Allen, Bryant2024-09-052024-09-05https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733716149Shifting cultivation (also known as swiddening or slash-and-burn) is a system of agriculture in which fields are cleared from forest and planted in crops for a short time. The field is then allowed to revert to natural processes for a long period of time, when grasses, shrubs and eventually trees reoccupy the site.This item was commisioned by PNG Institute of National Affairsapplication/pdfen-AU© 2016 Institute of National Affairs20162024-04-21