Chitemene (also spelled citemene), from the ciBemba word meaning `place where branches have been cut for a garden”, is a system of slash and burn agriculture practiced throughout northern Zambia. It involves coppicing or pollarding of standing trees in a primary or secondary growth Miombo woodland, stacking of the cut biomass, and eventual bur.....
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(from the article `Zambia`) ...the 12th century . The differences in pottery traditions have been ascribed to immigration; they also indicate thicker settlement of woodland ... On the poorer soils of the wetter north and northeast, cultivation is mainly of a shifting variety called chitemene, whereby trees (or their ... [2 related ar...
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A form of slash and burn shifting cultivation often used in developing countries to clear land for agricultural development. It is a technique that contributes to soil erosion and can cause significant environmental problems.
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A form of slash and burn shifting cultivation
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