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why do you think shifting cultivation through destructive is still practised in many parts of the world?

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Answer 1

No, shifing cultivation is not exactly what is described. Shifting means changing of space used for raising crop on the slope of the hill. This is practised by tibal pe canople due to lack of plain land. They sow seeds over a patch of hill slope after minimum preparation and harvest the crop raised. To raise crop they cut forest. The surface soil gets eroded due to rain and wash away the fertility so fast that one or two crops can be raised with expected productivity. Beyond that the cultivation does not become economically viable. Because of this they shift to a newer patch and so on. The used patch when left unused, trees again grow and soil deposit over the years for reuse. Tribals set fire to the forest before preparing the patch for cultivation. Fire is used mainly to remove trees that shadows the land. Open land is prepared but rain erodes the soil fast. Because of this cultivators shift the location constantly. This is known as shifting cultivation.

Answer 2

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Shifting cultivation is the type of cultivation in which the farmers cut trees and clear the land for cultivation.They also burn the uprooted trees and mix their ashes in the soil so as to fertile the soil. After cultivation and harvesting they move on to other land and repeat the same process.As nomads they move from place to place for agriculture and for survival. But in this process, there are also chances of hazards like forest fires, and loss of fertility. If it is practiced in many parts of society, it is due to the fact that nomadic societies still exist and they follow the same traditional method of farming

 Shilfting cultivation has its merits and demerits. A patch of forest is cleared for agricultural use then this will be used as the humus for the soil which will gain fertility. In one year or two the soil will loose the fertility. It is then left fallow and now moved to another patch of the forest and do the same things(as written above). After 5-6 years the cultivated land will again turn into forest because of the bacteria present in the nature.It even has the demerits.If a rare plant which is useful for the health of a human is growing a patch of forest and is cleared or burnt for the use of cultivation then the plant will not grow again in the same land .