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mayans also grew beans, squash, avocados, pears, sweet potato's, guava, chili peppers, papayas and tomatoes. Mayans used a farming technique called milpa,also known as the slash and burn technique.the Mayans would burn down the land that was covered and the cut down the remaining foliage. This technique posed a problem because the land wouldn't last very long. The Mayans cycled through different areas to keep a stable farming.
The agricultural products of the Maya were: Corn, maize, squash, beans, tomato, chili peppers, avocado, papaya, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, vanilla, peanuts, pineapple, chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, etc! No one knows how the Mayan grew all this food, but they sure did! Mayans did have a few difficult struggles with their water management. Most of the Mayan civilization was on Yucatan peninsula, which had a very difficult natural environment. Mayans had a hard time surviving for quite a time.