disadvantages of shifting cultivation
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.
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.
