Hi all,
for a translation of an article I am looking for the correct english terms
of the following item:
 German "Etagenhangbau" = engl ???:
This is a form of agriculture of grassland on the slope of a hill
in form of terraces

Thank you, Richard
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Richard Müller - r-dot-mueller-at-oeko-sorpe-dot-de

On Dec 19 2007, 5:27 am, Richard Müller 
wrote:
> Hi all,
> for a translation of an article I am looking for the correct english terms> of the following item:
>  German "Etagenhangbau" = engl ???:
> This is a form of agriculture of grassland on the slope of a hill
> in form of terraces
>
> Thank you, Richard
> --
> Richard Müller - r-dot-mueller-at-oeko-sorpe-dot-de

You mean like the rice field in Laos, on hillside ?

I think it's called terrace farming. Please check the following link
to see if that's what you're looking for.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LongjiTerraces.jpg