Wiktionary
n. an area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn vb. to clear an area of land by cutting and burning
Usage examples of "swidden".
It was unlikely that communist agrarian land reformers would look with favor on Hmong swidden agriculture.
Some continue to practice swidden agriculture, one of the most energy-efficient systems known.
The industrial agriculturist does not simply go out to the swidden plot by his village and eat a fruit from the tree.
Opium was a particularly egregious offender, since instead of eventually reforesting like rice swiddens, old opium swiddens became covered in a coarse grass called imperata, which even animals refused to eat.
Opium was a particularly egregious offender, since instead of eventually reforesting like rice swiddens, old opium swiddens became covered in a coarse grass called imperata, which even animals refused to eat.