| Today, the Ifugao practise a combination of wet-rice terraced farming and swiddening. |
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| Hillsides denuded of trees for terraced farming plots are common. |
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| Numerous archaeological sites in the region indicate the presence before the Spanish invasion of permanently settled Indians who practiced irrigation and terraced farming in the oasis-like valleys. |
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| Below those ruins, where perhaps 25,000 people lived in the early part of the first millennium, you can make out faint remnants of terraced farming on the hillside. |
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| For example, terraced farming of potato crops in Meso-America generate higher yields and more pest protection at lower cost than many successor techniques. |
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| The county of Tongwei is a mostly rural province in Northwest China characterized by a limited use of modern agricultural techniques due to the dryness and the layout of terraced farming. |
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| Terraced farming, common in South-east Asia, is one example of how watershed management has been used for many centuries to reduce water losses and to stop erosion. |
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| Terraced farming is practiced in the sun-soaked valley. |
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