HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Shifting cultivation is called Roca in Brazil. It involves clearing forests, burning the stubble, and cultivating the land for a few years before moving to another plot, leaving the old patch for regeneration. This provides a very easy and very fast method of the preparation of the land for agriculture.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Find out in which parts of India is agriculture practice like the ‘Roca’ found in India? By what names are they called? Ans: In India, Roca is known as Slash and Burn cultivation and is practiced in states like Kerela, Karnataka, Andaman, and Nicobar islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -In India, agricultural practice like Roca (Brazil) is termed as ‘Slash and Burn’ technique, in which cultivation land is shifted when the fertility of the soil in that land is reduced. They used to clear another land in the forest area and shift the crops to the new land. It is mainly practiced by tribes in India.