what is primitive subsistence farming or shifting cultivation? write any two features of primitive subsistence farming?
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it is an primitive way of farming
Explanation:
the vegetation is cleared and the are is cultivated for few years and then abandoned for a new are until it's fertility is naturally restored
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Primitive subsistence agriculture is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family/community labour. This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown.
1) The sites for primitive subsistence agriculture is usually the forest areas especially hilly slope for better drainage. Tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks are used by the farmers to promote plant growth.
2) It is also known as ‘slash-and-burn agriculture’ because forests are cleared by burning them to ashes. These ashes are treated as natural manure.
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