Question

Shift cultivation in different parts of world and it's name

Answer 1

Shifting cultivation or slash and burn cultivation is a type of farming activity which involves clearing a plot of land by felling trees, burning them, mixing the ashes with soil and then growing crops like yam,maize etc on the cleared land.After the soil loses its fertility,the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves on to a new plot. It is also known as by different names like

Jhumming in north east India

Milpa in mexico

Roca in brazil

Ladang in malaysia.