Question

What is shifting cultivation what was effects of colonial rule in shifting cultivation?

Answer 1

In this type of cultivation first the forest is cleared and burned and then the farmer use to cultivate after 2 3 years when soil fertility is lost then farmer shift to other land and same process is repeated.

Answer 2

• a way of farming in some tropical countries in which farmers use an area of land until it cannot be used for growing plants any more, then move on to a new area of land
• For thousands of years, and continuing today, native peoples of the Amazon basin have practiced traditional shifting cultivation, which combines farming with forested habitats. Shifting cultivation, sometimes called swidden or slash and burn, is commonly found throughout the Amazon and other tropical regions worldwide.