Question

Why did british not encourage shifting cultivation?

Answer 1

Answer:

because their soil was not fertile enough that after the cultivation it was runied

Answer 2

Answer:

British ban shifting cultivation because they regared 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. When a forest was burnt, there was the added danger of the flames sprading and burning valuable timber.

Explanation:

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