Question

difference between shifting and permanent agriculture

Answer 1

the slash and burn method differs from much more ancient system known as shifting cultivation shifting cultivation has long been used by humans are substances agricultural in tropical forest worldwide are variants of this system are known as Sweden in Africa as singing in the Philippines as milpa in Central America and by other local names elsewhere in the major difference between the slash and burn system and shifting cultivation is in the length of for which the land is used for agriculture in the slash and burn system the conservation is long term of an permanent shifting cultivation is a moral use of land for cultivation shifting cultivation begins when a small area of tropical forest typically less than 12 several occurs is cleared of trees and shrubs by an individual pharma the biomass is burnt and the site is then used to grow a mixture of agricultural crops for a few years after the after this time vigorous development of weeds and declining fertility due to nutrient loses required that the land be for a period of 15 to 30 years or more meanwhile new tracks of forests are successfully and cultivated for several years clearly clearly the shifting cultivation system is all is sustainable if the population density is small and if the major rule of agricultural is substance rather than market farming because they slash and burn system is a longer term of an permanent Converse of the tropical forest into agriculture without an accident follow period it is associated in momentum problems tend to be more than those that are normally caused by the smallest scale shifting cultivation system however environmental problems can also be caused if too many people practice shifting cultivation in a small area of forest.

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