bush fallowing
bush fallowing
[′bu̇sh ‚fal·ə·wiŋ] (agriculture)
A type of subsistence agriculture in which land is cultivated for a period of time and then left uncultivated for several years so that its fertility will be restored.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It is the only viable alternative to the traditional shifting cultivation and
bush fallowing system found in the tropics.
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