root word: kaingin (opening in the forest for cultivation)
A kaingero is one who clears the land for farming. Kaingeros are usually slash-and-burn cultivators. They plant a few times on the land they’ve cleared until it loses its fertility — perhaps two years — then they move on to another patch of land and clear and cultivate in the same manner before moving on yet again in a repeat of the process.
kaingero
slash-and-burn farmer
Oftentimes, a kaingero is also an upland farmer. He uses a bolo or ax to hack at the vegetation.
A number of environmentalists have pointed out that the real cause of forest denudation in the Philippines is the kaingero whose slash-and-burn type of farming has destroyed much of the forest lands in the country. At one point, it was estimated that there were about l7 million kaingeros in the country.
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
kaingéro: magsasaká ng kaingin
kaingín: gilid ng bundok na hinawan, sinúnog, at nilinis upang mapag-tamnan
kaingín: bukid mula sa gayong paghawan at pagsunog
magkaingin, nagkakaingin, nagkaingin, magkakaingin
Kung hindi kami nagkakaingin, kumukuha kami sa bundok ng mga orkids.
