slash-and-burn cultivation
slash-and-burn method
slash-and-burn agriculture

Indians utilized the slash-and-burn method for centuries, and the Spanish made few changes in techniques.

No longer able to rely on their slash-and-burn method of cultivation, they needed alternative ways to feed themselves and earn an income.

At the other extreme are the extensive slash-and-burn methods of brush clearing and shifting cultivation in the south and the east.

Some horticultural groups use the slash-and-burn method to raise crops.

Its timber resources has dwindled since the introduction of slash-and-burn method of farming in all parts of the Cordillera mountain range.

It is found in an area where the habitat is affected by the slash-and-burn agricultural method, bushfires and logging.

However, some consider forcing a change from slash-and-burn methods to the more commercial methods of "permanent" agriculture to be even worse for the environment.

The El Niño phenomenon made a large contribution, but the fires were largely caused by slash-and-burn methods of agriculture, and then got out of control.

Pioneering farms there used extensive slash-and-burn methods, but with rising population density and market stimulus, intensive methods were gradually introduced.

As of 2006 some of the major agricultural products from slash-and-burn methods are wood, charcoal and grass for Zebu grazing.