Learn about shifting cultivation farming method and its impact on both communities and the environment. Examine the advantages and disadvant
Shifting Cultivation Advantages and Disadvantages
Shifting cultivation is a kind of cropping system practised in India. It is also defined as rotational cultivation and forest management system practised sequentially in the same plot of land. In this shifting cultivation method, the agricultural plots are cultivated temporarily and afterwards abandoned (to rejuvenate) while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is permitted to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot. The period of cultivation is terminated by estimating the signs of soil exhaustion or when the agricultural land is overrun by weeds.
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