What is shifting cultivation what are its disadvantages

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What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?

NCERT Solutions for Class 8th Social Science Resourse and Development Chapter 4 Exercise 1(iii)

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A plot of land is cleared by telling the trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops like maize, yam,potatoes and cassava are grown.After the soil losses it's fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. Shifting cultivation is also known as'slash and burn' agriculture.


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