Give 5 features of Shifting Agriculture
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Main features of Shifting Cultivation
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The following characteristics could be describe/explained
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Clearings made in the rainforest by cutting and firing trees (slash
and Burn)
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Largest trees often left because they are difficult to move and can
provide a source of food in the form of fruit.
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Ash is scattered after trees have been burned to fertilise the ground.
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Little fertiliser is added apart from the ash, so the nutrient levels drop
quickly leading to the cultivators abandoning the plot and finding a
new one after 7
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10 years.
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Labour intensive little use of machines (some have chain saws).
Crops tend to be planted using digging sticks.
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Crops planting between remaining tree trunks which decompose
slowly adding extra nutrients into the soil.
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When the clearing is abandoned it is left for many years, allowing
the vegetation to recolonise.
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With a low population density this form of agriculture is sustainable.
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