Is shifting cultivation good or bad?
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Is shifting cultivation good or bad?
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Is shifting cultivation good or bad?
aron
Simple growing method, small investment, no need of animal labor power, reduce incidences of soil borne disease and pest management are the main beneficial aspects on one side whereas on the other side, destroying habitats of wild animals, taking our life element: oxygen, large-scale deforestation and soil
andrew
Shifting Agriculture is harmful to the environment because trees are cut and the land is burned and the ashes produced are added to the soil to increase its fertility and after a period of time when the land looses all its fertility , it is abandoned and another such piece of land is taken up for cultivation.
avery
The shifting cultivation is considered devastating and disadvantageous as it not only cause harm to the ecosystem but also exerts negative impacts on economy. On the contrary, many studies concluded that tribal or practitioners of shifting cultivation are part of conservation.