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What is the other name of slash and burn agriculture?

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Mixed agriculture
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Plantation agriculture
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Shifting Agriculture
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Subsistence agriculture
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Solution

The correct option is B Shifting Agriculture
Shifting agriculture is a type agricultural practice where a plot of land is clean and cultivation is done for a couple of years. After a few years when the fertility level of the soil decreases they leave that plot and shift to some other land. This type of cultivation is named differently in different places. Shifting cultivation is also known as slash and burn agriculture.

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