Question

Which is the correct explanation of slash and burn agriculture?

Large areas of land are burnt then manure is put to make them fertile.

Small plot of land is cleared by cutting of trees and burning them.

Large areas of land where burnt ash and wood is put to grow crops.

Small areas of land where in one part crop is grown and the other part is burned to get ashes.

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Answer 1

Answer:

Large areas of land are burnt then manure is put to make them fertile

This is the correct explanation

Explanation:

Slash-and-burn agriculture, method of cultivation in which forests are burned and cleared for planting. Slash-and-burn agriculture is often used by tropical-forest root-crop farmers in various parts of the world and by dry-rice cultivators of the forested hill country of Southeast Asia.