An upland field; i.e., a swidden, using a slash-and-burn agricultural technique.
An upland field is typically found on high slopes inaccessible to irrigation water, usually ridged in large mounds to prevent erosion from rain. The principle crop grown is sweet potato and it is often intercropped with corn, gahhīlang; millet, hābug; manioc, kāhuy; taro, lā'at 1, and many other common vegetables.
Upland Field (ūma) Area Types
1. First Class:
| hadog, lūnog |
`slope base' |
| hinagāngan |
`sunlit' |
| nundeya'ma |
`gently sloping' |
2. Second Class:
| biyung |
`a shaded slope area' |
| batu 2
|
stony (large stones)' |
3. Third Class:
| daplah 2
|
`extensively sheet rocked' |
4. Fourth Class:
| pogel, pulannit |
`a shallow, stony area'. |
(All but fourth class type are classed on the basis of soil fertility, lo'eh. Characteristics of a poorer class takes precedence over those of a better class. For example, if a gently sloping area is shaded, it is classed as biyung, rather than mundaya'ma.