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Shiiba Village: Katsu Shiiba, The Heir of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Tokyo, Japan

In the village of Shiiba, staple foods include hunted foods, millet, and buckwheat, with the majority of this produced through slash-and-burn agriculture. Nowadays, the sight of slash-and-burn agriculture can only be seen in Shiiba, and the original, primitive slash-and-burn technique is only upheld by Katsu Shiiba.

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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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