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What is Shifting Cultivation? What are its Disadvantages?


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Shifting Cultivation:

  1. Slash-and-burn cultivation is another name for shifting cultivation.
  2. It is a form of farming practice that entails clearing a land parcel by felling and burning trees.

Disadvantages of Shifting cultivation:

  1. Deforestation
  2. Loss of fertility of a specific site
  3. Soil erosion
  4. Tree burning generates air pollution.
  5. Insufficient crop cultivation for a large population.

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