethnic, geographic, and ecological differences create variations in the pattern of village life from one part of the country to… …
4Agriculture in Laos — At least 5 million hectares of Laos s total land area of 23,680,000 hectares are suitable for cultivation. However, just 17 percent of the land area (between 850,000 and 900,000 hectares) is actually cultivated, less than 4 percent of the total… …
5Shifting cultivation — For methods, see slash and burn Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting… …
6Kubu people — A group of Kubu people in the 1930 s in Jambi, Sumatra The term Kubu is a Malay exonym ascribed to mobile, animist peoples (Orang Batin Simbilan and Orang Rimba) who live throughout the lowland forests of Southeast Sumatra. In the Malay language …
7Geography of Laos — Detailed map of Laos Laos is a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam, that covers 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula, is surrounded by Burma (Myanmar) …
8Ifugao — This article refers to the province. For other uses, see Ifugao (disambiguation). Infobox Philippine province name = Ifugao sealfile = Ph seal ifugao.png region = Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) capital = Lagawe founded = mdash;June 18,… …
9Laos — /lah ohs, lows, lay os/; Fr. /lann aws /, n. a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 5,116,959; 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Cap.: Vientiane. * * * Laos Introduction Laos Background: In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took… …
10Deforestation in Thailand — Thailand s borders with Laos and Cambodia are reflected by the brown on the Thai side in this true colour satellite image, which shows the effects of heavy deforestation in the country. Between 1945 and 1975 forest cover in Thailand declined from …
