But the smoke billowing around Tha Yu village is from “slash and burn” agriculture – a method also called shifting cultivation, in which patches of wild vegetation are burnt for similar ...

But the smoke billowing around Tha Yu village is from “slash and burn” agriculture – a method also called shifting cultivation, in which patches of wild vegetation are burnt for similar ...

But the smoke billowing around Tha Yu village is from “slash and burn” agriculture – a method also called shifting cultivation, in which patches of wild vegetation are burnt for similar ...

This photo taken on March 16, 2025 shows people looking at smoke rising from burning paddy stubble during a slash-and-burn farming festival at Hseebu area in Pekon Township on the border of Karen ...

"If possible, we want to try other agricultural methods but we don't have any technology and no one has taught us," said Joseph. Environmentalists generally say slash and burn farming can be twice ...

This process turns soil into a carbon sink. Unfortunately, many farming and land use practices destroy this process, including slash-and-burn agriculture, the use of chemical fertilizers and ...

“You couldn’t feed as many people as the ancient Maya did with the kind of slash-and-burn agriculture people in this part of the world use today,” says Tulane’s Canuto, who models ...

Julia Ortiz, a sesame grower, knows all too well the hazards of the “chaqueos” (slash-and-burn agriculture) practised by farmers big and small in Bolivia—, particularly in the tropical ...