nương rẫy

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • Swidden fields; slash-and-burn farmland: Land, typically on hillsides or in forests, that is cleared for cultivation by cutting and burning the vegetation. This is a traditional form of agriculture.
   • Upland fields; hill farms: Farmland located in mountainous or hilly regions, as opposed to wet rice paddies in lowland areas.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người dân tộc sống chủ yếu dựa vào nương rẫy. (The ethnic minority people live mainly on swidden fields.)
  • Họ phát và đốt một khoảng rừng để làm nương rẫy. (They clear and burn a section of forest to create slash-and-burn farmland.)
  • Trên những nương rẫy này, họ trồng ngô, sắn và lúa. (On these upland fields, they grow corn, cassava, and rice.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "nương rẫy" often carries connotations of a traditional, sometimes migratory, way of life and agriculture. It can be used to contrast with modern, settled farming.
  • Cuộc sống nương rẫy đòi hỏi sự di chuyển theo mùa vụ. (The swidden farming life requires seasonal movement.)

Variants and Related Words

• Làm nương, làm rẫy (v): To practice swidden/slash-and-burn agriculture; to farm on upland fields.
  • Bà con đã lên núi để làm rẫy. (The villagers have gone to the mountains to farm the hillsides.)
• Rẫy (n): Often used interchangeably with "nương rẫy", but can specifically refer to a newly cleared field.
• Nương (n): Can refer to an upland field, sometimes more established than a .

Synonyms

• Swidden: A plot of land cleared for farming by slashing and burning vegetation.
• Milpa: A term from Mesoamerica for a swidden field, often used in anthropological contexts.
• Kaingin: A term from the Philippines for slash-and-burn agriculture.
• Upland farm: A general term for farmland on higher elevations.

Related Concepts

• Du canh du cư (n): Shifting cultivation; a farming system where farmers move from one plot to another, often associated with nương rẫy.
• Đất dốc (n): Sloping land; describes the typical topography of nương rẫy.

Học thuật

1. Burnt-over land, milpa, kaingin