11.   Officials have blamed the fires largely on local people who practice the slash-and-burn farming technique.

12.   The local government has pointed the finger at farmers practicing the slash-and-burn farming technique.

13.   The smoke problem has been blamed on traditional slash and burn farming techniques.

14.   The villagers are learning to set up poultry farms and to use farming techniques that will let them coax at least one annual crop from the stony soil.