Question

explain the main features of shifting cultivation

Answer 1

i) Parts of the forest are cut and burnt in rotation.

(ii) Seeds are sown in the ashes after the first monsoon rains and the crop is harvested by October-November.

(iii) Such plots are cultivated for a couple of years or till the time the soil retains its fertility and then abandoned or left fallow.

(iv) A mixture of crops is grown on these plots. Example: Bargas, a forest community of Central India.

Answer 2

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