Within the span of a century, rural families in southern Mozambique had to adapt their strategies, first to a large-scale labour export system set up between the Portuguese colonial administration and the South African regime to meet the needs of its mining sector (1895–1975) and then to the context of Mozambican independence in 1975, followed by a civil war (1977–1992) that displaced a.

Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed vegetation, or "slash", is then left to dry, usually right before the rainiest part of the year.

(shifting cultivation) is a primitive method used in north-east India. This has also meant the superimposition of an alternative model without any appreciation of the traditional knowledge system of the indigenous people or any effort towards improving the existing method within their cultural framework. DEBOJYOTI DAS

terrace cultivation, method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope. Though labour-intensive, the method has been employed effectively to maximize arable land area in variable terrains and to reduce soil erosion and water loss.

Mixed farming is the growing of crops and rearing animals on the same farm. For example if you grow maize and beans and at the same time you rear cattle and sheep that kind of farming is referred to as mixed farming. The following are Characteristics of mixed farming Crops are grown and animals reared on the same farm.