What are the steps of shifting cultivation?

The steps of shifting cultivation are as follows:

1. Select a plot of land
2. Slash or cut forests, bushes up to stump level
3. Burn the first to clear for farming
4. After some time, shift to a new patch of land and repeat steps 1-3. 

 Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice in which a piece of land is farmed on, only to be abandoned later after an initial use.

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