This is also known as slash and burn, is used for a relatively short period of time, and then left alone for a longer period of time so that vegetation can grow again. Slash and burn is a method of agriculture primarily used by tribal communities for subsistence farming (farming to survive). Humans have been using this method for many years, the time when humans stopped hunting and gathering and started to stay put and grow crops. When used properly, slash and burn agriculture provides communities with a source of food and income. Slash and burn allows for people to farm in places where it usually is not possible because of dense vegetation, soil infertility, low soil nutrient content, uncontrollable pests, or other reasons. For example in the clip Dani sweet potato from clearing off the old brush and weeds from a fallow field to planting, harvesting, cooking and
This is also known as slash and burn, is used for a relatively short period of time, and then left alone for a longer period of time so that vegetation can grow again. Slash and burn is a method of agriculture primarily used by tribal communities for subsistence farming (farming to survive). Humans have been using this method for many years, the time when humans stopped hunting and gathering and started to stay put and grow crops. When used properly, slash and burn agriculture provides communities with a source of food and income. Slash and burn allows for people to farm in places where it usually is not possible because of dense vegetation, soil infertility, low soil nutrient content, uncontrollable pests, or other reasons. For example in the clip Dani sweet potato from clearing off the old brush and weeds from a fallow field to planting, harvesting, cooking and