Question

what is shifting cultivation?what are its disadvantages?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The disadvantages of shifting cultivation are- it leads to loss of soil fertility , it leads to burning and cutting of trees and advantages the waste material like bush and weeds are easily removed from field and in shifting cultivation there is no fear or the danger for the flood and the animals

Answer 2

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Shifting cultivation is also known as slash and burn agriculture. In this type of agriculture, trees are cut and then burnt. The ash is mixed with the soil to increase fertility. Crops are then grown. The land is abandoned once it loses its fertility and the farmers move to a new plot of land.

Disadvantages:

1.Leads to deforestation

2.Burning of trees causes pollution

3.Cutting down of trees causes soil erosion

4.Loss of fertility of land