Chitemene
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Chitemene, from the ciBemba word meaning “place where branches have been cut for a garden”, is a system of slash and burn agriculture practiced throughout northern Zambia. It involves coppicing or pol
Chitemene field in Zambia
Small circle chitemene in Serenje, Central Zambia
"Block Chitemene" in Kasempa District, Northwestern Zambia
Pollarding
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Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollardin
Shortly after pollarding
Two years after the pollarding
A line of pollarded willows in Germany
Pollarding of plane trees on Mallorca, Spain