Question

explain what is shifting cultivation?

Answer 1

in shifting cultivation, parts of the forests are cut and burnt in rotation. Seeds are sown in the Ashes after the first monsoon winds, and the rain crop is harvested by October 10 November points of plots are cultivated for a couple of years and then left follow for 12 to 18 years for the forest to grow back. A mixture of crops is grown on the spot in Central India and Africa it could be minutes, in Brazil money ok, and in other parts of Latin America Maize and Beans. Its other name are milpa, Sweden agriculture

Answer 2

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WHAT IS SHIFTING CULTIVATION ?

• It is a class of primitive subsistence agriculture.

• In this a plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and burning them.

• The ashes are then mixed with soil and crops are grown.

• After some time, the land is abandoned and the farmer moves to different place.

• This type of farming is common in the thickly forest areas of the Amazon basin , parts of South Asia and north east India etc.

• It is also known as "slash and burn " agriculture.

• Also known as Jhumming.

• This type of farming is still practised in few pockets of India.