Some of the drawbacks of the slash and burn agriculture in Mexico is that it destroys trees and other plants that were growing before the burn. Crops are planted and grown for a few years, but the land quickly becomes depleted and the farmers move to another area, leaving a dead and barren land behind.
Slash-and-burn agriculture is generally practiced in the Yucatan of Mexico.
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slash and burn agriculture
The practice is destroying the ecosystem of the planet.
methods such as slash-and-burn agriculture. They would cut down trees and then burn the vegetation to clear the land. They would then plant crops in the ash-enriched soil.
A. slash-and-burn techniques
Slash-and-burn agriculture
The practice of burning forests to clear land for farming
slash-and-burn
Swidden agriculture.