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French translation: culture sur brûlis

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English term or phrase:	fire-stick farming
French translation:	culture sur brûlis
Entered by:	Katia Saint-Peron

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10:52 Jul 9, 2006

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Social Sciences - Agriculture / aboriginal practices

English term or phrase: fire-stick farming

This was apparently a practice used by Aborigines in Australia. I think they burned bits of the bush to shape the ecosystem. The texts I've found on this practice aren't all clear. Is there any equivalent in French?

Thanks very much in advance.

Katia Saint-Peron KudoZ activity Questions: 20 (none open) Answers: 4
Local time: 11:40

culture sur brûlis

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Najib Aloui
Local time: 10:40

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Oui, je pense que c'est ce qui convient le mieux. Merci beaucoup à tous.
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Summary of answers provided

culture de bois de chauffe

gabuss

3 +1

culture sur brûlis

Najib Aloui

écobuage

bohy

Discussion entries: 1

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peer agreement (net): +1

culture sur brûlis

Explanation:
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Najib Aloui
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Oui, je pense que c'est ce qui convient le mieux. Merci beaucoup à tous.

1 hr confidence:

écobuage

Explanation:
Ce terme me semble beaucoup plus proche de la définition Wikipédia... C'est une pratique, ayant encore cours dans le sud de la France (Cévennes par ex.), qui consiste à mettre le feu à un taillis (ronces, genêts, par ex.) pour favoriser la croissance de l'herbe. Il ne s'agit pas de cultiver derrière, mais de nourrir le bétail.

bohy
France
Local time: 11:40
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

6 hrs confidence:

culture de bois de chauffe

Explanation:
It is a practice in certain countries and in most African countries to cook with wood fire and in order to avoid deforestation, there has been a reforestation programme for planting certain species of plants which grow very quickly to enable the indegenious people to continue with wood-fire cooking while limiting the deforestation process

gabuss
Local time: 09:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

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