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Parent topics

• Agriculture [r]: The process of producing food, feed, fiber and other goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. [e]
• Mesoamerica [r]: A culture area extending from northern Mexico through western Honduras and northern El Salvador in Central America. [e]

Milpa crops

• Maize [r]: Cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the world, and one of the most widely grown crops in the Americas. [e]
• Bean [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Squash [r]: Annual herbaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita. [e]

Related articles

• Swidden [r]: Also called "slash and burn" agriculture, a system of shifting agriculture in which new plots are cleared for planting every few years while old plots are allowed to fallow. [e]