Question

What is shifting cultivation?why was it banned??​

Answer 1

Answer:

When a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber. Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government decided to ban shifting cultivation.

Answer 2

Explanation:

✔️✔️Shifting cultivation:

⭕️Shifting cultivation is the type of cultivation in which the farmers cut trees and clear the land for cultivation.

⭕️They also burn the uprooted trees and mix their ashes in the soil so as to fertile the soil.

⭕️ After cultivation and harvesting they move on to other land and repeat the same process.

⭕️ The European foresters banned it because in this process, there are also chances of hazards like forest fires, loss of fertility and for stability in the state they wanted to control these nomadic tribes.

⭕️ European foresters felt that land used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.

⭕️ when a forest was burnt, there was a danger of the flames spreading and burning valuable timber.

⭕️Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the Government to calculate taxes.

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Therefore, they banned shifting cultivation.

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