what is shifting cultivation why was it regarded as harmful by the British
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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....
BRITISH REGARDED AS HARMFUL BECAUSE....
British banned shifting cultivation because they regarded this practice as harmful for the forests. They felt that the land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.....
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a form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.This is known as shifting cultivation...
British forestors regarded this practice as harmful for the forests. They felt that land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber. ... Shifting cultivation also made it harder for the government to calculate taxes. Therefore, the government decided to ban shifting cultivztion.