Question

what is
shifting cultivation?
what are its disadvantages
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Answer 1

Answer:

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot.

The major disadvantage of Shifting Cultivation is that many trees in the forest are cut and this increases soil infertility and leads to soil erosion.

Answer 2

Answer:

Shifting cultivation is practiced in the thickly forest areas. Farmers clear upload of land for growing crops. After after the soil uses is fertility the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a newland. the disadvantages are degradation of soil, deforestation and soil erosion