what is the advantages and disadvantages of shifting cultivation
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A land in shift farming is cleared and cultivated for a very short of time. It is then left and allowed to revert to its normal and natural vegetation as the cultivator moves to another field. The cultivation period is often terminated when the soil reveals any sign of exhaustion or when the plot is overrun by weeds.
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ADVANTAGES:-
Shifting cultivation is a traditional farming method where a plot of land is cleared, burned and cultivated for few years after which the farmer moves to the next plot of land and the same procedure is followed. It provide the very easy and very fast method of the preparation of the land for the agriculture.
DISADVANTAGES:
The major disadvantage of Shifting Cultivation is that many trees in the forest are cut and this increases soil infertility and leads to soil erosion.