What are the major impact of shifting cultivation on land degradation?
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What are the major impact of shifting cultivation on land degradation?
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What are the major impact of shifting cultivation on land degradation?
andrew
Shifting cultivation has been attributed to causing large-scale deforestation and forest degradation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers. This view has been embedded in many policy documents in the tropics, although, there are conflicting views within the literature as to the impacts of shifting cultivation.
John Wick
The two main consequences of actual shifting cultivation are forest and land degradation, and deforestation.
aron
The earlier 15-20 year cycle of shifting cultivation on a particular land has reduced to 2-3 years now. This has resulted in large-scale deforestation, soil and nutrient loss, and invasion by weeds and other species. The indigenous biodiversity has been affected to a large extent.