42.3k views
1 vote
What is shifting cultivation and what is the rationale behind it?

User Falco
by
5.4k points

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer:

Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility

Step-by-step explanation:

↑ ↑ ↑

· ·

ω

User Calise
by
5.4k points