why is shifting cultivation a wasteful method of cultivation
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Shifting cultivation is the most ancient system of agriculture in which soil fertility is restored by long periods of fallowing rather than by off-farm inputs of fertilizers and amendments, nutrients are recycled between natural vegetation and crops, and ecological balance is maintained by adopting diverse and complex ...
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Answer:
Shifting agriculture is a wasteful method of cultivation because it causes forest loss. It is one of the most cause of deforestation. It is the greatest enemy of forest. It is the cause of the global warming also.
Explanation:
The following points may help you:
a. Shifting cultivation or Sweden agriculture was the traditional agricultural practice in many parts of Asia, Africa and South America.
b. In shifting cultivation, parts of a forest are cut and burnt in rotation, seeds are sown in ashes.
c. The colonial foresters did not favor this system and banned it as it made it difficult for the government to calculate taxes.
d. They felt that land which was used for cultivation every few years could not grow trees for railway timber.
e. The forest officials saw in it the danger of fire being spread and also that no trees could grow on this kind of land.
f. As a result, shifting cultivators were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests. Some had to change occupations, while some resisted through large and small rebellions.