What is 'slash - and - burn' agriculture? How does it impact the forests, animals and plants?
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Slash and burn agriculture means cutting the forests and burning for planting or for agriculture use.The ash produced by burning helps to improve fertility and control weeds.It causes deforestation, air pollution, habitat loss and fragmentation which also disturbes biodiversity.
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'Slash - and - Burn' agriculture:
- This is an age old practice that has been done by farmers for cultivation of new crops by cutting the previous crop or trees that were present in the area.
- And then burning of all the remaining plants present in land which turns the land into a barren field after it is burnt.
- The field is now left with ashes of the previous crop that had been cultivated which acts as a nutrient rich land which is now ready for cultivation of next crop this method is also known as slash and Burn agriculture and has been in practice since ages.
- The burning of the remaining crops results in the effecting of ecosystem and it is difficult to survive in that environment.
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