Question

why did british decide to ban shifting cultivation

Answer 1

Europeans regarded shifting cultivation was harmful for the forests .

They felt that the forest burnt would destroy timber and the danger of the flames would spread and burn valuable timber.

shifting cultivation made it harder for the government to calculate taxes so British government decided to ban shifting cultivation.

As a result, many communities were forcibly displaced from their homes in forest.

Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions.

Answer 2

shifting agriculture which is also known as the slash and Burn agriculture is banned by government because this agriculture after the soil loses fertility the land in abonded and the cultivators move to a new plots and in this type of agriculture clear the forest for the land and the in there is also low and we are losing the our forest and our wildlife the result is the people who do shifting agriculture for the survival they become unemployed