What is an example of shifting cultivation?
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What is an example of shifting cultivation?
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What is an example of shifting cultivation?
avery
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.
andrew
shifting cultivation is also known as ‘slash and burn’. Shifting cultivation is practiced by the nomadic people
aron
Examples of recent shifting cultivation plots India. A. A swathe of widen (kumri) cleared in the moist deciduous tropical forests for kukri cultivation in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, planted with millets, predominantly Eleusinian coracan (Sept. 2003). B. Small plot of shifting cultivation (jhum) in the Similar Hills area of northern Orissa, planted with Sorghum bicolor and interplanted with pulses and other crops (Dec. 2004). Photographs by D.Q. Fuller.
John Wick
Shifting cultivation is an example of arable, subsistence and extensive farming. It is the traditional form of agriculture in the rainforest. … The land is then farmed for 2-3 years before the Indians move on to another area of the rainforest. This allows the area of rainforest to recover.