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_______ is a type of cultivation in which tracts of forests are cleared for agriculture by burning down trees.

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Burning cultivation

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Shifting cultivation

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Forest cultivation

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Agriculture

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The correct option is B Shifting cultivation
Shifting cultivation is a practice followed by some people. In this, traces of forests are cleared for agriculture by burning down trees. Once the land loses its fertility, they abandon it and move on to another piece of land.

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