Question

What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages? In detail​

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Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility.

The primary disadvantage of shifting cultivation is cutting down of forest, which further leads to deforestation. Forest and trees play an important role in balancing the environment. - Shifting cultivation also destroys the habitat of wild animals at large.