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Slash-and-burn agriculture is a form of shifting cultivation in agriculture that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The process begins with cutting down the trees and woody plants in a given area. The downed vegetation, or "slash", is left out to dry, usually right before the rainiest…
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TTTA extracted 91 structured relationships around Slash-and-burn agriculture. Examples in this analysis include Slash-and-burn agriculture → is a → form of shifting cultivation in agriculture that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden and rice → instance of → The resulting ash fertilizes the soil and the burned field is then planted at the beginning of the next rainy season with crops. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slash-and-burn agriculture | is a | form of shifting cultivation in agriculture that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden | 0.90 | text |
| rice | instance of | The resulting ash fertilizes the soil and the burned field is then planted at the beginning of the next rainy season with crops | 0.80 | text |
| maize | instance of | The resulting ash fertilizes the soil and the burned field is then planted at the beginning of the next rainy season with crops | 0.80 | text |
| cassava | instance of | The resulting ash fertilizes the soil and the burned field is then planted at the beginning of the next rainy season with crops | 0.80 | text |
| or other staples | instance of | The resulting ash fertilizes the soil and the burned field is then planted at the beginning of the next rainy season with crops | 0.80 | text |
| machetes | instance of | This work was once done using simple tools | 0.80 | text |
| axes | instance of | This work was once done using simple tools | 0.80 | text |
| hoes | instance of | This work was once done using simple tools | 0.80 | text |
| shovels | instance of | This work was once done using simple tools | 0.80 | text |
| upland rice | instance of | for economically important crops | 0.80 | text |
| vegetables or fruits | instance of | for economically important crops | 0.80 | text |
| sticky rice | instance of | Holes are made for the seeds of crops | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Slash-and-burn agriculture bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Slash-and-burn, Fire and Form. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Slash-and-burn agriculture, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Slash-and-burn agriculture with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
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Source: Wikipedia — Slash-and-burn agriculture · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout