Slash and burn agricultural practices where land is used to grow crops until the soil's nutrient supply is exhausted, at which time the land is abandoned.

The practice of clearing small plots of forested land for growing a mixed planting of crops, followed by a long period of abandonment.

same as shifting cultivation thermophilic Thermophilic ("heat loving") organisms grow well under high temperature conditions. Thermophilic composting is the management of the composting process to maintain high temperature conditions, favoring the destruction of disease-causing organisms.