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give an account of five chief characteristics of shifting cultivation


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Answered by Kshitijxingh
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Shifitng Cultivation is a cultivation in which trees ar burnt ashes are sown in the soil and then cultivation is done there . When the land becoms barren they leave that people and find other suitable places. Its disadvantages are

Land DegradationSoil ErosionGlobal Warming (Due to cutting of trees)Soil Degradation

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Answered by geet22
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i) Vegetation is cleared by slashing and burning.

(ii) There is the use of little or no manure.

(iii) The yields decline after a certain period of continuous use.

(iv) Both the settlements and plots are temporary.

(v) The farmers use simple implements.

(vi) Plots are small and scattered.

(vii) Cultivation is mainly for subsistence.

(viii) Farming depends mainly on family labour.
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