In the interior a system of shifting cultivation is practiced, involving a rotation of plots used only at long intervals.
They fished, hunted, collected wild plants, cultivated kitchen gardens, and developed a system of shifting cultivation known as conuco for growing starch- and sugar-rich foods.
Furthermore, the subsequent behaviour of the sultans suggests that, once Vijayanagar had been humbled, they were willing to return to a system of shifting alliances among all the Deccan powers.
One land-clearing system of shifting agriculture is the slash-and-burn method, which leaves only stumps and large trees in the field after the standing vegetation has been cut down and burned, its ashes enriching the soil.
The effects of polymer loading, fluid-loss additive (FLA) concentration and temperature were investigated through a system of shift factors which were defined to show quantitatively the combined effects of these variables on apparent viscosity.
Those costs have prompted financially strapped hospitals to rely on a complex system of shifting costs.
Large areas of Acrisols are used for subsistence farming, partly in a system of shifting cultivation.
Increased automaticity is associated with higher robustness of postural system to shifts of attention and with the overall lower demand for attentional resources (Logan 1988; Milton et al. 2004).
The Viengkham District site includes the large Nam Et Phou Loey National Protected Area, which is surrounded by complex landscape mosaics resulting from long-established systems of shifting cultivation.
Walmart has also introduced a system of "open shifts," which allows workers to pick their own hours.
