Using slash-and-burn cultivation, they grew cassava, sweet potatoes, corn (maize), beans, peanuts (groundnuts), cotton, and dyes.
The Yao are an agricultural people using slash-and-burn techniques to cultivate their staples, corn (maize) and sorghum.
But at Princeton, Davis has sparkled, using slashing drives and double-pump layups to build a team-best 13.8-point scoring average.
New plantations are often formed using slash-and-burn agricultural methods, and the resulting fragmentation of natural forests and loss of habitat threatens native plants and animals.
Groups of three or four men may cultivate corn, beans, and squash collectively, using slash-and-burn techniques to clear new land.
Despite Indonesian government efforts to contain the fires, which are deliberately started by companies using "slash and burn" techniques to clear land for agriculture, this year's haze has been exacerbated by unusually dry conditions.
Using "slash" or "bust" style?
Palm-oil firms are accused of using slash-and-burn techniques to clear space for their plantations.
Palm-oil firms are accused of using slash-and-burn agricultural techniques to clear space for plantations.
Using slash-and-burn makes the process much quicker and in most cases more cost effective, at least in the short run.
