Question

what do you mean by shifting agriculture

Answer 1

Answer :

Agriculture :

The term Agriculture has been derived from a Latin term 'agri' meaning soil and 'culture' meaning cultivation. It may be defined as a human activity involving planned utilisation of land or soil and water for the growth of the plants and animals to meet the basic requirements of food and clothing.

Shifting Cultivation :

It is one of the rudimentary forms of the cultivation. Farmers clear a plot of Land by cutting trees and burning the remains. The ashes are mixed in the soil and crops like maize, potatoes and cassava are grown. This type of agriculture is mostly practised in areas of thick vegetation and heavy rainfall and by tribal communities. It is also known as slash and burn agriculture.

Answer 2

shifting agriculture means people move one place to another place for cultivation of crops.

or

Shift cultivation is a system of agriculture in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily ,then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivators moves on to other plots.